Shack

Shack are an English indie band formed in Liverpool, England in 1987. Originally Shack consisted of Mick Head (vocals and guitar), his brother John Head (guitar), Justin Smith (bass) and Mick Hurst (drums). Before founding Shack, Michael and John Head were in the cult 1980s band the Pale Fountains, and released two albums, Pacific Street in March 1984 and ...From Across the Kitchen Table in March 1985. That band ended around 1986 and returned from London to their home town of Liverpool. Bassist and founding member Chris "Biffa" McCaffrey died of a brain tumour in 1989, a few years after the band broke up.
The Head brothers soon re-emerged as Shack, signing to the Ghetto Recording Company, home of record producer Ian Broudie's solo project, The Lightning Seeds. Shack's first album Zilch was released in 1988, but was neither critically nor commercially successful. The follow-up, Waterpistol, was recorded in 1991 at London's Star Street Studio and Chapel Studios, Lincolnshire. Shortly after the recording of Waterpistolwas complete, the Star Street studio burnt down and most of the tapes were destroyed. The only remaining DAT of the album was in the possession of producer Chris Allison. At the time, Allison was in Los Angeles, and when he returned, it transpired that he had left the copy in his hire car. It was only found weeks later after a frenzied search. However, by this point, Ghetto had folded so the record was without a distributor. Shack split, with Wilkinson joining fellow Liverpudlian John Power (formerly of The La's) to form the successful Britpop band Cast. The Head brothers accompanied Love for a few touring dates in 1992.
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==Links to Peel==
Peel kept his interest in the project of the Head Brothers when they formed as Shack after their previous band, the Pale Fountains split, which they had a session for his show in 1982. He played tracks from Shack in 1988, 1990, 1996 and 1999. After the 90's he seemed to have lost interest in the group.
==Shows Played==
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*07 June 1988: High Rise, Low Life (LP - Zilch) Ghetto Recording Company
*17 June 1988 (BFBS): 'Emergency (LP-Zilch)' (Ghetto Recording Company)
;1990
*07 July 1990 (BFBS): 'I Know You Well (12")' (Ghetto Recording Company)
*12 July 1990: I Know You Well (Extended Mix) (12") Ghetto Recording Company
*19 July 1990: I Know You Well (7") Ghetto Recording Company
;1996
*05 January 1996: 'Sgt Major (CD-Waterpistol)' (Marina)
;1999
*22 April 1999: Comedy (10") White Label
*27 April 1999: Comedy (10") White Label
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
Category:Artists