The Goddamn Shame began in a smelly garage on the south side of Chicago in the Spring of 2004, with amps and drum kit positioned precariously around pallets, rusting appliances, and a refrigerator filled with flies. This proved to be an excellent space for songs to fester and grow, for pop hooks and blues scales to decay into a barrage of noise with hints of melody lingering beneath, on the verge of breaking apart. We love cheap distortion pedals, self-oscillating feedback, and contingency plans.
On July 2nd, 2006 we released our first EP, Dispatches from the Grey City, produced by Loren Jan Wilson of Mr. Hyde Records. We are currently writing new songs in various other shitholes around Chicago and hope to have another EP completed by the Spring of 2007. If you like our music and/or would like a copy of our current EP, send us a message or leave us a comment.
All the mp3's you hear on this page have been recorded in either Loren Jan Wilson's basement or Brian Sulpizio's Chateau Recording Studio, Humbolt Park. Please consider them, if you want excellent sounding recordings on the cheaps.
Quick Before It Melts says: "It's been awhile since I've come across a band on Myspace that's made me sit up and take notice, but I've taken a shining to Chicago's The Goddamn Shame."
Gig Highlights
11.7.07 - Empty Bottle (w/ Lab Partners)
05.01.07 - Subterranean (w/ Welcome to Cambridge, Cries Tiger)
03.09.07 - The Elbo Room (w/ The Modern Temper, Pontius, and Jumbling Towers)
02.17.07 - The Elbo Room (Benefit for 50th Ward Alderman candidate Naisy Dolar w/ The Jesters, The Blue Line Riders, and Greenfield Park)
10.22.06 - The Chicago Marathon
10.06.06 - Gunther Murphy's (w/ The Hourly Radio and The Modern Temper)
07.02.06 - The Wilderness Loft (w/ Bicycles and Gravel, Matt Boyle, and Grinner)
06.02.06 - Main Quad, The University of Chicago (Mr. Hyde Records music showcase w/ First Coat, The Passerines, Cola Wars, Unled Tit, Lixian Hantover, The Flying Fishes, etc.)
03.31.06 - Pure Hype on WHPK 88.5 (live, on-air performance)
11/11/05 - The Smart Museum of Art (for the "Smart Soundscapes Series" w/ The Modern Temper & The Passerines)
4/7/05 - Phyllis' Musical Inn (w/ Felta, Cadet, Jeremy Williams)