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Shockwave Generators

About Me


Shockwave Generators are Devonian rock 2 piece Sezrah and Andy Shaw.
Brief band history:
Met in 2002,were in different bands until they lived together and recorded thier first album in2003 as an experiment, Rocktober,Indigo Screams and the Starlight Rat Device' in one month at thier home studio Azrahland .
In 2004 Shockwave Generators began to gig and recorded another album 'Rocktober,Scarlet Dreams and the Incandescent Ferris Wheel Brigade' again in one month.
By 2005, the band started to gig frequently , and won a battle of the bands competition which won them studio time at Aardvark Studios from which they recorded a 4 song self titled E.P.
In 2006 the band gigged alot more across the UK and recorded another E.P at the Phoenix in Plymouth,which is currently still to be released in 2007.The band built up more of a fanbase,also due to the internet through websites like myspace.They started thier own fanzine Indigo Screams and started producing thier own custom made merchandise. Check our top friends,Kitsch Witch is the name of Sezrahs merchandise.They wrote a few new songs at the end of the year and remixed one of thier songs for Halloween.
20072007 has been one eventful year for the band, they recorded a few songs and had ideas for an album, but sadly due to a separation,the band decided to split up in autumn 2007. We will still keep Shockwave Generators alive by updating the player with some of our old songs, and chatting to all the friends we made through the journey of this band.
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Reviews
Shockwave Generators - Exeter Hub 28-5-07 (gig review)
A thumpingly explosive start to the night from a two-person wall of grimy garage rock. Shockwave Generators’ Queen of the Stone Age esque, riff driven alt rock with a dark side, filled the room like a juggernaut overflowing with liquid cool.
This was half an hour of non-stop rock as it should be. Stripped down to its purest and best elements, no flowery crap, just big sounds and sacks of ummf – you feel it in your chest, it rings in your ears and makes you grin like a cat that’s just found it’s way to Cheshire. Tar thick guitar sounds pumped through a bass amp and pounding drums. Maximum head nodding riffage and plenty of eccentricity – ticks all the boxes for a good live band in my book.
Fluffy pink guitar straps, random bursts of drum duets and a considerably more bizarre box of toy dolls. The grand finale involved pounding a floor tom with a pair of Barbie dolls while the guitar, flat on it’s back front of stage, wailed feedback into the air in tune to the tribal plastic drum beats. Dolls and drums my friends, that’s the future of rock and roll! Come on Barbie, let’s go party.
By Martin Kendrick
www.myspace.com/noizemakesenemies
www.myspace.com/MartinK1

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 29/03/2006
Band Members:Andy Shaw- Drums and Vocals.
Andy has played in numerous bands over the years,styles ranging from Grunge to Soul,and is also a gifted multi-instrumentalist.His main instrument is guitar,but has recently worked in bands drumming.He has recorded a handful of albums.He is currently working on a solo acoustic album,to be released 2007.

Sezrah - Guitars + Vocals.
Sezrah has also played in numerous bands ranging from Drum and Bass to Soul.This is her favourite project so far,as she likes the diversity,and the ease it is to work with only Andy in the band.She can play a range of instruments,and probably enjoys electric guitar and drums the most.Her solo project isPolygon Swab.She has her own clothing/accesory range called Kitsch Witch.She also covers Devo songs (De-Veaux)

Media


  • Rockbeast Article
  • Okehampton Times artical 1
  • Okehampton Times article 2
  • Rockbeast article 2

    • Influences: Things that are inspiring us at the moment are:
  • Ray Bradbury-Something Wicked This Way Comes (book)

  • Carnival Of Souls
  • Mirrors
  • Cocktail dress
  • Evening wear
  • Masquerades
  • Old Bela Lugosi films
  • Old Carnivals
  • Devo
  • Dusk and twilight
  • Mighty Boosh
  • The Prisoner
  • Tarot Cards


    • Sounds Like:

    Links

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  • Fantastic Devon based studio-Aardvark.

    • http://www.independentmusicsw.co.uk/8.html
  • Online independant music magazine,Noize Makes Enemys.

    • noizemakesenemies.co.uk
  • Club Devo official website.

    • www.clubdevo.com
  • I Threw Up, an experimental sticker campaign.

    • www.ithrewup.com
    Record Label: Garage Sale Records
    Type of Label: Indie

    My Blog

    To anyone who lives in DEVON and wants to buy an Emily the Strange guitar...

    I have a spare Emily the Strange guitar, that is brand spanking new and has never been played. There is nothing wrong with it, I just don't need 2 Emily's! It has an Emily the Stange gig bag, an Emily...
    Posted by on Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:29:00 GMT

    New songs added to our player.

    Just uploaded 4 songs to our Myspace player, they were from the recording session we won in 2005 at the Okehampton Battle of the Bands. Hope everyone is well and having fun :) Sezrah x
    Posted by on Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:47:00 GMT

    This Friday!

    This Friday night, downstairs in the Globe - Exeter, there will be a night of lots of rock and roll.Coco Loco will be playing, FreakbyWire will be playing also (Andy Shaws mighty 3 piece), I will be p...
    Posted by on Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:09:00 GMT

    Songs from our first album now up and downloadable!

    ..> Songs from our first album now up and downloadable! We put some old Shockwave classics up on our player, all songs are from our debut album recorded in 2004 -'Rocktober, Indigo Dreams and the ...
    Posted by on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:46:00 GMT

    A blast from the past.

    There are some old songs now on our player, 2 from our first album we recorded in October 2003, and one remix song from last Halloween, and the other is from the back of the Shockwave Vault from a pre...
    Posted by on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 09:20:00 GMT

    Big news.

    Hi all. Well I guess some of you know that some stuff is up with us at the moment, and well...it is. I think it's the right time to say this, but Shockwave Generators aren't going to be a band anymore...
    Posted by on Sat, 15 Sep 2007 16:35:00 GMT

    Cancelled shows...a break from it all.

    We had to cancel both shows for unforeseeable circumstances.We apologise to everyone who was going to see us, and to the people who booked us. We aren't going to be gigging for a while now,so if peopl...
    Posted by on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 07:52:00 GMT

    This weekend, 2 gigs,BOTB, Devo news and photos!

    Hello all. Well, we have lots of stuff to blog. It has been a very mad weekend. Friday night, we loaded our band wagon up with our gear, and headed on down to one of our favourite venues in Plymouth -...
    Posted by on Sun, 12 Aug 2007 14:51:00 GMT

    Plymouth dwellers..

    ..> We are playing in the Voodoo Lounge tonight, with le fantastique Le Chat Noir.Two piece heaven:) or hell for the wicked ;)Will be fun, come along if you aren't doing anything, we do love Plymo...
    Posted by on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 08:03:00 GMT

    Being 22

    Today is my birthday, and I just thought I would post a little blog on what I got up to at the weekend. Saturday night I invited my closest friends over to my house to come to a Hawaiian party. I...
    Posted by on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 02:45:00 GMT