SHARKS DIARY ....BY Steve Zero
Read the latest on the Sharks as they prepare for upcoming shows, the inside scoop at rehearsals and general stuff about the band as told by Steve Zero.
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Ok Steve, can you tell those of us who won't be there Saturday, what the new INXS song is? Does it have anything to do with Vegas?
Thursday, April 13th..T minus 2 days to liftoff....had great rehearsal last night...ran over many tunes...some we didn't have to but did anyway...everyone upbeat and ready to rock the house...the Village has always been the home base for the band...we're just excited as all get out to take the stage...all preparations are in order...doors may open a little earlier than 9 pm to accomodate the huge throng of fans coming to this sold out show...just got a call from a gal in California who desprately needs two more tickets...I met her mother (mid 70's) at Stan's Record Bar last week...she was standing behind me as I was talking to the store manage and telling him the show was pretty much sold out...she overheard me and grabbed my arm and said "you must understand, I really need two tickets. My daughter is flying in from California and the only time I see her is when you are playing at the Village!"...how could I refuse that one!! Back tomorrow with more. Zero signing out.
Can't wait to hear you guys Saturday night...feeling like a real heathen...out late before Easter Sunday! Oh well, just wanted to say that the SHARK VIBE must be working overtime, becuse I had no idea that you guys would be doing a reunion show and just happened to google the band's name and scored some of the last tickets from Stan's Record Bar...I was a Baltimore Sharks Fan, used to work at Girard's as a cocktail waitress and on off nights would still come back to dance with the Sharks. The Sharks were a guaranteed "good night" for tips becuse you would pack the house. Then to top it all you guys would be nice enough to drop me at my apartment door so that I would not get mugged walking home at 2 am with pockets full of tip money!
Thanks guys...see you Saturday and remember folks ..tip your servers at the Village!
Zero signing in again...It's 3:40 pm....tried to leave the house today to work but could only get an hour in since my phone is ringing constantly with messages pleading for tickets...one was from a girl who said she was coming from Reading with a friend from NYC who was the band hairdresser!...I'm wondering how these people got my home phone number?...that's it, I'm moving to Mexico!
Zero at 1:35 am...just got back from gigging with Shea and the Luv Gods at Doc Holliday's in New Cumberland...had some folks show up just to lean on me for tickets or a way to get in..."just let me in the side door" or "say that I'm your cousin"...man, they're coming up with some good ones.
Steve, just wanted to check for the show on Saturday, how many sets are you guys playing. It's been a while that I have been to see a band in a club, I remember you guys used to play 3 sets. Are you going to do the same?
Zero at 4pm Friday....talked to folks at the Village today and decided to announce that there won't be any tickets for sale at the door...the only way to get in is if someone leaves...that's wild!!
Luvdaband or...
The person I was to be going with to the show can not make it. Which mean I have 1 (one) extra ticket! I thought about inviting along a friend of mine but since she is not really into live music I would rather just go alone and give my extra ticket up to someone else who would appreciate it more.
Therefore, Luvdaband you were looking for a ticket earlier this week. If you are still looking for one email me at ebay_only06@msn.com. If you no longer need a ticket, if any of Steve's long lost friends or relatives still needs a ticket, please email me.
Hey island girl, if you still didn't get a response from luvdaband, I'd love to get an extra ticket, especially now that the village isn't selling any : (
Like someone is going to leave.....these are all diehard fans who bought those tickets.... Shame on me for not getting mine earlier than a week ahead of time. I'm still a diehard...just didn't have the time to get in earlier because life happened. Go rock out, guys! And....I did email island girl...so lets keep fingers crossed!
Zero signing in at 1:40 pm Saturday....just bought deck plywood for drum riser...stopped in at Stan's Record Bar to thank Mark for selling tickets...he said he's gotten at least 200 phone calls about tickets...another fan came in from Kansas City to thank him for Fed Ex-ing his ticket to him...this is going to be nuts!!! Village is going to try to open up the doors at 8:15 pm
Someone please try to update for those of us who can't be there. I'll be hiding Easter eggs at my house tonight so I'll be checking in here. All going have a GREAT time!
As far as getting in when people leave... I'm sure if you show up late (midnight) you will get in. The last few "reunions" thinned out because I guess old people get tired or need to get home for the babysitter. Of course those were also on Thanksgiving night so maybe the turkey kicked in.
I know I will have one extra ticket to sell, someone that was coming along had a family emergency and cannot come now. We were planning on getting there around 9:00.
Hey, It's Island girl...Luvdaband can not make the show. So YEP I still have that one extra ticket. So email me ASAP at ebay_only06@msn.com if you are interested in the ticket. It's on a first come first serve basis.
If not I'll play the roll of a scalper and sell it at the door. (though not for a profit!!).
Just relaxing, reading the comments, glad I had bought my tickets as soon as they went on sale ...thank you Stan! It was worth the drive from Reading to Lancaster. It's going to be crazy tonight...I'm excited. I'm sitting back, drinking a gin & tonic thinking...I hope I can stay awake!! Coffee, coffee, coffee. Can't wait to see you guys, it's been way....too long!!!
