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Misadventure (Album) by Rick Shaffer

Artist Biography For Rick Shaffer

Rick Shaffer Is A Founding Member Of The Philadelphia Band The Reds Whose First Album On A&M Self Entitled THE REDS Was Produced By David Kershenbaum. It Highlighted The Band's Impressive Sound — A Blend Of Rick Shaffer's Guitar And Bruce Cohen's Keyboards Into An Interestingly Textured Drone Short Guitar And Keyboard Figures Rising Then Disappearing Back Into The Drone While Shaffer's Voice Provides The Punch And Definition For Their Overall Sound. The Album Was Supported With Live Appearances With The Police Joe Jackson Blondie The Ramones The Psychedelic Furs And Public Image. An EP Green With Envy Followed Featuring The Doors Song "Break On Through " Which Suggests Some Of The Band's Roots. Universal Music Digitally Re-Released The Reds And Green With Envy August 2012. After Leaving A&M The Reds Went Forward With Two Indie Albums STRONGER SILENCE And FATAL SLIDE Stony Plain That Continued The Reds Sound Receiving Critical Acclaim Internationally. They Next Recorded A Tense And Powerful Album For Sire/WB Entitled SHAKE APPEAL Digitally Re-Released By Warner Music April 2013 Produced By Mike Thorne Blur Soft Cell Wire . This Forcible Record Led The Band To Work With Director/producer Michael Mann. Mann Incorporated Numerous Songs By The Reds Into Episodes Of Miami Vice Then Hired Shaffer And Cohen To Write Songs And Score For Two Motion Pictures Band Of The Hand Tri-Star And Manhunter De Laurentiis Based On The Novel "Red Dragon." Soundtrack Albums From Both Films Were Released On MCA A Manhunter CD With An Added Reds Track “Jogger’s Stakeout ” Was Released In 2010 By Intrada Records Followed By Universal Music Digitally Releasing Both Albums In 2012. In 1992 The Reds Next Album CRY TOMORROW Tarock Reunited Them With British Producer Mike Thorne. It Captures The Driving Intensity Of Earlier Albums And The Ambient Atmospheric Feel From Their Film Scores Resulting In A Stark Surreal Album With A Sense Of Mood And Mystery. The Pulsing Opening Track "Terror In My Heart " Was Featured In The Film "Nightmare On Elm Street 2" New Line Directed By Jack Sholder. Along With A Searing Non-Stop Groove Of The Stones' "Gimme Shelter " The Introduction Of Various Percussive Elements And A Diversity Of Background Vocals All Create An Experimental And Manic Energy That Reaches Inside Your Head And Won't Let Go. In 2004 Shaffer Wrote And Recorded "Looking For Right " For Director Michael Mann’s Film "Collateral." In 2007 FUGITIVES FROM THE LAUGHING HOUSE Was Written And Produced By The Reds It’s A Straight Forward Raw Nerve Reflection Of Life In America. The Reds 2009 Release EARLY NOTHING Was Also Written And Produced By Shaffer And Cohen. The Album Has A Hypnotic Quality That Leaves The Listener Free To Let Their Subconscious Play Itself Out No Matter Where It Goes While Maintaining The Simplicity Of The Moment. The Reds Shamans Of Dark Brooding Loud Rock Continued To Explore And Define Their Sound. Rick Shaffer’s 2010 First Solo Album NECESSARY ILLUSION Tarock Is A Ten Song Neo-Sixties Garage Blues Excursion With A Joe Meek And Excello Records Production Style. The Album’s Sonic Signature Is A Raw