11/11/10
Christmas is coming up and a formal has been planned with everyone
invited. Your hosts are the venerable Vandals and they are
hosting the biggest party of the year's end at the House of Blues in
Anaheim. Dave Robinson will be returning to the stage joining us
on guitar. We are also fortunate to have the services of Ted
Matson on keys. The date is December 18, the doors open at 7pm and the
first band starts at 8:00. However, get there early because
the first band will be us, the Go-Sheilas! Also performing will be
Assorted Jelly Beans (yum!). It will be titled a "Christmas Formal"
yet, the formalities may be waived in lieu of unique personal style. We
hope to see many smiling faces and a few well placed scowls for that
scrooge factor that the occasional grinch may bring.
~The Go-Sheilas~
2/4/09
For those of you on the mailing list we will be sending you a song of
the week which you can then pass on to whomever you please. Enjoy.
10/15/09
Long time no talk. We have been hiding under our rock for some
time now. Since the smell is becoming unbearable we have decided
to clean ourselves up and attempt another live performance (Tobie even
bought some new deodorant). As you may know we are perpetually
scavenging for drummers (at least in our minds). We are always
hesitant to venture out in public for fear of not having a bucket
beater present. And, this outing is no different. With
approximately two weeks to show time we plan take a vacation, and then
at some point work in a practice with a new drummer we have never
played with before. But, on Friday, October 23, we rock in
Fullerton in an attempt to sonically decimate breast cancer (breasts
good, cancer bad). If you are not with us, then you must like
cancer (shame on you!).
We also, just posted a new video of us performing "Bad Reputation" live
at Surf City Saloon in Huntington Beach on YouTube. This was from
a show we did back on 12/5/08. It was the first show we performed
with only one guitar. We took the video clip from an upcoming
cable access show, "
OC
Dining
&
Entertainment", that our friend Ernest Kemeny is
producing. Also in the episode are live performances by Loogie
and Psychostar. Here's a link to the video: http:
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGmxOL8cm8I&feature=player_profilepage
(not sure the HD version works right)
By the way if you or anyone you know plays the drums (making hand
gesture and mouthing "call me") let us know. Lead guitarists are
of interest as well.
Missing you already,
The Go-Sheilas
1/3/09
The adventures of Sheila and Ernest . . .So we have this idea to film a
music video for 99 Red Balloons and put it on YouTube. It
involves me trying to get our song played on various radio stations and
then subsequently getting rejected by each only to have it become an
internet sensation. Ernest is handy with camera and always
game for film action (especially on his turf) so we headed up to LA
armed with addresses of local radio stations and an arm-full of
Go-Sheila CDs. Clear Channel did not disappoint. The behemoth
multi-station conglomerate incapsulating 98.7 and 104.3 promptly
scolded Ernest for video taping within the building, and again within
the station's lobby. The grouchy reception would not speak to us,
but for the finger-pointing and order (disobeyed of course) for Ernest
to turn off the camera. It was our first attempt and the footage
was marginal, but we now were mastering the art of "shoot and
run". Turns out we didn't need to. At Indie 103.1, not only
did the receptionist refuse to kick me out, but she accepted my CD and
offered to give it to whomever I wanted. This did not make for
good "rejection" footage. But her friend was game and willingly
provided 2 takes of her "kicking me out" of the station. Hope
Andy can edit out the giggles. And finally we hit KROQ just as
darkness set in. I veered into the security gate of their
compound prepared for instant eviction. No one noticed me, so I
parked. Ernest and I leaped out and rushed the pedestrian guard
post with camera rolling. This was going to be good! It
turns out I didn't have a good enough reason to go inside the station,
so we were halted at the gate. Excellent. now for the rejection
footage. The guard, upon learning about our video, promptly
became a candidate for an academy award as he proceeded to dramatically
kick me out for no less than 3 takes. We thanked him and wished
him a Merry Christmas, then headed back to the car. But he caught
us and lead us into the station where I tried in vain to be rejected by
their receptionist. She was so sweet, she took a CD for each DJ,
plus the music director, then she gamely "rejected" me on camera
several times. Then Ernest and I jumped in the car and fled the
scene. In our minds we were being chased by KROQ security guards
for violating their perimeter and obtaining contraband video footage-
in reality, we gave out 7 CDS and were wished good luck and a merry
christmas by all. Now the rest is up to you. Check out the
following links for video footage of me in my panic room as I
desperately reach out to our fans for webcam footage to help finish
this project . . .
