Shock Tu

---Shock Tu 1985-1987--- Rick Soga - Guitar ------ Steve Mitchell - Guitar - Tommy Johns (real name Tommy Gianikos) - Vocals --------- -----Danny Boyd - Drums ------ Ty Tyler (real name Todd Berry) - Bass ------------------ -----------------------------------
Cool Slideshows -----(All these photos courtesy of "Amos")--------------- Tyler left in 1987 & was replaced by Jim Miller from The Bellows, who Tyler then replaced. Although it was not a brokered trade, essentially they swapped bands, whereafter Tyler dropped his stage name.-------------------- ----------------------------------- Shock Tu 1987 -----------Rick Soga - Guitar --------- Steve Mitchell - Guitar ---- Tommy Johns - Vocals ---- Jim Miller - Bass -------- Danny Boyd - Drums ---------- ------------------------ 3 shows later, Johns left for LA and eventually formed Mad Moxie. After Johns left, Soga joined The Godz, as had Boyd some months before--he was already in the Godz on the occasion of Shock Tu's final three shows with Johns. Boyd was allowed to play these shows provided he wore a Godz t-shirt all three nights. By mid 1988 Soga and Boyd had left the Godz and reformed Shock Tu, eventually replacing Johns with Joey C. Jones (ex-Sweet Savage, real name Joe Crabtree). Miller did not meet Jones until the day before their first show, on the occasion of this line-up's first full-strength rehearsal. -------- -----------------------------------Shock Tu 1988-1989 ------Rick Soga - Guitar --------- Jim Miller - Bass --------- Joey C. Jones - Vocals ---- Danny Boyd - Drums ---------- ------------------- Band relocated to Dallas, Texas in late October, 1988. In January 1989 Boyd amicably departed and was replaced by Ken Koudelka.---------- ------------------------------- Shock Tu 1989 ------------Rick Soga - Guitar ------- Jim Miller - Bass --------- Joey C. Jones - Vocals ---- Ken Koudelka - Drums -------- ------------------------ In autumn 1989, keyboardest Les Farrington was hired by Shock Tu to provide live and sampled backing vocals in an off-stage capacity. Although he liked Farrington personally, Miller said his inclusion in Shock Tu "made about as much sense as Thomas Dolby joining AC/DC, and he considers Farrington's addition the largest contributing factor toward that line-up's ultimate demise."-----------------Shock Tu 1990-------------Rick Soga - Guitar ----- Jim Miller - Bass ------ Joey C. Jones - Vocals - Ken Koudelka - Drums --- Les Farrington - Keyboards ------------------------------------------- In December 1990, after a months-long, on-going feud between Shock Tu's record company and producer resulted in the indefinitely-delayed release of their first album, Jones and Koudelka suddenly quit the group. This line-up's last show was New Year's Eve, 1990-91. In March 1991, Miller and Soga reformed a harder-edged and keyboardless Shock Tu with original drummer Dan Boyd. However, within weeks Boyd parted ways and was replaced by Ric Martelino (ex-Shanghai). After auditioning several area vocalists, the band decided on Tim Owings (ex-Trixx), with whom they had recorded a demo shortly after their reformation in March (on which Boyd played drums).-------------------Shock Tu 1991 - 1994 ----- Rick Soga - Guitar ------- Jim Miller - Bass -------- Tim Owings - Vocals ------ Ric Martelino - Drums ---- ----------------------------- In 1994, the members of Shock Tu amicably agreed to bring an end to the band's 9 year run.