Swirl Of Distorted Guitar Atmospheric Percussion Stark Droning Hill Country Blues In A Mix Of “Excello Records” Style Reverb. Shaffer’s 2011 Second Solo Venture HIDDEN CHARMS Tarock Has A Sonic Blueprint Of Proto–garage Rock/blues Distorted Guitar With Melodies Buried Beneath A Mash-Up Of Unadulterated Garage Vibe. Inspired By Link Wray’s Swan Singles Collection Early Stones And Heavy Doses Of Mississippi Hill Country Blues Bop The Basic Track Sound Is A Simple But Steady Primitive Hypnotic Beat And Percussion Ultra Distorted Guitar And Aggressive Raw Vocals With Intense Personal Lyric Content. British Director Peter McAdam Created A Video Of “Buy And Sell ” Shot On Location In The UK. In 2012 Shaffer’s Next Solo Album IDIOT FLATS Tarock Is Built On A Garage/blues Framework Mississippi Hill Country Rhythms A Garage/blues Framework And A Mash-Up Of A ‘60’s Psychobilly/R&B Sounds. Idiot Flats’ Lyrical And Vocal Tone Takes On The Packaged Commercialized Plague Asking The Listener To Live Free In The Moment Instead Of In The Past Or The Future. Shaffer’s 2013 Release STACKED DECK Tarock Continues The "sonic Minimalist” Blueprint Of His Previous Solo Albums. The Sound Combines Hard Fuzz Guitar Driven Garage-Blues A Blues Edged Two Step Lazy Insistent Rolling Beat New Colors In The Harmonica And Spoons Style Percussion Along With An Unadorned And Unaffected Blues Narrative. Shaffer’s Latest 2014 Album Release MISADVENTURE Has Him Back In The Garage Again With Some Of His Best Songs Performance And Production To Date. The Ragged Edges Room Echo Distortion Great Hooks And Underlying Menace Are Right In Place For Some Compelling Tension And Adrenaline Drenched Garage Blues. In May 2014 Shaffer Released A Bonus Single LINK Focusing His Talent Beyond His Five Garage Rock Solo Albums To Boost The Garage Rock Genre With A Link Wray And Swamp Blues Inspired Instrumental. RELEASES BY RICK SHAFFER 2014 • LINK SINGLE RELEASE TAROCK MUSIC USA 2014 • Misadventure TAROCK MUSIC USA #TM-D10
2013 • STACKED DECK TAROCK MUSIC USA #TM-D9
2012 • IDIOT FLATS TAROCK MUSIC USA #TM-D8
2011 • HIDDEN CHARMS TAROCK MUSIC USA #TM-D6
2010 • NECESSARY ILLUSION TAROCK MUSIC USA #TM-D5 RELEASES BY THE REDS 2009 • EARLY NOTHING TAROCK MUSIC USA #TM-D3
2007 • FUGITIVES FROM THE LAUGHING HOUSE TAROCK MUSIC USA #TM-D2
2001 • CRY TOMORROW STEREO SOCIETY USA #SS004
1992 • CRY TOMORROW TAROCK MUSIC USA #TM-D1
1986 • MANHUNTER FILM SOUNDTRACK MCA USA #6182
1986 • BAND OF THE HAND FILM SOUNDTRACK MCA USA #6167
1986 • WAITING FOR YOU SINGLE MUSIC ACTION FRANCE # N/A
1985 • SHAKE APPEAL MUSIC ACTION FRANCE #MAP9009
1984 • SHAKE APPEAL SIRE/WARNER BROS USA #21-04261
1983 • FATAL SLIDE HELTER SKELTER ITALY #HS93CD26
1982 • FATAL SLIDE STONY PLAIN/RCA USA & CANADA #SPL1048
1981 • STRONGER SILENCE HELTER SKELTER ITALY #HS93CD26
1981 • STRONGER SILENCE STONY PLAIN/RCA USA & CANADA #SPL1037
1981 • STRONGER SILENCE KINGDOM UK #KVL9005
1981 • THE REDS EP AMBITION USA #AM1981
1980 • PROPAGANDA A&M USA #SP4786
1979 • GREEN WITH ENVY THE REDS EP A&M USA #SP3301
1979 • WHATCHA′ DOIN' TO ME SINGLE A&M #N/A
1979 • WHATCHA′ DOIN' TO ME GREEN VINYL A&M UK #N/A
1979 • JOEY & VICTIMS SINGLE A&M USA #SP3178
1979 • THE REDS GREEN VINYL A&M USA #SP4772
