Shannon and the Clams
 

...are from Oakland, Cali. Shannon was a former member the incredibly gay band Hunx and his Punx. Musically they sound like a lot of other garagey punk bands from the area like Nobunny and Ty Seagel, but with their own bizarre twist. In interviews, they say their main influences are weird pop music from the 50s and 60s, childrens music, and singers like Roy Orbison. Shannon's voice is amazing- she really bellows it all out. The guitar sounds fluttery one second and fuzzy the next. Drumming and bass are neat too I guess but the real prize of the band is Shannon. I will be seeing them tomorrow at Cafe Du Nord in San Francisco and I hear they're amazing live.

I quite enjoyed their album last year. It was good. Poppy, but good.

Seems like you're making poppiness out to be a bad thing! Sup wit dat?

Of course not! I love some poppiness as much as the next guy!

They sold outta tickets before I got any. They marked X's on my not-legal-to-be-drinkin hands before they told me they sold out. My coworker teased me all day and called me straightedge. Mass disappointment. Saw their guitarist walking around though. My muttonchops < his muttonchops. He's really tall.

Yay. I figured out how to put youtube videos in the comments. Therefore, I MUST POST VIDS! :D

Here are some of my fav songs by them:

I like Shannon and the Clams, but Hunx and his punx (have cool gay videos but not enough substance) aren't smart. It's music for people who don't have ups and downs on a brain activity scan. I imagine the brain wave looks like this DUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUH , one straight line

You don't have to be dumb to enjoy dumb music. I'm no ivy league ritsy college boy but I'd like to think I'm at least a bit smarter than your average 20something and I still love music from bands like the Ramones, The Queers, and Hunx. I'd suggest that it might just be a shtick in the case of Hunx but... it's definitely not. If anything bothers me about these bands it's the superficiality, which I can still look past. Besides, Hunx has said some smart stuff in his songs before. This is clearly a top-notch argument. I don't think anyone would ever be able to disprove this: