Indeed, the man himself, Mr Z-Man Barzell was recently overheard boasting to one of his party freaks that he discovered the Shimmys when they were still members of notorious Melbourne motorbike gang, the Man-eating Hussies... Believe what you will, you can at least be sure of one thing: they'll raid your make-up cabinet the minute your back is turned.
Described as trashier than Poison Ivy's lingerie collection and more primitive than Wilma Flintstone's hens' night, the Shimmys are the spiritual sisters of the Sonics, Nancy Sinatra, Billy Childish, the 5678s, the Shangri-las, the Pandoras, the Mummies and the Carrie Nations.