Hey Sharks84fan...I can relate about the drive for the tickets. I picked my son up after boy scouts one Wednesday night at 8 PM and we drove down to the Village (45 minutes one way) to get my tickets. He said...don't I have to go to bed?! "NO this is IMPORTANT, I told him." Which by the way he saw into the Village from the office and he proclaimed it's not what he thought it would be!! (not sure if he meant that in a good or bad way).
As for staying awake, I took a nap this afternoon!! Not that I can't stay up late...I just didn't want to be too tired. I just wish I had a driver to pick me up after the show so I could drink a few extra drinks!!
hjr...I just sent you an email about the extra ticket.
They need to start the next shows a little earlier for us old farts! Long drive ahead but it will be worth it!
I'm trying to sleep but I'm way too excited. So, I'm sucking back coffee in between my gin and tonics and waiting for the car service I hired to pick me and my husband up...I wanted to have a few drinks at the Village and didn't want to drive the 30 minutes home. I can't wait!!! You'll recognize me, Island Girl, I'll have the big smile on my face when they play Look at What You've Done song that I requested...let's hope it's on the set list.
sharks85fan: do you dance??? Since I'm alone...if I see you out dancing and smiling during Look at What you've done...I'll come join you. Though I figure the dance floor may be so full, no one will really know that I'm out their dancing by myself...hey that's s Billy song!! Did you see him in Reading...that was a good show. I had a driver there!!! P.S. since you live in Reading I'm sure you will now what I mean...I'm emailing Chuck to play some Sharks for the drive to the show!!!
HJR I will meet you at the door!!
I will be with my husband but he doesn't dance..maybe the robot, that's it for him and he'd have to have a few beers in him before he'd even do that. If I see you there, we can dance together. I will be wearing black pants, and a purple, white & black top with purple lipstick, you'll recognize me, I should be holding a gin a tonic.
Eileen1980 the show was fantastic!! I can not even begin to tell you how packed the Village was. It was standing room only from the dance floor through out the whole place. They opened the show with Clean Clean. I loved it!
More latter...it's nearly 3:30 AM, I think I'm in need of some sleep!
Hey: "SM" I sure hope you got that pizza...I'm a bit hungry myself but all I ended up with was a bowl of cereal!!
Shell: your pics have been sent in a email!
Thanks island girl. If anyone has pics would you be willing to email them to me? I'm looking forward to hearing more. Thanks.
Zero at 10 am Sunday, April 16th...woke up smelling like an ashtray but couldn't get out of my mind's eye the memory of around 900 people (and well behaved I might add)enjoying and experiencing a reunion of music, friends and acquaintances that is so very unique and positive. There wasn't one fight or domestic argument to be found. No upchucking or elbowing. No name calling or verbal abuse. Just plain fun which is the goal of The Sharks. We thank all of you who came, watched and tried to dance. We need to do this on a regular basis. Hope to see many of you in Harrisburg at the Dragonfly on June 16th. Then we're off for a while perhaps (we're hoping) to record some new stuff and have some more fun!!! Thanks again!!!
IslandGirl, thanks again for the ticket, I had a really great time, I can't thank you enough! The Sharks were awesome, wish I could have stayed the whole time, but my ride was tired and wanted to leave around midnight. Next time, I'll drive myself! SHARKOUT!
Zero and the Sharks, thanks for a great night. Clean Clean was a perfect open and the whole first set just blew us away, the Sharks originals still hold thier own after all these years, On My Own was better than ever and when the boys sang "you make me YEARN...." well that about did me in. At 41, I found myself back at 21 again and your love for the music and for the fans carried us all there, not back so much, but forward with the feeling that only comes from living long enough to recognize that we all lived in a great time for live music and witnessed the MTV transition...you guys are the best of both worlds. Sammy, your voice is better than ever man and Dougie, hearing you was like laying down on the tracks with a freight train coming! You all made the night so memorable and I only hope that you take what you got last night from us and make more great music to carry us all on that much farther. Shea so cool to talk with you even for a minute or two it was cool to see you swimmin with the Sharks!Glad I could shake your long term memory a bit..you sure got me to shake mine!
Hey Steve, can you ask Doug if he has any of his recordings on CD I can buy...Bugger West album??? Anything!
Zero reportiing in on Thurs. April 20th....Dragonfly show is on and tickets on sale at www.ticketweb.com...I'm sure everyone is still recovering from last weekend....I was so busy with CD's, drum riser, tickets, money, rehearsals, set lists, merchandising, crew, people who wanted to be my 2nd cousin just so they could get in....meeting old friends, trying to remember guitar parts (and forgetting some)that Saturday night became a blur...It's cool though because that's the way I'm wired...many thanks to Doug for website work, t-shirts, making it to rehearsals; Marko for being the tech guru; Sam for selling 145 tickets; Shea for coming down from H-burg for rehearsals (we need more!);Chip and Rob for being the best crew anyone could hope for; Rit for mixing; Bob for excellant equipment; Lisa for being in the trenches for merchandise; my neighbors for band security; Gus and the Village co-owners for allowing us to invade their club; and all of our fans who came from far and wide to step into that wonderous world of 80's music. It's great isn't it?
