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The Shy Ones

About Me


This band is all about the love of Rock'n'Roll music & the true passion that we embody into writing our next catchy song.
"The Shy Ones unabashedly play pop music that poses as nothing else. It's pure, simple and honest. Leif writes the kind of songs that I want to listen to."
Erik Foster (The Pranks)
"A sort of supergroup culled from Seattle's thriving punk/power-pop scene (members have previously been spotted in the Greatest Hits, the Pop Machine, and the Cute Lepers), the Shy Ones come at their simple, spiky, catchy tunes the same way as the Ramones once did – by revving up the sounds of Tommy James and the Shondells and early Kinks and the like; merging the mod-pop '60s with the proto-punk '70s. The Shy Ones benefit from a firm grasp of punk history, the need for gritty crunch and sweet hooks, and the killer boy-girl harmonies from singer-guitarists Leif Pacemaker and Tessonja Odette. A handful of the quintet's songs have been captured in the studio by Briefs/Cute Lepers main man Steve E. Nix, the scene's spiritual leader, and both the Shy Ones' additional demos and undeniably entertaining live shows point to a bright future."
Michael Alan Golberg (Seattle Weekly, The Short List)
"I was impressed with The Shy Ones who have a cool sound that's one part The Beatles, one part The Shangri-Las and two parts The Ramones. This was only their second show but they played a tight and entertaining set. Keep an eye out for them."
Andy (Seattle Powerpop Blog)
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All I Ever & In The Dark will both be featured on the movie soundtrack for "Scenes From Oblivion."
Scenes From Oblivion (2009) - Trailer B from Mike Cuenca on Vimeo .
Also both songs were featured in our friend's short documentary, "A Generation of Consolidation". The documentary has won awards in Seattle, California, New York, & recently Portugal!
Thanks for listening & remember it's you that makes this music so fun to play. So help spread the word of our name and tell all your friends!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 08/05/2006
Band Website: http://www.theshyones.com
Band Members:
Lead Vocals - Rhythm Guitar - Songwriter

Lead Vocals - Tambourine - Songwriter

Lead Guitar - Backup Vocals - Songwriter

Lead Vocals - Tambourine - Cello - Songwriter

Bass Guitar - Vocals - Songwriter

Drums - the Backbeat!

Influences:
Beatles, Rolling Stones, Who, Kinks, Beach Boys, Small Faces, Zombies, Easybeats, Searchers, Herman's Hermits, Swinging Blue Jeans, Shirelles, Ronettes, Crystals, Shangri-Las, Chiffons, Martha & The Vandellas, Pete Best Combo, Sonics, Yardbirds, Animals, Seeds, Velvet Underground, Doors, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Pretty Things, Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs, Tommy James & The Shondells, Creation, Ohio Express, 1910 Fruitgum Company, Alice Cooper, Big Star, Raspberries, Bay City Rollers, Ramones, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, Thin Lizzy, Motorhead, Iggy & The Stooges, The Sweet, Slade, T-Rex, David Bowie, New York Dolls, Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers, Stiv Bators, Dead Boys, Elvis Costello, Joe Jackson, Nikki & The Corvettes, Pointed Sticks, Flamin' Groovies, The Clash, Boys, Barracudas, Undertones, Generation X, Buzzcocks, Zeros, Misfits, Damned, Incredible Kidda Band, 20/20, The Jam, Real Kids, Jags, Circles, Records, 999, Josie Cotton, Go Go's, Phil Seymour, Cheap Trick, Replacements, Hanoi Rocks, Guns'n'Roses, Nirvana...

Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Everly Brothers, Buddy Holly, Carl Perkins, Connie Francis, Larry Williams, Little Richard, Eddie Cochran, Gene Vincent, Link Wray, Duane Eddy, Chet Atkins, Roy Orbison, Fats Domino, Doris Troy, Otis Redding, Sam Cooke, James Brown, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, Lesley Gore, Darlene Love, Phil Spector, Jerry Leiber/Mike Stoller, Gerry Goffin/Carol King, Ellie Greenwich/Jeff Barry, Leadbelly, Robert Johnson, Jimmie Reed, Little Walter, Muddy Waters, Willie Dixon, Howlin' Wolf, Bob Dylan...

All this & more!

Sounds Like: The Shy Ones - Rock'n'Roll Heart Attack! @ the Funhouse 1/10/09

Record Label: None
Type of Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Just got back from Steve E. Nix's!

Today Spencer and I laid down all the guitar parts for our newest recordings. So the music's now all completely done and we think it sounds pretty GNARLY! Tomorrow Tessonja and I are going in to add...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:55:00 GMT

RIP to a local Legend!

Bob Bogle of The Ventureshttp://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/musicnightlife /2009342986_bogleobit16.html ...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:56:00 GMT

****ALL I WANT IS YOU**** DEMO 2009!!!!

Please go take a listen to one of my first songs I wrote right after my scary heart failure episode in 2006. After this song came many others including Future Of Tomorrow, True Love, It's Just Me, Bad...
Posted by on Sun, 24 May 2009 08:21:00 GMT

SHE TOOK MY HEART 2009!!! THE NEWEST DEMO NOW POSTED!!!!

Please go listen and let me know what you think of my latest demo! It's of an old song I just redid! Comments would be so lovely to read! Please let me know what you think pretty pretty pretty pre...
Posted by on Thu, 21 May 2009 17:59:00 GMT

When I was 17.....

I wrote one of my favorite songs to date! Actually at the time I was trying to write a bunch of other songs to put on a solo Huey C. Fonzerelli album hehe. Oh yeah if you didn't know? That was actua...
Posted by on Fri, 08 May 2009 23:20:00 GMT

Now posted With You Girl!!!! (With Vocals & Harmonies!)

Please go listen and let me know what you think of my latest recording???? Comments appreciated!!! This was a whole lot of fun making. I'm really too shy to dance around other people but while I was s...
Posted by on Thu, 07 May 2009 16:24:00 GMT

The Pop Machine Reunion! For Travis Criscola!

NEVER FORGET TRAV FROM AVE! I had an AMAZING time playing the benefit for our good friend who will be missed forever! I hope everyone else had a fun time too. A Big THANKS to all the other bands and e...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:28:00 GMT

Please support my friends and what I was born to do

This is not just a hobby to me. This is my job. Cheers, LeifTONIGHT!!!THE SHY ONESSUNDAY!!!!THE POP MACHINE (REUNION FOR TRAVIS CRISCOLA!)THE GREATEST HITSPLUS TONS OTHER AMAZING BANDS FROM SEATTLE, T...
Posted by on Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:53:00 GMT

I love music

As Andrew WK once said...This was my day today, I woke up, played guitar. Texted back with an amazing girl. Then I went to band practice. Or I should say band practicesss hehe. The Shy Ones 5:30-7:00p...
Posted by on Wed, 15 Apr 2009 02:51:00 GMT

Been reading a lot lately

I'm pages away from finishing this Ramones book called "Hey Ho Let's Go The Story Of The Ramones. By Everett True. Lately at work it's been my choice of reading material. I basically started reading i...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Mar 2009 23:59:00 GMT