Pap Shirock (Vocals, Keyboards) | Why is it that no matter what new modes of listening to music people come up with, there will always be something special about hearing the artists you love on vinyl? For me, it goes back to moments, and the feel of certain memories as a kid, and the way I heard recorded music for the very first time. I’ll never forget lying on pillows on the floor with my sister, listening to Prokofiev’s ‘Peter and the Wolf’ (narrated by the wonderful Mia Farrow), wondering if the duck would somehow escape this time!
And later, as a teen, inheriting my mom’s vinyl collection, and looking at the Beatles’ ‘White’ album, Joni Mitchell’s ‘Blue’, and countless other albums that were huge markers in music history, and picturing her at the record store the moment they arrived. Lately, I pick up my own old favorites to add to the collection at the usual- yard sales, thrift stores, and flea markets, and for new vinyl, Grimeys, in Nashville…the story continues!
Chuck Shirock (Lead Vocals, Guitars, Piano) | The two things I love most about vinyl records are the sound and the design. I love the concept of putting on a record and listening through it the way the artist intended. Growing up overseas I didn’t have a lot of access to vinyl. One of my earliest vinyl memories is going to a garage sale with Pap in Columbus, OH, and seeing this bin of old records. There were Beatles albums, a Michael Jackson album, Bruce Springsteen…It was amazing to open them up and see the artwork how the artists had intended, in the medium they had actually released it in.
Until then, I had only seen variations of the artwork for CD packaging. The design and creativity that artists put into their packaging is always interesting to me. Especially when someone comes up with a way to create something unique, even while using an industry standard. The Beatles’ ‘White Album’ was that for me. The packaging was brilliant. Simple embossed letters crooked on the front cover was genius! Little things like that inspire me in our packaging design. We’re looking forward to releasing some limited pressings of Vinyl soon. Like Pap said, Grimeys is the best place for vinyl here in Nashville.
SHIROCK’s 20-track release ‘Everything Burns (Deluxe)’ hit store shelves . . . yesterday, 2/22!
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