Sheek The Shayk combine the groovy 60s garage beat of the Nuggets Box Sets with mondo distorted guitars set to STUN. The bands secret weapon and spiritual epicentre is frontman Senor John who comes off like a psychotic teenage Mexican Mick Jagger... or maybe a demented white James Brown tripping on some weird drug that hasn't yet been invented.No mere band wagon jumpers, Sheek The Shayk have been playing ultra-high energy 60s garage punk inspired rock n roll since 1997 and have released a stack of singles and EPs on various independent labels, including a 7 single on US label "Haveacone Records" and an appearance on the US Radio Birdman tribute album, Flattery (Birdman drummer Ron Keeleys fave track to!). They also released a mini-album Enters The Sandstorm on Brain Salad Surgery Records in 2000. Sheek The Shayk have trodden the boards with numerous choice rock acts over the years including You Am I, the D4, Guitar Wolf (Japan), the New Christs and the Lipstick Killers.The new album HOUR OF THE SEVENTH MOON is brutal, uncompromising and er... fun. It recalls the great 70s Aussie pub rock of AC/DC and Rose Tattoo (Pete Wells actually features on one track) but supercharged with a healthy dose of 60s Nuggets/Pebbles garage punk attitude. Lyrical concerns include TV iconography (Jane Kennedy), the pursuit of romance (I Want That Woman), admiration for the gentler sex (Got It All, Full On Fox), the relevance of historical perspective (Daughters of The Revolution, 69 B.C.) and cautionary tales of over indulgence (Outta My Head, Wig Out, Alone).Many rumours exist as to the backgrounds of the members of Sheek The Shayk. For example, the bands high energy garage sound can be reminiscent of the sonic stylings of legendary 80s Sydney rock action exponents, the Psychotic Turnbuckles. However as the Buckles were never spotted without their trademark lime-green and purple hair and dark sunglasses, the real connection (if any) between the two bands may forever remain a dark secret.Whatever the true identities of the enigmatic Senor John and his motley crew, the unassailable fact remains that Sheek The Shayks new album, Hour Of The Seventh Moon, is a 57 minute one-way trip into the blubber-zone.sheek the shayk . I AM THE SHEEK
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