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BAND BIO:
Now, let's see...where to start...Oh YEAH!
Two Australian school friends achieve their life long dream of forming a band that screams hell-fire Aussie rock circa '77 and resonates with the harmonies of West Coast Sunshine-Pop all over raw 'n' rowdy, Rock n' Roll. They enter the Queensland Unearthed Competition sponsored by Australia's biggest radio station Triple J and beat over 1,500 bands to win the number one spot. American icons Blondie hand pick the band to open for 'em when they tour Australia and they're off on an amazing tour!
Soon thereafter, they get asked to play THE biggest music festival in Australia, Big Day Out and their single Butter is added into rotation at commercial radio.
This, of course, leads to Shifter being discovered by Boo Management - one of the most successful management companies in the USA. Naturally, the Aussie government supports the band, helps fly them to the US to tour from Los Angeles to New York and back again, and of course stopping on the way to take in SXSW where they blew away an unsuspecting music industry.
Soon after touring the USA, Shifter returned home and took the time out to perform as the house band for the hit late night television show "ROVE LIVE", making them the first unsigned band to do so. And also played at Australia's biggest music festvial yet again, the Big Day Out.As one would suspect, this leads to MySpace and Cingular Mobile selecting Shifter to be the first band promoted in the Mobile Music Studio partnership with Cingular Mobile and Myspace (the promotion includes Shifter among the top 50 independent bands on MySpace and ringtones of those bands marketed to Cingular customers. The entire whirlwind of activity ending in Las Vegas on April 5th with Shifter being flown in to play at the Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association convention.
Now take a breath, as this is just the start. The bands new full length album "HEARTACHE TIME" is set for a release in the coming months!
Videoclip for "Shifter - Butter"
Video of "Do it again" with clips from the latest US tour!
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Footage of "c'mon c'mon" Live @ Brisbane Entertainment Centre supporting Black Sabbath

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Member Since: 6/27/2005
Band Website: shifter.com.au
Band Members: Michael Nason (vocals, guitar)

Joal Pascoe (lead guitar, vocals)

Per Stenbeck (bass, vocals)

Peter Robertson (drums, vocals)

Influences: Rolling Stones, The Sonics, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, The Beatles, Big Star, Supergrass, Weezer...

Sounds Like: Your new favorite band!
Record Label: not yet
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Dear fans......we have some news!

To all of you who have stood by us.........We are in the studio as we speak putting the finishing touches on our brand new record..."Heartache Time"It's been a long time coming, but we have been in th...
Posted by Shifter on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:01:00 PST

Shifter: Update!

Wow, its been more than 6 months since we wrote last! So what has been going on? Well, let me try and sum things up for ye: First off, We supported BLACK SABBATH at the Brisbane Entertainment Cen...
Posted by Shifter on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 05:16:00 PST

Our New Best Friend!

Hey Y'all, just a quick note to let you know that we've finally found a new Bass player, yay! His name's Per Stenbeck, he's from Sweden, he plays bass like a muthafucka and he can sing like...like...M...
Posted by Shifter on Sun, 08 Apr 2007 03:16:00 PST

WHAT WE DID ON OUR HOLIDAYS

We're back! And what a time we've had, we drove across America (twice), taking in everywhere from LA, Austin TX, Nashville TN, Washington DC, New York NY, Chicago ILL, Denver, Las Vegas NV...hell, we ...
Posted by Shifter on Thu, 13 Apr 2006 03:16:00 PST

TAKE OFF!

Thanks for all of you who voted in JJJ's Hottest 100...we came in at 101. D'oh! Thanks to everyone who came and saw us at the Big Day Out. Why not drop by JJJ and leave a review of what you saw, just ...
Posted by Shifter on Thu, 16 Feb 2006 03:41:00 PST

Big Day Out 2006 fan review

What an amazing band! It's easy to see why this band won the triple j unearthed competition a few years ago, They have amazing songs, they are fantastic performers and you can tell by looking at them ...
Posted by Shifter on Sat, 28 Jan 2006 03:55:00 PST

TIS THE FESTIVE SEASON!

07 DECEMBER 2005 Word! Here is the rumpus. This Friday we are doing our last show in Brisbane for 2005. We will taking stage with good friends Giants of Science, Pacesetter and The Wulvs...
Posted by Shifter on Tue, 13 Dec 2005 08:16:00 PST

BACK IN THE SADDLE!!

BACK IN THE SADDLE!! 10 MAY 2025 Word! Hope youve all been keeping well. We here at Shifter HQ have had ourselves a little holiday from the Live Show Scene after the craziness that was S...
Posted by Shifter on Thu, 27 Oct 2005 09:04:00 PST

FULLY SICK!!!

FULLY SICK!!! 29 SEPTEMBER 2005 Word! Heres the rumpus. TONIGHT what better way to kick off your weekend than a little bit of SHIFTER in the night? Were playing at The Troubadour in su...
Posted by Shifter on Sun, 02 Oct 2005 06:46:00 PST

OH WHAT A NIGHT, LATE SEPTEMBER BACK IN...BLAH BLAH BLAH

OH WHAT A NIGHT, LATE SEPTEMBER BACK IN...BLAH BLAH BLAH 17 SEPTEMBER 2005 Word! A huge IT WASNT OUR FAULT!!! to all the kids in Toowoomba, the weather just wasnt on our ...
Posted by Shifter on Mon, 19 Sep 2005 06:43:00 PST