Artist description When guitar rock meets eastern melody, the results can be good or horrible.We like to think that the former has occurred.If you like hard rock but want something a little different, here is a band for you. Their music ranges from in-your-face rock to funked up blues. The members of the Shame display their sizeable talents to the full on the tracks available here. The Shame have split up, but have a cd out that we want you to hear. It is now for sale here, entitled "Welcome To The Banquet".

Music Style Eastern melody meets blues rock

Musical Influences The Tea Party, Led Zeppelin, The Shadows, Black Sabbath

Similar Artists Tea Party, Led Zeppelin, Page And Plant, Black Sabbath and a little bit of James Brown sex machine action!

Artist History When Deadline lost two members at the end of 97, the remaining band recruited a keyboard player, ditched 70's rock and developed a much darker sound. The band played around Melbourne for 12 months before splitting up at the end of 98.They released "Welcome To The Banquet" at the end of 98. This is the first time it has been available to the public.Stuart, Sam and the band's manager, Charles Campbell-Jones, have gone on to form Grover Jones And The Art Of Siegecraft

Group Members Bill Jones - 6 & 12 string guitars, vocals, mandolin; Sam Hooper - keyboards; Rob Lamont - bass; Stuart Anderson - drums and percussion

Instruments Guitar, Keyboards, Bass, Drums, Mandolin, Darbuka, Violin bow on guitar

Albums Welcome To The Banquet

Press Reviews From www.listen.com: Australian Alt Metal band adds a dash of faux-Eastern exoticism to tightly packed riffs and dramatic beats. The band may exhibit what scientists call post-Axl slither dance behavior.

Additional Info You must see Grover Jones And The Art Of Siegecraft at www.mp3.com/GroverJones

Location Melbourne, Victoria - Australia

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