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The Shivers

Your head is a lump of meat with teeth

About Me

YOU CAN GET HOLD OF SHIVERS MUSIC FROM WWW.THESHIVERS.CO.UK OR

The Shivers are a rock n roll band from Cambridge, England. Comprised of four modest and polite gentlemen, the band have no real aim as such, other than to be the best at what they do and enjoy themselves doing it. They entertain no notions of ever conquering the UK music scene, mainly because they think it is pony.

They currently enjoy a cult status, thanks to a rootsy sound which eschews electric guitars and fuzz pedals in favour of slide guitar, ukulele and untypical methods.

The wide range of influences that permeates their tunes and the raw power of their live performances have enabled them to work with many different artists such as The Kaiser Chiefs, Babyshambles, Chas n Dave, Status Quo, The Waterboys & Paul Weller.

Previous low key releases have received airplay worldwide, including the late John Peel himself!

With new single "Merry-Go-Round" due for release in March, 2008 is gonna be business as usual for the Shivers.

Most recently, they have topped the NME's cherry-pick of Cambridge bands to watch out for, in the annual NME Student's Guide! They were also the very first band to be played on the newly FM-licensed Radio 209! So check 'em out!


YOU CAN GET HOLD OF SHIVERS MUSIC FROM WWW.THESHIVERS.CO.UK OR

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/12/2005
Band Website: theshivers.co.uk
Band Members: Rich "Bargain Bucket" Archer - Lead Vocals/Guitar, Gaz "Bedroom Eyes" Palmer - Vocals/Guitar, Ben "The Anvil" Kingsbury - Vocals/Drums, Bryan "Maverick Judge" Shore - Vocals/Bass Guitar
Influences: Mr T and All Day Breakfast Sadwiches
Sounds Like:

"Best band to come out of Cambridge" NME


"They're Led Zeppelin III as played by the Kings Of Leon" Music Week


"Finest quality rock n' roll, The band to watch out for" Time-Out Magazine


"An acoustic sound that smacks of the Stones with the added twang of Nirvana thrown in for good measure" BBC Cambridgeshire


"A wicked live band that always make you smile" Moving Tone News


"a rock n' roll exposition on the beast with two backs" Silver-Footed Gig Slut


"It’s nice to see people actually enjoying a show for a change" Local Secrets


"What an amazing voice that guy has! Great band!" Cambridge Riffs


"Like a mix between 'These Boots Were Made For Walkin' and Merle Haggard" Subba-Cultcha


"Just the best band to have ever come out of Cambridge" The Saw Doctors


"A band who are primed for big-league success" Claire, Captain


"Even in the name you can hear the sound of livers slowly rotting, blood rushing to crotches and the rustle of cigarette papers" Steve Adams, Broken Family Band


"loving the shivers' sound" Hey Negrita



Type of Label: None

My Blog

Last gigs

Hello one and all,We'll be playing a few outdoor Cambridge gigs over the summer, and they will be our last for the foreseeable future.After these gigs, we'll be embarking on a journey of self discover...
Posted by The Shivers on Thu, 29 May 2008 02:09:00 PST

Living Room, Dame Edna, Donna Summer!

Hello there,Sorry for another boring informative mail-out but here are the facts:Next Thurs (may 1st) we will be performing at the Living Room @ CB2, Cambridge. It will be a super rare stripped down s...
Posted by The Shivers on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:34:00 PST