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Von Shakes

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MEDIA VIEWS

"Out of Order has a nice rolling drum beat and the vocal has that rock star laid back tone, very catchy and commercial feel coming from the melody, cracking song. 6/6" - Music Review Unsigned

''One of the best live acts in a long time'' - King Kong Club Final Judges

Commenting on Von Shakes' EP 'Mind Your Head', '' [an] achievement by the lads, particularly in the professional production and delivery.......it would stand up for any band''. - Brian Adams, Today FM____________________________________________________________ _____

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Member Since: 7/18/2007
Band Website: vonshakes.com
Band Members:

Vocals/Rhythm - Patrick 'Paddy' Brazel


Lead Guitar - Hugh 'Minty' O'Reilly


Bass/BV's - Cillian 'Beard' McSweeney


Drums & Percussion/BV's - Aaron 'Masty' Masterson


Influences: Thin Lizzy
Jimi Hendrix
Led Zeppelin
Kings of Leon
Neil Young
Daft Punk
Kooks
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Justice
tea
Sounds Like: 'Obsession' performed live on Dublin's BalconyTV
Record Label: N/A

My Blog

VICAR STREET

Hi all just an update on what's been happening in the world of Von Shakes! Recently we qualified for the final of the Emergenza Festival in Vicar Street, which will be taking place on June 5th. This w...
Posted by on Wed, 13 May 2009 13:47:00 GMT

CAPTAIN AMERICAS

Von Shakes have accepted a residency in Captain Americas. Every Monday at 9pm you can catch the band playing from 9pm.Don't forget the bar does 2 for 1 burgers and some of the cheapest dinky dinks in ...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Feb 2009 07:04:00 GMT

KING KONG CLUB FINAL

Von Shakes reached the final of the King Kong Club, Dec 27th 2008, butwere narrowly beaten in the end by Romanov's Goodbye. This was a greatachievement for the lads in what was their first band of the...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Jan 2009 11:48:00 GMT

HOT PRESS FINAL

Von Shakes have been shortlisted in the final 15 of Hot Press's "Next Big Thing" competition. The boys submitted their track "If You Go" and are now in for the grands prize. Hundreds of bands from all...
Posted by on Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:49:00 GMT

WEST IRELAND

Is different... August 1st saw us head to Limerick to play a class venue called Bakers Place, pity the audience wasn't as class. When the crowd found out we were from dublin, all they wanted to hear w...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:57:00 GMT

LONDON 08'

Howdy yall,Just a quick blog to let you know how London went. Well apart from Hugh fuckin' everything he saw up, we just a bout got by. We stayed in a little shanty hostel called the ge...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:34:00 GMT

VON SHAKES BIO

Von Shakes were formed when they were at school. As childhood friends they all had common musical interests. They originally went under the name Goodfellas. They recorded two quick demos to get there ...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:13:00 GMT

NEW EP MIND YOUR HEAD

Hello All, our new EP is gonna be called Mind your Head, it is currently getting printed!!! Hope you all like it!!! Patrick
Posted by on Sun, 04 Nov 2007 16:19:00 GMT