By Mark Waters
The Shook-Ups! certainly shook me up…and the garage was rocking! Let alone the house! Can the Shook-Ups! do for Garage what the Wigan Casino did for Northern Soul? Undoubtedly YES!
Hailing from Wigan they provide the North Western grit needed for an organ led monster of an L.P.
I think of Paul Revere and the Raiders, Circus Maximus, Pig Pen and the early Grateful Dead, Alan Price and the Animals, Georgie Fame to name a few of the 1960 greats and yet The Shook-Ups! have developed and moved on from here.
They have the energy and rawness of the early Beatles in Hamburg which is highlighted in their cover of The Alarm Clocks 1966 single “No Reason To Complain”. The Shook-Ups! shake it and transform the song into an up-to-date gem.
Also like the early Beatles this L.P. is on the German label “SOUNDFLAT” who have done the lads proud.
On Radio Scotland the day after the Brit Awards they were discussing ” where have all the rock groups gone?” All I can say is that they need a dose of The Shook -Ups! and dance the night away!
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I certainly will be playing tracks from Bad Reception on Sounds Good for the next few months…..Go and get a copy and enjoy!
