Artist description The Schaefdogs are five piece band dedicated to playing a totally unique style of music made up of mainly rock-a-billy, blues, punk, and surf roots. Originating from Topeka, KS, The Schaefdogs have been playing out for nearly two years. Playing mostly for a regional crowd, the band has always had the power to excite their listeners and make them dance.

Music Style Rockin Surf-a-billy

Musical Influences The Reverand Horton Heat, The Amazing Royal Crowns

Artist History The Schaefdogs have played with numerous regional bands such as The Ray-Guns, The Gadgits, MU330, Johhny Black and The Assassins, Dragqueen, and O'Phil. They have also opened for national acts such as The Amazing Royal Crowns, Los Straightjackets and even the great Billy Ray Cyrus.......

Group Members Jayson Massey Junior Thomason Chris Davis Jake Dahlstrom Matt Fund

Instruments Vocals, Alto and Tenor Sax, Lead Guitar (Hollow Body), Bass (Electric and Stand Up), Drums and Percussion

Albums Currently in the works! WOOHOO!

Press Reviews The Pitch Weekly-It’s easy to be skeptical when a band describes its sound as “totally unique,” then states that it mixes rockabilly, punk and surf. However, in this case, the group is telling the truth — this demo bears little resemblance to the psychobilly of Reverend Horton Heat and his followers. The difference is this band’s raucous horn section, which brings a certain George Thorogood feel to these fast-paced tunes. As is the case with most bands that incorporate horns (Grumpy, for example), The Schaefdogs have ended up on bills with dissimilar ska bands. Hopefully, this demo will establish the band’s sound with the powers that be who book shows at local clubs, and this five-piece will end up sharing bills with kindred spirits such as The Rumblejetts or any number of local blues/rock artists. Th Pitch Weekly: 01/13/2000 Change back from a $5 for a 12-pack The formerly instrumental band The Schaefdogs may have gotten its name because it was too poor to buy anything but Schaefer beer, but now that it’s starting to get more shows, it should at least be able to afford the occasional Pabst Blue Ribbon. “The singer (Jason Massey) came in and it blew everything open. We’ve been playing like crazy for the past month or so. He got out of the military after the last Desert Storm scare in March of last year,” says guitarist Chris Davis, starting at the end of a strange journey that found the trio expanded to a quartet. “Me and the drummer started doing a really weird instrumental thing with a different bass player and then he got other things going on, so we started doing this surf thing. We had known the bass player, Jacob (Tahlstrom), for a while but never asked him to play because he’d always been into the hardcore blues and punk stuff. We finally got him involved and played a couple of shows, and he brought in Junior (Thomason), the sax player. From there, we kind of twisted the surf into this weird swing-rockabilly thing.” And just because that whole swing revival may be over doesn’t mean The Schaefdogs necessarily have anything to fear, because it’s but one ingredient in the band’s strange brew. “We’re so far away from it now. I was really into it, not so much as to get the zoot suit and everything, I just liked the sound,” Davis explains. “(Brian) Setzer had out Guitar Slinger, and I liked what he was doing. Then the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies came out, and I was like, ‘Uh oh, this is going down.’ Then Setzer came back for a huge arena gig and I was, ‘Guys, this is wrong. Swing should not be played in a big arena,’ and that was it.” Despite liking the music, Davis isn’t too sorry to watch the style exit the spotlight. “I’m kind of glad it’s over. I was getting kind of tired of seeing it everywhere.” The Schaefdogs, however, can be seen with Boot Hill on Saturday, Jan. 15, at The Replay Lounge, which at last check still serves frosty cans of Schaefer.

Additional Info We are currenty looking for people to give us money! :)

Location Topeka, KS - USA

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