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Flame Shark and Pink Lipsticks
05/15/2010 10:00 PM
“If someone played this EP (Vireo) between acts at say, Bonaroo, a lot of college age fans would be scrambling to find out who recorded it.” -The Isthmus, Madison, WI
“With vocals like a younger and more decipherable Dylan, Flame Shark is one of the most promising new acts in town.”-muzzleofbees.com, Madison, WI
“Their record (Midnight On Pearl Beach) has a quiet, almost breezy feel, but when turned up a little louder reveals a band with a confident command of their own sound...gleefully weird rockers in the spirit of Viva Voce.” -The Onion, Madison, WI
“With artistry like this, Flame Shark won’t go unrecognized for long.” -
Forum Newsweekly, Shreveport, LA
Most five year olds spend their time playing with imaginary friends, Mike Willis however, would put on a pair of headphones and listen to Rolling Stones and Jay Geils records from his older brother's collection. Willis was already singing and playing guitar in his early teens and fronting a local band that was well beyond their years. While in Oshkosh as a college student, Willis put together the Backyard BBQ band, crafting his sassy, riff-a-licous old school rock into his own persona ... the tape still floats out there and is cherished by those who have it.
After several years of touring Colorado as a keyboard player for the Cool Waters band and a few years working on a solo project in Los Angelas, Willis returned to his home town and immediately started to make musical connections that would eventually lead to his current group ... Pink Lipsticks.
Picking up local music verterns Bob Schmidt (Guitar, vocals), Ryan Brown on the kit, and recently adding Bret Smith as the bass player, the Lipsticks have honed in on their own brand of pure rock n' roll that harkens back to an era of packed late 70s NY and British punk clubs, opinion laden-cigarette smokin' record collectors, and field parties centered around the world's biggest bonfire.
Their self titled debut Pink Lipsticks is full of delicious riffs, driving beats, sassy vocals, dirty solos, and attitude. In the modern era where most rock bands lean towards stylings of jam bands, straight up punk rock, southern rock, or blues, the Lipsticks have created their own brand of pure no-strings-attached sassy rock n' roll. This is a record that will be enjoyed by many windows-down-stereo-up-summer-drivers, those at oudoor parties revolving around a keg on ice, and perhaps ... another kid who puts on a big pair of headphones and dreams of being in a rock n' roll band.
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