1979 • SELF REDUCTION / VICTIMS SINGLE EKE USA #N/A
1977 • JOEY & AUTOMATIC BOY SINGLE GO GO USA #0001
1971 • JUST THE BEGINNING • RICK SHAFFER & FREIGHT TRAIN FLY BY NIGHT USA #N/A
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Misadventure Marks The Fifth Solo Album By Rick Shaffer And He's Back In The Garage Again With Some Of His Best Songs Performance And Production To Date. The Ragged Edges Room Echo Distortion Great Hooks And Underlying Menace Are Right In Place For Some Compelling Tension And Adrenaline Drenched Garage Blues. The Usual Suspects Boo Boo Leon And Les Are Once Again On Board But This Time Augmented By Detroit Musicians Anna Burne Del Robinson And Newcomer Teddy "Boy" Rixon All Adding Their Unique Contribution To Create A Modern Garage Sound With All Its "sonic Impurities." The Energy And Fury Of The Sessions Produced Some "troublemaking Racket" Worthy Of Its Primitive Roots And Is Hip Shaking Enough To Keep Any House Party Rocking. The Overall Themes Concern Personal Truth's The Cost Of Blind Faith And The Acceptance Not Dread Of The Sinister Undercurrent Knocking On Your Front Door. The Production And Sound Reflect A Lean Mid-Sixties Early Stones And Link Wray Mashed With A Shadows Of Knight And The Chocolate Watchband Trashy Garage Rock Sound. The Sound Alternates The Garage Rock With Thick Fuzzed-Out Garage Blues Combined With The Atmospherics Of A Phil Specter / Joe Meek Production Vibe In Its Percussion And Layered Vocal Treatment Creating An Exciting Loud Dirty And Menacing Sound. “Fooling Me” Is A Pile-Driver Real Classic Opener. Raw Loud Blazing Minimalist Guitar A Blues Vocal Narrative Of Druggy Surreal Imagery Delivered Short Sweet And To The Point. While Songs Like "Help Me Now " "Commotion " "Out Of Time " And "Gone Gone Gone" Are What You'd Expect From Shaffer's Garage Sound. But They’re Expanded In This Production With More Focus On Background Vocals And Stronger Song And
guitar Hooks. This Album's Low-Tech Wallop Is Brutal And Reaches Full Flower In Tracks "Some Say " "Turn It Up " "Listen Now " And The Passionate Roar Of "Falling Down " Is A Slice Of 70's Lou Reed And Bowie Glam Rock Pure And Simple. The Foot Does Not Come Off The Gas For One-Second But Keeps The Party Moving With Mid-Sixties British Blues-Rock In The Tracks "To The Top" And "Get It." Both Tracks Are Beautiful Snippets Of The Best R&B Sounds Of The Early Stones And Pretty Things. Shaffer Reveals Himself As A Pretty Solid Singer And His Own Raw Power Vocals Make For A Quirky Appeal. The Album Closer "Another High " Sounds Akin To Iggy Pop's The Idiot Careening In Flat-Out Distortion And Driving Percussion Dipped In A Textural Atmospheric Palette To Create A Super Fuzz Modern Garage Sound. The Music Sounds Like A Dark Dense Jam And The Bleakness Not Just Lyrically But Sonically Feels So Menacing And Confined That Shaffer's Vocals Are Buried Deep In The Mix Screaming To Deliver His Sermon Of The Day. Misadventure Is A Well-Crafted "magical Noise" Of Garage Blues By An Artist Who Will Never Give Up His Vision Regardless Of Where It Takes Him. ∎ To Read Reviews Of This Album Visit TarockMusic.Com Then Hover On The 2014 MISADVENTURE LINER NOTES Tab To See The Review Sub-Tabs.

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