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Shokei

Let's make Bocklet a threat again!

About Me


"Disassembling the early Unwound/Touch and Go jigsaw puzzle with their bare teeth, Shokei seem to transcend such borders and brandish their own urgent, dischordant mess upon the masses. Song after song, you are served a melodic hammer to the head until you are too dizzy to deny them. Their live shows an aural onslaught, their sometimes moustaches unrivaled, their drink holding apparatus unmatched. Music for the thinking man and the felon arsonist, all wrapped in one." Steven L. Chamberlain, a fan.

Releases:

7" "'02 Jailbreak" (2002, sold out)
split-5" w/ Petethepiratesquid (2004, all but sold out)
split-12" w/Kids Explode (2006, repressed)
split-12" w/The Falcon Five, Ptps and Kids Explode (2008, out now)
12" "Painkiller" (2008, out now)

Remember the Spuckkreis. Remember the Polonaise. Remember Neuhof.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/2/2005
Band Website: shokei.de
Band Members: P. Heinrich A. Wehner D. Gehret
Influences: Reviewers have compared us to Minutemen, Bells on Trike, Native Nod, North of America, Kurt, Unwound, The Spirit Assembly, City of Caterpillar, The Hal Al Shedad and Fugazi. And no, we didn't pay them money to do so.
Sounds Like: None of the above. Unfortunately.
Record Label: Narshardaa, Altin Village, Monocore, Warsaw, GC
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Is it Eva B. or Eva D.?

We are desperately looking for a video of Eva's performance in Würzburg. By the way, is it Eva B. or Eva D.? Any other pictures or videos of our tour are highly appreciated, too. There are three fine ...
Posted by Shokei on Fri, 02 May 2008 01:08:00 PST

We are better than on Myspace and obviously more Hardcore than Punk...

...that’s at least what Steffi Petersen of dremufuestias.de says:Als nächstes waren Shokei an der Reihe. Bei Myspace doch eher für langweilig befunden, war ich nun ziemlich gespannt, wie es live...
Posted by Shokei on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:52:00 PST

Return to Care-A-Lot.

Our caring meters are totally maxed out: Eve Massacre remixed our track "Hot Topic"! It's aptly named "Care Bear Stare Remix" and will be on our forthcoming 12" - also aptly named "Painkiller" - ...
Posted by Shokei on Sat, 01 Mar 2008 08:04:00 PST

Dear You.

1. If you are Belgian: The show on February, 23rd, in Mechelen is canceled. I already erased it, but crappy Myspace still shows it on our page. Seems like there's no way to erase shows in Belgium. Bum...
Posted by Shokei on Mon, 12 Nov 2007 10:16:00 PST

Every day 50 beer.

Here's a unique chance to see/hear what the three of us sing before we find time to write proper lyrics for new songs: The Subversiv sweeties recorded our recent show in Berlin and put it online. And,...
Posted by Shokei on Fri, 28 Sep 2007 01:00:00 PST

Going commando in Paris.

Some new pictures on our regular homepage - for example this series of one young man vexing all the french capital all by himself. Impressive art, for sure....
Posted by Shokei on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:32:00 PST

Picture-perfect.

You got some pictures of our recent jaunt with G-Tuk and Fyoelk? Please let us know. Smooches. PS: Everyone looks better on Myspace. We don't. ...
Posted by Shokei on Sat, 18 Aug 2007 02:34:00 PST

We love Vielsaft Crew!

Remember: "Die Zapfer zapfen tapfer, doch die Trinker trinken flinker."
Posted by Shokei on Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:54:00 PST

Pics from our shed.

Daniel visited us in our rehearsal room to take a couple of pictures. I think they really came out fine, check them out at his blog (www.myspace.com/xdudeofdeathx) or in our photo section. Thumbs up f...
Posted by Shokei on Fri, 01 Jun 2007 12:19:00 PST

Birthday Pics!

Check out some pictures of our birthday party at Mujuk. Due to some serious coughing, Shokei couldn't play, but it looks like all the Faschingspunkers had a fine time with G-Tuk and Petethepiratesquid...
Posted by Shokei on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 07:21:00 PST