Artist description The Electric Shoes make me grin with thoughts of summer crushes, requited longing and guitars that echo the bloodrush of a first kiss. Of course, with all that bliss must come the enevitable crash which only makes the experience more intence, more meaningful. This Toronto trio's sweet lyrics juxtaposed with noisy, feeding-back guitars and crashing drums makes for perfect summer music for those still unjaundiced by heartbreak. Joanne Hufa

Music Style Slop Rock

Musical Influences the Ramones, Weezer, the Velvet Underground, Phil Spector, the Beatles, the Beach Boys, the Misfits, Norwegian Black Metal, Alcohol

Similar Artists The Ronnettes, the Jesus and Mary Chain, the Shangrai-La's, the Ramones, Your favorite band.

Artist History Highschool, Steve is in various bad metal/punk bands, one is named the Electric Shoes. Steve, like the little homo that he is, thinks he is dark and somber, and starts an industrial band called Autovoice and a band called the Failures, which sounds remarkably like the Cure. After many band line-up changes, the Failures break up, three go on to form Cuff the Duke (an incredable band), and Steve (no longer handicapped by delusions of gothdom) looks for a new band. But what? Skip ahead to Toronto, a boring live music scene where everyone thinks they are going to be the next Iggy Pop. Really, there was so many so called garage punk bands, it was aweful. It is the end of fall 2001, Steve and long time friend Kevin, hook up with Phoebe after looking long and hard for a drummer (and all the drummers were wankers), but with Phoebe, it clicked. After a number of killer shows, a good recording, and only one show that went majorly wrong, they form the Suck My Disc Collective with Another Blue Door, Anagram, the Mark Inside and the Postage Stamps. Welcome to the only scene in Ontario that will matter.

Group Members Phoebe Lee- Drums Kevin LeBlanc- Bass Steve Shoe- Guitar, Sing

Instruments Steve plays a crappy Kent through a Fender Hot Rod Deeeelux. Kevin has a crazy Lado Earth Model 2000, through a stack of Traynor amps that sound like Armageddon. Phoebe plays sparkley Blue Drums (One is Yellow) and has nice brassy cymbols.

Albums Prom Night Suicide Pact, and a couple of songs on Suck My Disc One.

Press Reviews See Artist Description above. It was written by Joanne Hufa, associate editor for Eye Weekly for the Wavelenght zine.

Additional Info Let's name drop. Steve lives with one of the Carnations, has recorded Standing 8 and toured with the Locust while singing for Black Cat #13. Kevin lives with a member of Sully and lived in Oshawa but didn't really know Steve until they got together through a mutual friend. Phoebe knows everybody, and when she started playing with us, she hadn't played in many years.

Location Toronto, Ontario - Canada

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