Music Style pop/rock/alternative

Musical Influences Badfinger, The Flaming Lips, The Lefte Bank, Jeff Buckley, The Wipers, Led Zeppelin, Emmit Rhodes, Marvin Gaye, Elvis Costello

Group Members Clay Merritt, Chris Clemmons, Jeff "JD" Dennis

Instruments Guitar, Bass, Drums, Loops and Samples, Keyboards, Piano, and Electronics

Albums Live (v.) Along

Press Reviews "Clay Merritt ... has sharpened his edge so thin you can barely feel the cut." The Spectator. "[The Shames] conjure up the best pure pop music this side of Elliot Smith." David Menconi, News and Observer. "Clay Merritt should be king." Jerry Kee, famed NC producer.

Location Chapel Hill, NC - USA

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