The Shore (1990-93)

The Shore (1990-1993)

Series 2 Episode 1 of the podcast turns the spotlight on the work of The Shore who were active on the Birmingham music scene in the early nineties. Host Dean Vernals played guitar in the band and is joined by singer Matt Killeen and bass player Ash Orton.

Formed in South Birmingham after Dean & Ash initially met at Cadbury College, the first line up of the band was completed by Ant Jones on vocals and Ant Nolan on Drums. They cut a demo and played a couple of gigs before going their separate ways. Dean & Ash continued to write music together and started to audition new musicians. They were eventually joined by frontman Matt Killeen who also played Saxophone and guitar, as well as Ju Bayliss behind the drumkit and decided to keep the original name. The band played live in both Birmingham & London & amongst other things, you can hear all about:

• How they got a call from Nude Records requesting a demo before the label signed Suede
• Had a ‘band of the month’ review in Making Music magazine
• Cranked the amps up so loud that complaints were made to the noise abatement society

The Shore have selected five tracks from the archives to include in this episode: Safe in Her Hands, Lab Maze, Worldwide Party Time, Braincell Removal Company & Dance on Air.

If you remember The Shore or were in a Birmingham band between 1985 & 2005 and would like to take part in a future episode, then get in touch at: [email protected]. You could also follow the podcast on Twitter – just search for whenthenightcomespodcast to see some archive photographs of the bands featured.

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Matt Killeen is the Author of both Orphan Monster Spy & Devil Darling Spy