Slick Shoes
| Slick Shoes | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Antelope Valley, USA [1] |
| Genres |
Punk rock Pop punk Melodic hardcore Skate punk Hardcore punk Alternative rock |
| Years active | 1994–2004, 2007–2008 2011-2012 |
| Labels | SideOneDummy, Tooth and Nail, Fueled by Ramen |
| Members |
Ryan Kepke Joe Nixon David Stoltenberg Jermiah Brown Jordan Mould |
| Past members |
Jonah Peterson Dale Yob Greg Togawa Jackson Mould Kevin Clark Josh Kleven Bill Lanz |
Slick Shoes is a punk rock band with Christian origins from Antelope Valley, California. Their name comes from the hit 1985 movie, The Goonies, 'slick shoes' being one of the character Data's many gadgets. The band formed in 1994 and made their first release as a self-titled EP in 1997. They released 5 full length CDs, 4 of them on Seattle based Tooth and Nail Records. They also released an EP, a split with Autopilot Off and a greatest hits CD entitled The Biggest & The Best, featuring 3 previously unreleased songs. Slick Shoes' style could be described as fast and melodic, occasionally with a rough-edged hardcore punk/melodic hardcore sound.
The band had gone through numerous line-up changes over the years, but singer Ryan Kepke and Joe Nixon (drums) performed on every release, while Jeremiah Brown (bass) played on all except their final album, Far From Nowhere. This was their first release without Tooth and Nail Records, which they left, not for religious reasons, but merely because their contract had finished and the band felt the need for a change. Far From Nowhere was released on SideOneDummy Records in the summer of 2003.
The band was particularly successful in the Christian punk scene in the late 90s and early 2000s and toured alongside their peers, both secular and Christian (most notably bands such as Face to Face and MxPx, respectively). They also played certain legs of the Vans Warped Tour in 2003.
2004-2008
Since touring in 2003 and early 2004 in support of Far From Nowhere, Slick Shoes was very inactive (even their website was taken down), and on October 7, 2006 the band issued a statement through their MySpace page saying that they had begun a side project called Sigmund, and that Slick Shoes was on an "indefinite hiatus". Then, 15 months later on January 3, 2008, the band announced through MySpace that they had reunited:[2]
"Hey Everyone, Good news. Slick Shoes is back together with original members Ryan Kepke, Jackson Mould, Joe Nixon, and Jeremiah Brown. We also added guitarist Jordan Mould . Although we will not be touring extensively we will be playing shows and hope to record a new record in the near future. Don't forget to tell your friends."
Post-2011
Their first show back together took place at Schooner's in Lancaster, CA in December, 2007, with their last show at the Key Club in Hollywood, CA on April 10, 2008.
The band has been inactive since early 2008, but in October 2011, the band created an 'official Facebook page'. On December 11, 2011, the band announced a comeback show on March 17, 2012 at Chain Reaction in Anaheim, California.
Discography
- Slick Shoes EP (released January 21, 1997)
- Rusty (released June 24, 1997)
- Burn Out (released July 7, 1998)
- Wake Up Screaming (released May 23, 2000)
- Slick Shoes/Cooter Split EP (released May 23, 2000)
- Slick Shoes (April 9, 2002)
- Far From Nowhere (released July 8, 2003)
- The Biggest and the Best (released November 18, 2003)
References
- ↑
- ↑ Slick Shoes Reunion blog post at MySpace
External links
- Slick Shoes MySpace Page
- Slick Shoes Purevolume Page
- Slick Shoes at SideOneDummy.com
- Interview
- Interview at Decapolis.com