Chris Shaw (musician)

Chris Shaw, also known as Chris Teepee (a moniker which came about whilst he was training to become a 'Teaching Professional'), was a drummer, synthesizer player and guitarist from Upton on the Wirral. He played with various Wirral and Liverpool bands during the late 1970s and early 1980s.

The 7" Single Cover for Moderne Problem.

His first role as a musician was as founder member of synthpop group Dalek I Love You, formed in 1977 alongside Alan Gill, David Balfe (later with Big In Japan and Teardrop Explodes) and Dave Hughes (later with OMD and Thomas Lang). Shaw played the synthesizer, and became the bands rhythm unit coordinator (drum machines) and 'Tape Man.' He left the band in late 1978,^[1] leaving by the time the band signed to Phonogram.,

After leaving Dalek I Love You, Shaw formed Some Detergents with schoolfriend Chris Russell and Brendan Coyle, releasing the single Moderne Problem (TV Times) on Clean Records. The 7" contained the B-Sides Colors and Wake Up. The band were Championed by local DJ's John Peel and Janice Long, who interviewed the band on her Sunday night Radio Merseyside show "Street Life," making the single her record of the week.

The band gigged in and around Liverpool - most frequently at the infamous Eric's Club - and also appeared on North West Tonight. In 1982, while remaining in Some Detergents, Shaw also joined Brendan Coyle, Colin Hughes and Steve Knott in the band Games, with whom he released the single Dance This Way in 1982. The band disbanded shortly afterwards.^[2].

In 1983, Shaw and Russell formed a new band, Sense Of Vision, with former Games keyboardist Colin Hughes, and released the double A-Side Dream/Destiny on January 24th 1984. The single was reviewed by Peter Trollope in his "In The Groove" column in the Liverpool Echo. Trollope wrote, "[...] Of the two tracks Destiny has probably the more commercial hook to it. This single shows they [...] are going to be one to watch out for."^[3] Sense Of Vision self-released a number of cassette singles throughout 1984 and 1985, but disbanded shortly afterwards.

References

1. ^ Pete Frame's Rock Family Tree
2. ^ music...isms: Games - 1980-82 recordings
3. ^ Liverpool Echo, Tuesday 17th January 1984, page 17

External links

• [1]
• Allmusic: Dalek I Love You

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