Baby Shakes

Baby Shakes
Background information
Origin New York City, USA
Genres Rock, power pop, punk
Years active 2005-present
Labels Douchemaster Records, Lil' Chewy Records
Website http://www.babyshakes.com
Members Mary Blount
Judy Lindsay
Claudia Gonzalez
Ryan McHale
Past members Dave Rahn

Baby Shakes is an American rock band from New York City. They define their music as rock'n'roll, power-pop, punk, and also mentioned glam rock.

History

Baby Shakes were founded 2005 in New York City by Mary Blount (born November 1982, from Seattle), Judy Lindsay (born November 1981, from Atlanta) and Claudia Gonzalez (born January 1984, from New York). They first performed as a group in February 2005. They have toured the U.S., Europe twice (September 2007, November/December 2009) and Japan (February 2009). A third tour in Europe with a stopover in U.K./Ireland took place during August and September 2015 following the release of their second full-length album in August 2015 and a second Japanese tour in February 2016.[1]

Their current drummer is Ryan McHale (New York), and their former drummer was Dave Rahn from Atlanta (Gentleman Jesse & His Men, Carbons) who also played the drums on all Baby Shakes recordings. Their drummer during their February 2009 Japanese tour was Travis Ramin (Nikki Corvette, Fevers) and Shingo Nishimaru was their drummer during their 2009 European tour.

Band members

Current members
Former members
  • Dave Rahn - drums (2005-2015)
Touring members
  • Travis Ramin - drums (2009)
  • Shingo Nishimaru - drums (2009)

Discography

Studio albums

EP

Singles

Compilation album

Reception

Mark Deming of Allmusic in his review of The First One referred to the group as "three good-looking gals who can write great pop tunes with a dash of punk rock energy and girl group harmonies to boot" he goes on to call their songs "as refreshing as a tall glass of lemonade on a hot day". Deming does lament that "the production by Dave Rahn...could use a bit more body" but goes on to conclude "the music's good enough that you can play the album two or three times in a row without it wearing out its welcome".[2] J. Edward Keyes of Rolling Stone refers to the group as "the new sound of old punk".[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Baby Shakes interview – Q&A". The Last Mixed Tape. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
  2. ↑ Deming, Mark. "Review The First One". Allmusic. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  3. ↑ Keyes, J. Edward (25 June 2009). "Hype Monitor: Sunset Rubdown, Target Market, Baby Shakes". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 28 January 2010.

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