Music
The best kept secret in music
Press
This band has no press
Discography
Demo recording.
Photos
Feeling a bit camera shy
Bio
Jul 2002 - Ernesto Gianola and friend/drummer Russ Fischer record instrumental guitar/drums demo.
Aug 2002 - Freelance Journalist Fischer moves to Atlanta, GA.
Aug 2002 - Ernesto decides it's time to start a band and uses said demo to recruit bandmates. Mike Joy eventually gets a copy.
Winter 2002-2003 - Mike and Ernesto start playing guitar and recording their sessions weekly in Ernesto's apartment.
May 2003 - Mike recruits talented singer/songwriter Nick Gandee to play drums. Ernesto recruits multi-instrumentalist Afshin Beheshti on keyboards (who is the main member of The Afrosheens). Raucous practice space sessions start on the 15th.
Aug 2003 - Experimental Electronic musician Max Lord records demo at Wire Sounds. Band names themselves Shore Leave.
Dec 2003 - Shore Leave books their first show at The Middle East with The Rosebuds.
Feb 11, 2004 - another show at T.T. the Bear's Place Cambridge, MA w/ Hotel , California Stadium , The Deafening
a bunch of other shows (see Past Dates page) and then.....
Apr 25, 2004 - played with Sebadoh and The In-Out at T.T. the Bear's Place
Since then everything is as you see it....
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