Artist description A quirky four piece rock band from NYC. Yes, NYC. Got a problem?

Music Style The Pixies covering the Monkees.

Musical Influences the Beatles, Pavement/Malkmus, the Laspees, Jonathan Richman, the Pixies, Velvet Underground, Will Oldham, Dan Bern...

Similar Artists the Monkees, Pavement, the Beatles, the Strokes, Fountains of Wayne, Superdrag...

Artist History Founded during the summer of 1998 by Sam Grossman, John Dydo and Chris Maher (recess, ex-Out of Whack), Shamus McNasty went a long time without playing a show, having a bassist or even a permanent name. After sorting through a handful possible candidates, the band chose Marissa Arciola to be their permanent bass player. The group played numerous shows under such names as Stempire 8, Ricercar and Uncle Weasel before deciding to stick with Shamus McNasty. In June of 1999, Shamus recorded its still unreleased 8 song EP/record, 'A Million Ducks'. UPDATE: With all four McNastes scattered around the North East (and Ohio) thanks to college, shows and practices are rare occurances. Still, in the summer of 2001, Sam, John and Chris spent time in John's Yonkers basement banging out new tunes. Rough takes from those 'Basement Tapes' may appear on this page soon. Stay tuned!

Group Members Marissa Arciola (Bass/Vocals), John Dydo (Drums), Sam Grossman (Vocals/Guitar) and Chris Maher (Vocals/Guitar)

Instruments Guitars, Bass, Drums, Vocals

Press Reviews "This is not a man with a vile name, but rather an exuberantly noisy Indie Rock band from New York City. Shamus McNasty flirt with tango rhythms, faux Alt Country twangers with marching drums, and joyously raucous rockers full of blissful pop melodies." - Will Lerner, Listen.com

Additional Info Email ShamusMcNasty@aol.com to join mailing list.

Location New York, New York - USA

Copyright notice. All material on MP3.com is protected by copyright law and by international treaties. You may download this material and make reasonable number of copies of this material only for your own personal use. You may not otherwise reproduce, distribute, publicly perform, publicly display, or create derivative works of this material, unless authorized by the appropriate copyright owner(s).