{"id":2564,"date":"2022-06-30T11:54:22","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T23:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/?p=2564"},"modified":"2026-05-04T20:10:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T08:10:17","slug":"the-shambolics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/bands\/2022\/06\/the-shambolics","title":{"rendered":"The Shambolics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\"><br>The Shambolics were a notoriously chaotic four-piece garage punk band from Wellington, New Zealand, active primarily in 2003\u20132004. They specialised in raw, dirty blues-infused rock\u2019n\u2019roll that blended high-energy punk aggression with sleazy, noisy swagger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\">Formed by Dead Boy Shambles (guitar) and Stumbly Shambolic (drums and lead vocals), the band later expanded with Sleepy Sam Shambles on bass and Evil Stan Shambles on saxophone. Their sound and attitude were heavily inspired by excess drugs, GG Allin-style provocation, and a general disregard for musical or social niceties. The Shambolics terrorised Wellington audiences with unpredictable, high-volume assaults that captured the spirit of Japanese noise rock and classic punk chaos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;autoclose&quot;: false, &quot;accordionItems&quot;: [] }\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/accordion\" role=\"group\" class=\"wp-block-accordion is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-is-layout-flow\">\n<div data-wp-class--is-open=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-context=\"{ &quot;id&quot;: &quot;accordion-item-1&quot;, &quot;openByDefault&quot;: false }\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.initAccordionItems\" data-wp-on-window--hashchange=\"callbacks.hashChange\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-item is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-item-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading\"><button aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-item-1-panel\" data-wp-bind--aria-expanded=\"state.isOpen\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.toggle\" id=\"accordion-item-1\" type=\"button\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle\"><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-title\">Read more<\/span><span class=\"wp-block-accordion-heading__toggle-icon\" aria-hidden=\"true\">+<\/span><\/button><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div aria-labelledby=\"accordion-item-1\" data-wp-bind--hidden=\"state.isHidden\" data-wp-on--beforematch=\"actions.handleBeforeMatch\" id=\"accordion-item-1-panel\" role=\"region\" class=\"wp-block-accordion-panel is-layout-flow wp-block-accordion-panel-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\">One legendary performance on 12 July 2003 at the Cross Bar was recorded and released as the live album Drunk and Mean at the Cross Bar on the local art-noise label Postmoderncore (around 2004-2005). The recording is a document of their unhinged energy, often compared to the excesses of bands like High Rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\">After Dead Boy Shambles departed overseas in 2004, the band\u2019s activities wound down. In 2006, Postmoderncore released a posthumous EP of their \u201cstudio\u201d recordings titled First: I Kill You, Then: I Steal Your Power, featuring tracks such as \u201cPetrol,\u201d \u201cStoopid Bitches,\u201d and \u201cBad.\u201d The EP was recorded in September 2004 at Rick\u2019s in Brooklyn, Wellington.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\" style=\"font-size:16px\"><table><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Origin<\/strong><\/td><td>Wellington<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Genre<\/strong><\/td><td>punk rock, blues rock, rock&#8217;n&#8217;roll, noise rock<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Years Active<\/strong><\/td><td>2003 -2004<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Labels<\/strong><\/td><td>Postmoderncore<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Associated Acts<\/strong><\/td><td>Carnys<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Past Members<\/strong><\/td><td>Dead Boy Shambles (guitar)<br>Stumbly Shambles (drums, vocals)<br>Sam Shambles (bass)<br>Evil Stan Shambles (saxophone)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Releases<\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\" style=\"font-size:16px\"><table><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Title<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Date<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Label<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Type<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Format<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>Drunk and Mean at the Cross Bar<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">2003<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Postmoderncore pmc043<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">live album<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">CDr<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Trashed!<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">2004<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Monsterr<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">compilation<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">CD<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Retrospective 1999 &#8211; 2004<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">2005<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Postmoderncore<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">compilation<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">CDr<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><strong>First I Kill You, <br>Then I Steal Your Power<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">2006<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">Postmoderncore<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">EP<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">CDr<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:50.00000%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/theshambolics_drunkandmean_01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/upthepunks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/theshambolics_drunkandmean_01.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/upthepunks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/theshambolics_drunkandmean_01.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/upthepunks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/theshambolics_drunkandmean_01.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1000 1000w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1000\" data-id=\"23990\" data-link=\"https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/2022\/06\/the-shambolics\/theshambolics_drunkandmean_01\" data-url=\"http:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/theshambolics_drunkandmean_01.jpg\" data-width=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/upthepunks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/theshambolics_drunkandmean_01.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:50.00000%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><a href=\"http:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/theshambolics_firstikillyou.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/upthepunks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/theshambolics_firstikillyou.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=600 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/upthepunks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/theshambolics_firstikillyou.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=900 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/upthepunks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/theshambolics_firstikillyou.jpg?strip=info&#038;w=1000 1000w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1000\" data-id=\"23992\" data-link=\"https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/theshambolics_firstikillyou\" data-url=\"http:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/theshambolics_firstikillyou.jpg\" data-width=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/upthepunks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/theshambolics_firstikillyou.jpg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Timeline<\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2003, March 22, Underground Arts<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"665\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2003_03_22_undergroundarts.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2558\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2003_03_22_undergroundarts.jpg 665w, https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2003_03_22_undergroundarts-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 665px) 100vw, 665px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2003, July 12, The Cross<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2003, April 18, Underground Arts<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\">G.M.C, If I Had A Gun, Carnys, The Shambolics, Five Dollar Fee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Shambolics were a notoriously chaotic four-piece garage punk band from Wellington, New Zealand, active primarily in 2003\u20132004. 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