Backyard Shark

Show Saturday

admin — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:31:10 +0000

This Saturday at 9PM sharp, Backyard Shark will be making a brief appearance at a ‘Faster Forward and Friends’ show at Memphis on Main in downtown Champaign. Check the shows page for more details!

Recording: Bass

admin — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:50:44 +0000

Tony finished up the Bass Guitar tracks in a short day and a half…. The man’s a pro.

Check out this close-up: it’s so close, you can almost FEEL the bass.

Recording: Drums

admin — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:45:27 +0000

Recording for our first official release has begun. Jeff and Eddie tracked all of the scratch tracks and drum parts. Next up is Bass Guitar with Tony after the first of the year.

Recording Schedule

admin — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:30:50 +0000

We’ve been planning our newest album ~~“Chinese Democracy”~~ “Banjaflutatales” (err…. maybe something else) for the past 2 3 years… and ~~haven’t~~ actually got~~ten jack shit~~ a lot planned ~~done~~.

We’ll begin recording in our own “Rosewood Recording Studio” starting the middle of December hopefully wrapping up the entire process sometime this spring. If we’re ~~on top of things~~ lucky we’ll have a release party this fall when school gets back in session.

Leave us a comment if you have any suggestions for the initial (and long overdue) first release for Backyard Shark.

w00t.

Show with Faster Forward this Saturday

admin — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:54:11 +0000

Summer Update…

admin — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:37:06 +0000

Ok… where do we start? - I know the most hardcore fans found the most recent photos from Cowboy Monkey – I’m glad you did because we’re just now getting around to saying “Hey – they’re online!”.

Anyway – the show went great – the other bands were fantastic, we were shark-tastic, and we had a surprise visit from some Peoria fans (now dubbed the ‘Peoria Sharkettes’). They braved a monsoon and drove 1,432,532 (or so) miles to make the Backyard Shark show.

Hard. Core.

Alright, alright – so here’s what’s new:

New music is being written. We just ran through the newest tune tonight at practice and it’s killer… you have no idea what’s in store for you.

Recording: It’s the never ending project. I think we’ll call the record ‘Chinese Democracy’ (can we get sued for that?). The update is: we’re still working on it and planning on how to do it with all the band members spread around IL.

Shows: We have a few shows coming up. The most amazing of which will be at Bentley’s Pub on July 25th. We’re playing with ‘Faster Forward’ (with yours truly on drums). Faster Forward is a new band in town headed by a great songwriter named John Caparoon. We highly recommend you come check out the show – if not for us, for Faster Forward.

See you all at the show.

-Eddie

Show this Thursday – Champaign, IL

admin — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:29:54 +0000

Photos from Bentley’s Pub

admin — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:11:47 +0000

Bentley's Pub 04/10/09

We’ve got photos up from our gig last Friday at Bentley’s pub Check ‘em out!

Show Downtown Champaign Friday

admin — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:57:34 +0000

Springtime Shark

admin — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:52:50 +0000

It’s been slow for us lately but with Spring coming we’re getting our asses in gear.

We’ve been practicing our set and we’re working on booking some additional April dates. Keep your eye on the show list for the most recent info!

See you at the show!