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Shakspeer Bio:
They formed last year in september where Sammo and Tom had just started college they both started writing songs together for a few months with the help of an old friend kieran who played bass at the time for them. But soon Kieran couldent hack the high octane adventures that Shakspeer contained. Eventually he dropped out of the band so Tom and Sammo were then left to find a new bassist that would fit into the style of there pop punk songs. A few months went by again and they still had no bassist but they were writing too many song to count but they had no bassist to perform with. At first sammo didnt want to sing the sahkspeer songs so they decided to get in one of Toms old mates called Bondy to sing this worked out well for a while and we got hold of a bassist called chris who looked like a mix between a fish and a frog he looked more like an indy kid so he didnt fit in well. In the 4 some they played a gig to quite a large crowd but they all decided bondy wasent rite for singing in the band he was more of a drummer so he left to join another band called Milton Drive which are good friends of Shakspeers, they were then stuck with this shite bassist for the rest of college but they went on to play manchesters roadhouse where they performed to a few friends and some others, this was there first proper full on gig with support acts from Milton Drive, Green Street three and one other band. After college in the six weeks holiday there was alot of anticipation whether tom and sammo could carry on doing what they love in college time but toms lazyness got the better of the pair and always made them late for college, so at the start of the next college year they were not accepted back onto the course, this was a real down point for shakspeer it almost broke up for a while because now there was only two members and they had to make alternate arrangements to replace the music college. Tom went onto a media course at pendleton and Sammo had a job for a while but decided being a bum is so much more fun. During the christmas holidays there was a party at ants house where Tom and Sammo saw eachother for the first time in ages they immediately went to ants practice room and started performing songs for there friends that were at the party they decided this was it, this is why we are a band in the first place, because the adrenaline that rushes through you when you hear a Shakspeer song live is something from a different world you will instantly fall in love with the songs and you will be foreva humming the hook of the chorus. This made shakspeer (Tom, Sammo) rejoin but they had to have a bassist but where could they find someone. Later on Tom and Sammo were playing shakspeer songs by the piano and then oncomes Martin Sammos other bands bassist and instantly they both asked him to be in Shakspeer, he fitted the criteria perfectly looking like a true pop punk fan so Sammo taught Martin the catchy simple riffs and away they went the story carries on up to this date, and they are still writing recording and loving the thing they do. |