Are we going to see any pictures from the Village?
b u g g e r w e s t
hey Dougie...my vinyl is worn out. can you burn originals to cd? got em' all: "dougie wougie" "bugger west" and "superior man-45 rpm". will
some pictures from the Village shall be posted soon. our webmaster is only part-time!
Zero here...it's Wednesday, May 17th...just had rehearsal for upcoming Dragonfly show...decided to re-learn some old originals like Backs Against the Wall, Fooled Around for the Last Time, Kemo, Killin Myself, We Were Young. Looking forward to playing a different venue like the D-Fly. Info about the club is on www.dragonflyclub.com. Get your tickets now!!!
We emailed Steve Zero for tickets for me and my friend from NYC Suz the hairdresser(We Did not call Steve at all..we do not have his phone number)he didn't leave any tickets to pay for them but the Village people remembered me and let us in....It was so great to see Bobby the waitress and Ray with his Troll mohawk.. so funny!!Ask Gus...he saw us having fun!!
SteveZero is like his name......
I will fill in a few details for the upcoming show as Steve is busy now with his normal host of pre-show duties.
Rehearsals are underway with several new (old) Sharks tunes to be added for the Harrisburg event.
Material which may find its way to the final set lists:
1) Fooled Around For The Last Time
2) Why So Young
3) Kemo
4) Killing Myself
5) Backs Against the Wall
We will have a few more update before the show date.
Please contact the Dragonfly online for advance tickets, we look forward to seeing you all once again.
Hey Sharkmarko, could you please include in the set list, Look at What You've Done. I absolutely love the song and was bummed I didn't hear it on 4/15. I finally decided I'd go to Dragonfly even though I have no idea where it is...oh well, there's always Mapquest. Is it anywhere near where the Metron used to be??? Anyone can answer...Buehler...Buehler...
Not near the Metron. Dragonfly is downtown Harrisburg. You'll have to pay to park, unless you like to walk then you can find a no charge place.
"Look at What You've Done" is definitely on the ADD list but will not make the cut for this show.
here is the link to all the info you could ever want from the club:
http://www.dragonflyclub.com/
we recommend parking in the $5 lot on 2nd street just north of locust street. it is well lit and about as close as you can get to the club without driving thru the front door.
Hey Sharks84fan: Perhaps I will get to meet up with you at Dragonfly!! Dragonfly is right next to another three level club The Hardware Bar/Eclipse so it is a very busy "hopping" area. I would take Sharkmarko's advise as far as parking. As long as you take the second street exit into the city you should find it easily. Though keep in mind the parking garage is before the actual club.
Zero here on D-fly show: Huge thanks to all who (a) came the show (b)worked the show (c) those who had honest intentions of coming to the show (everything counts here). The band was "on" due to a great sound check. Crowd was real attentive. One great comment is that we were "relentless" in the number of tunes and the production- i.e. sound/lights. I agree and will look forward to the next show sometime after August (don't know exactly when) Over and out for now.
Dear Sharks:
Thank you so much for playing at Tom Sawyers! What a wonderful suprise and treat! Although I suppose I shouldn't be surprised because you, as a group and singly have donated many many shows to many many charities thanks for thinking of the rest of us. Perhaps this was our Festive-us
You have said there is new song ready to go and another one in the works. Why didn't you play them? I really enjoy your work (as a group and also individually) and I was saddened not to have experienced it.
Be good to each other
Memories...we are going to have fun..It not often that the staff (Village staff)truely looks forward to working but I can say we are always excited for this night! I have been there "bouncing" there for 28 plus years and next wednesday is my last night. I will consider this my "retirement party" even though I will be working. I couldn't think of a better way to go out. Remember when you played monday thru Saturday? Those truely were the best of times! Thanks guys. Mark
When and where is the next show????
2shea...do u really want 2 hurtme??
2shea...yumyum...that's all i can say...
2shea...uv got me beggin u 4 mercy... y wont u release me???
u guys r killin me over here....doesn't anyone read this stuff ever?? it's so damn tedious 2 do this
Looking forward to seeing the band at Gullifty's tomorrow night and hearing some new Sharks songs! How about a live DVD?
The Sharks will be performing several times before the end of 08...the next show is on Friday, November 28th (Black Friday) at Shakey's in Hershey, Pa. Cost is $10...that's K-Mart prices folks! If ya can't make it to that one we'll be doing a show at The Chameleon in Lancaster, Pa. on Friday, Dec 26th. It's also a food donation event for the Water Street Rescue Mission. Come on out and help those that have come upon hard times. Thanks so much!
Hey people one of the band memebers teaches at my middle school its Dave Sheaffer.
VERY, VERY cool photo on home page!
I am dying to see a reunion show. In fact Luv Gods are playing right now @ 1402. Any chance of the sharks coming back to Reading?? I was a regular @ Hugo's on Monday nights, then the silo. Please keep me updated as to the schedule! Thanks, Donna, Reading
SHARKS - OCTOBER 17 - GULLIFTY'S UNDERGROUND - BE THERE!
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