‘THIS IS A SHAKEDOWN’ To Perform at Fashion Indie’s Fashion Week Closing Party

Edited by Rebecca Alexander

The Fashion Indie Team is getting ready for fashion week, only this time we have something special up our sleeves…Our Fashion Week Closing Party will include a performance by an amazing up and coming band from Cleveland, Ohio, my hometown. Don’t judge till you hear them, they are awesome, and we are lucky to host an event with them during fashion week.

Also, Brandon Zano, the lead singer, has been officially recruited as a feature blogger, giving y’all insight into his “insane f***ing life” that apparently includes “tons of women, 3somes, drugs, booze, touring, fights, homelessness, growing up in the record industry, and countless other dumb fucking shit.”

Not sure about you, but I’m excited! Look for his bio and first article later tonight…and join Cult to be invited to the event.

Check out their music here.

ROCK AND RUNWAY: 1st MacBook Photo Booth Created Music Video, by THIS IS A SHAKEDOWN!

Edited by Rebecca Alexander

On March 20th, 2009 This Is A Shakedown! recorded their music video for “Circles” at Ante Up Audio in Cleveland, Ohio using 21 borrowed Apple Mac Books, creating the first music video using Photo Booth.

Leading a new generation of artists is a group that appropriately calls itself THIS IS A SHAKEDOWN! Fusing together influences drawn from playing in mostly punk, heavy rock acts and listening to an eclectic range of music from gospel to R&B to hip-hop and underground dance music, THIS IS A SHAKEDOWN! has created its own intoxicating blend of rock instruments and electronics. Its goal above all: to get your blood pumping and your body moving.

“It’s music you can bang to,” says vocalist/guitarist Brandon Zano. “It’s very sexually driven.” Adds bassist Daniel Lee, “There’s definitely a lot of adrenaline.”

The band launched in early 2008 and quickly started looking for opportunities to get heard. They approached multi-platinum producer, engineer Michael Seifert of Cleveland’s Ante Up Audio, whom Zano knew from working with in past projects. He caught the group live and immediately signed them as the first act on his new label Reversed Image Unlimited LLC. Their first full-length disc, “LOVE KILLS” was released on May 5th 2009.

While the band’s currently focused on the CD that will introduce them to the world, they’re continuing to play out as much as possible. A national coast to coast tour is planned for this summer

“Our emphasis is to prove that our live show is just as good as or better than the album,” says Zano. “We come from bands with punk and rock influences. We don’t just stand there. We’re ravenous about it. We want the live experience to be so intense that for the next week, after seeing THIS IS A SHAKEDOWN! your heart is still pounding and your body is still shaking.”