Sheila's
plea
for
help
making
of
the
video
outtake
10/8/08
We
are excited to announce that we have teamed up with
True Anthem and
Guitar Center to bring you our new album for FREE. So if you
don't already have our album you can download it
HERE
for
free
or
you
can
get
it
now
at our
MySpace
page.
Grab this widget
and post it to your page and pass it on to
your friends so they can download it too. You can still get the
full CD commercial free including "99 Red Balloons" on our
website,
iTunes,
CD baby,
MyFavoriteBand.com
and
Amazon
MP3. If you
purchase a CD through our website Sheila and Andy will autograph the CD
case. Just send us a note and tell us if you want it made out to
anyone in particular.
10/8/08
Our longtime lead guitarist Dave Robinson recently left the band to
pursue his own musical stylings. In addition, some of you may
have noticed that we have been cycling through various drummers
since Dan Carlton left earlier this year. Currently, drummer
Danny Baeza and guitarist Aaron Chabak are filling in temporarily until
we find suitable replacements.
7/3/08
The OC Weekly: Locals Only
The artwork for the Go-Sheilas' CD Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (RemLo
Productions) simulates the wear marks, split seams and cracked, torn
cardboard of an old vinyl LP sleeve. It's the Orange County quintet's
way of non-verbally communicating that the sounds within will throw you
back to the pre-digital era—specifically, the first flush of punk and
new wave in the U.S.
It may say 2008 on your desk calendar, but for the Go-Sheilas (and many
other groups today), time ground to a halt during Reagan's first year
in office. You've heard bands like the Go-Sheilas before, and you'll
hear more like them in the future. Their presence is about as
surprising as the preponderance of 7-Elevens in any American metropolis.
Lest that last sentence sound overly negative, let me hasten to say
that the Go-Sheilas are one of the best proponents of that
loud-fast-catchy brand of punk that comes draped in new-wave couture.
Produced to a highly compressed, barbed sheen by the Go-Sheilas'
guitarist Andy Fisher and played with chops tighter than your monthly
budget, Greatest Hits Vol. 1 works your well-worn pleasure centers with
maximum efficiency and quickness. I foresee many licensing deals to
television and film ("Simple Plan" already has graced TV shows The Loop
and Notes From the Underbelly).
The 12 songs here—totaling 32 minutes—are as lean and fleet as those on
the Ramones' eponymous debut LP, while Sheila Go-Sheila adds doll-cute
dollops of vocal sucrose to the linear ramalama. The hooks in each tune
are so immediate you'll be humming or singing along before the track
even ends. It's as if Fisher—the Go-Sheilas' sole songwriter—has spent
the past decade studying the masters of accessible pop punk and honed
their tics into tight packets of euphoria as familiar and comfortable
as your Vans kicks.
Greatest Hits Vol. 1 sounds calculated but undeniably skilled,
uplifting and, you know, fun. But, honestly, the funked-up cover of
Nena's "99 Red Balloons" gilds the lily.
-Dave Segal (OC Weekly)
GO-SHEILAS - Greatest Hits Vol. 1: It's about time this Orange
County Pop-Punk got an album out and I can tell you what it was
certainly well worth the wait. From the opening track 'Better Life' you
know you've made the right decision to purchase the album as every tune
on here is a great Pop-Punk experience. My only grumble would be the
closing track '99 Red Balloons' which is done very well but it seems
every female fronted band covers this song - It's getting too
predictable now! Andy Fisher and Dave Robinson sound like they're
having the time of their lives on their guitars. Not only that there's
also Tobie Hutton playing some great bass lines with Dan Carlton
keeping them in time with some excellent drum work. Sheila Go-Sheila
really gives it some on vocals with a great sounding voice with plenty
of balls to go with it unlike many female vocalists who prefer just to
look pretty. As I said there's some great songs on here which include
'Simple Plan', 'The Lonely Road', 'Holiday' and 'My Life On TV'. You
can't go wrong here if Pop-Punk is your thing and what's more you get a
great production and a well packaged sleeve. Yep a winner here! 9.5/10
-Street Voice
