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Baby Shaker

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About Me


Baby Shaker is a power pop trio consisting of Ed Mansfield on bass, Mick Mansfield on drums, and Chip Ficyk on guitar. All three provide lead and backing vocals and utilize two and three part harmonies, which in these times seems to be a lost art. The band does original music that lends itself to artists such as The Beatles, The Who, Cheap Trick, REM, Bob Mould (Husker Du/Sugar), The Smithereens, and others.
Their material can range from melodic, to rock, to punk, but all with that poppy-edge. Even more, the songs seem to differentiate themselves, so the audience is steered in various directions instead of one song sounding like the next. Yet one commonality exists they punch it out to give the song life.
Baby Shaker has existed since 2003 and has graced the stages of Pats in the Flats, The Symposium, The Pirates Cove, The Winchester, The Hi-Fi Concert Club, The Phantasy, No Excuses, and others. They have also been showcased on 91.3 FM on the Mondo Beyondo Show hosted by Tommy Rock.
Members of Baby Shaker have also previously been in of groups such as Odd, The Drooling Joolies, Moby Dickhead, Slobber Puss, Ass Crack Holiday, and Lazy Susan and participated in such events as Undercurrents. With years of experience under their belts, the bands performance is always professional and tight. And due to the range of their material style of power pop, Baby Shaker is quite suited to share the bill with various other types of bands and artists.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/20/2006
Band Members: Mick Mansfield - drums, vocals
Ed Mansfield - bass, vocals
Chip Ficyk - guitar, vocals

Influences: Classic Rock

The Beatles
The Kinks
The Who

Power Pop

Cheap Trick
REM
Hoodoo Gurus
The Posies

Punk

Husker Du
early Joe Jackson
The Sex Pistols
The Jam

Alternative

Foo Fighters
Weezer

Anything that has a hook!
Sounds Like: English power pop with a little added blend of classic and punk rock. Difficult to describe because so many of their songs differenciate themselves. It seems everything has a slightly different feel due to the diverse influences.
Record Label: None.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

ROCKSTARS GLUED INTERVIEW

1. Where did the name Baby Shaker come from? C: WE WANTED TO BECOME SHAKERS UNTIL WE FOUND OUT THEY WERE CELIBATE. E: SHAKE IT BABY. M: IT CAME TO ME IN A VISION AFTER AN EVENING OF PERSONAL PHYSIC...
Posted by Baby Shaker on Fri, 23 Mar 2007 07:31:00 PST

BABY SHAKER CD "ROCK AND ROLL FOR THE BROKENHEARTED"

If you'd like to get Baby Shaker's CD "Rock And Roll For The Brokenhearted", you can always come to a show and buy one from the band.  But they are also available at the following fine estab...
Posted by Baby Shaker on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 05:24:00 PST

MUSIC REVIEW

Baby ShakerHi-Fi ClubCleveland, OhioJanuary 6, 2006A bad song, even played well, is still a bad song. But a good song played well is always good and that's what Baby Shaker does best. Here is a band t...
Posted by Baby Shaker on Tue, 21 Mar 2006 05:29:00 PST