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Escape From New York by The Shapes

Artist Biography For The Shapes

There Is More Than One Artist With This Name 1. The Original The Shapes Released Their Part Of The Furniture EP In 1979 Which Contained Such Memorable Tracks As Wot's For Lunch Mum? Not Beans Again And I Saw Batman In The Launderette . They Recorded A Session For John Peel's BBC Radio One Show And Played Gigs Supporting The Killjoys The Cure And The Fall. After Releasing Their Second Single Airline Disaster B/w Blast Off! On Terri Hooley's Belfast-Based Label Good Vibrations They Self-Imploded. However John Esplen Persuaded Them To Release Songs For Sensible People On Overground Records In 1998 And In 2007 US Label/Chuck Warner Hyped2Death Included I Saw Batman In The Launderette On Messthetics # 103. 2. The Shapes Are A Currently Active Indie-Rock Band From Brooklyn NY. Formed In 2004 The Shapes Have Self-Released One Self-Titled EP 2005 And Also Composed The Theme Song For The Popular A&E Television Show "Dallas SWAT". Its Members Are Mark Allen Vox/guitar Tonia Samman Vox/guitar Brent Gonzales Guitar Dmitry Dodin Bass And Ian Hendrickson Drums . 3. Shapes Oxford Or Shapes Oxford Http //www.Shapesoxford.Co.Uk
A Short History
The Shapes Are Anthony Kelly – Guitar And Lead Vocals Also Plays In The Factory Lights Steve White – Drums Backing Vocals Plus Guitars Mandolin Banjo & Bouzouki Also Plays In La Phooka Gary Warmington – Bass Guitar Also Plays In La Phooka And The Factory Lights Jez Bale – Lead & Rhythm GuitarEd Bressan – Acordion Backing Vocals & Trumpet Also Plays In The Factory Lights Alix Champ – VocalsClaire Heaviside – Sax Also Plays In Moogieman And The Masochists Pandapopalypse And The Balkan Wanderers Andy Boyd – TrumpetBethan McDonald – Trombone Also Plays In Storyteller Anthony Played In Many Local Bands Including The Flex In The Early 80’s And The Popular Band Soul Devotion 90’s . Before Forming The Shapes Tony Lead The Morose Brothers A Celtic Irish Combo. Tony Recruited Jez Bale On Lead Guitar Oxford Legend Tony Jezzard On Hammond Organ And Well Know West Oxfordshire Legend Steve White Who Tony Says Is A Genius On Drums Guitar & Mandolin Banjo & Bouzouki. After Watching Local Bands For 10 Years Or So Including Gold Rush Stornoway And The Epstein Anthony Was Inspired To Return To Song Writing Something He Hadn’t Done For 20 Years. The Creative Juices Were Stirred And A 7-Track Demo Album Called Dark Clouds Was Recorded At Big Boys Studios In Witney Oxfordshire With Steve White Playing Almost All Of The Instruments. This Was Swiftly Followed By A 3-Track EP Entitled Baby You’re Strange And Then A 4-Track EP Called Like. The Band Have Graced Many Stages Since Then Playing All Over Southern England And Get Great Responses To The Live Shows. This Has Included Many Festival Appearances. Right Now The Band Are Writing And Recording New Material And Gigging Regularly.

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