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DonShimoda

About Me


DonShimoda fused the distinct sounds of Pink Floyd and Brit-Pop, and then gave it all a filthy modern edge to give birth to a new species of beast that we like to call "psych-a-pinkbritfilthymodernedge-a-delica groove". Clearly, what the world's been waiting for. Without even knowing it.

For info and Booking contact: [email protected]

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 8/30/2006
Band Website: www.donshimoda.co.uk
Band Members: TOBY - Guitars, Vox

ALEX - Drums, Percussion

GAV - Keyboards, Synth

JASON - Bass Guitar, Synth Bass

Influences: Charlatans / New Order / Oasis / Portishead / Primal Scream / Pulp / Rolling Stones / Stone Roses / Tangerine Dream / Pink Floyd / NIN / The Doors / Neu! / Hawkwind / Joy Division / David Bowie / Rick Wakeman / Brian Eno / Depeche Mode / Stevie Ray Vaughn / Skunk Anansie / Duran Duran / Level 42 / Phillip Glass / Smashing Pumpkins / Tears For Fears / The Pixies
Sounds Like: A siren going off in your favourite wet dream. With Knobs on.
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Eleven Days of Heaven

So, here we go. The Don has a VERY intense period of activity coming up - and we're loving every angst-ridden second of it. Three gigs in a week and a half and in three completely seperate venues span...
Posted by on Thu, 30 Apr 2009 11:28:00 GMT

Kickin' Off.

Boom! Still VERY excited about the gig at McGinty's. That was a truly tremendous evening - more people than we knew what to do with, a genuine genius (Nat) engineering the whole shebang, money in our ...
Posted by on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 09:43:00 GMT

Soul Feast

Good Evening, Good People of The Family Don.So there they are - Six weeks of hard graft, intense recording sessions and one bottle of bad wine too many - Three Brand New Tunes for you to feast your so...
Posted by on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:20:00 GMT

brief update

Like the title says - here, briefly, is an update.We've not been out for a while, man, and Don's missing it! We are, however, getting right back to some glorious basics and writing some storming new s...
Posted by on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 06:51:00 GMT

Railway

With our second gig in eight days and a week to initiate Alex into the fold, it was gonna be a breeze playing at the Railway. So I thought fuck it, let's get some flu as well. Just to make it interest...
Posted by on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 10:10:00 GMT

Swan

Sunny, summery afternoon gigs are always a pleaseure,  never a chore, so me ol' Granpappy used to say. And this was true enough yesterday at The Swan. We were lucky enough to play mid afternoon, ...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 04:30:00 GMT

Grinning, and slightly pissed, Rat

Jeez, this keeps getting better and better. The Grinning Rat gig was a massive night. By the time we got on, at about 9:30, the festival was running an hour behind, then we were introduced WAY before ...
Posted by on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 15:05:00 GMT

bit o' the ol' Beeb!

So, not a bad day. We've just got back from a brief, but electric, interview with BBC Radio. Obviously, they're lovin' us. And I THINK we even inspired Foster to play some Pink Floyd earlier in the sh...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:02:00 GMT

fish fingers, anyone?

Momentous week for the Don. Si's on board, Kyle's on board. Hell, even Captain bleedin' Birdseye's on board the good ship Groove. Two (count them!) new demos are done (listen to them!), Dylan's master...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:31:00 GMT

friday at the club (biscuit)

Momentum continues, guys. Heck of a gig on friday. Despite a malfunctioning PA, andI think we may have had one or two more drinks beforehand than was sensible (too much "whoo!"ing going on, anyon...
Posted by on Tue, 22 May 2007 14:57:00 GMT