Shotty is a synth rock band from Seattle, now living in Los Angeles. Shotty captures vivid videogame nerd-angst imagery, and bottles it up into bite-sized energy driven fuzzy anthems. Their influences ranging from heavy metal to pop, shotty has created a sound that could be described as Queen meets Queens of the Stone Age.
For over a decade, shotty has played all the major venues up and down the west coast and New York City. Shotty occasionally performs as the backing band for Michael “Kidd Funkadelic” Hampton of Parliament Funkadelic. They recorded a single featuring Michael Hampton and Chuck Treece of Bad Brains. They recently recorded a Donkey Kong Country rock mashup in Castle Bam Studios, engineered by a member of CKY. They teamed up with producer Norm Block (Plexi, Sweethead) and Cautionary Tail Records on a series of EPs, singles, a full length album, and a whimsical brand of b-movie celebration DIY music videos.
Having worked with a variety of backing musicians, shotty delivers an explosive, dynamic, and theatrical rock performance.
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Email: shottylovesyou@gmail.com
Phone: Pat Moon (425-221-3360)
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“Hearkening to 90s alternative power pop with modern electro-synth flair. An upbeat blend of fuzzy, ’90s-style alternative rock with sputtering beats and synths. The songs are super catchy, loaded with distortion and frequently just on the borderline of grunge.” – Circuit Sweet UK
“These songs aim to capture vivid videogame nerd-angst imagery and bottle it up into bite-sized energy driven fuzzy rock n’ pop anthems.” – Northern Transmissions
“The Seattle-bred band combines elements of synth-pop with a classic rock influence to create a single that makes the listener feel like the main character of a funky, upbeat video game.” – Culture Collide
“a great song for listening to while driving around with the windows down. It’s heavy on the dance-pop energy while sticking true to shotty’s hard rock sound that the duo describes as a cross between Queen and Queens of the Stone Age.” – Riff Magazine