{"id":455,"date":"2022-06-09T12:51:26","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T00:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/?p=455"},"modified":"2026-05-10T12:45:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T00:45:12","slug":"shumway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/bands\/2022\/06\/shumway","title":{"rendered":"Shumway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\">Shumway was a short-lived emo-punk band from Wellington, New Zealand, active in 2003. The group played only a handful of gigs before dramatically imploding during their final performance at the infamous \u201c<strong>Tropicana Night<\/strong>\u201d gig held at <strong>Thistle Hall<\/strong> on November 14, 2003.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\">The band featured Dan Fraser on guitar and vocals. Dan brought experience from previous projects including <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/2025\/05\/deaf-terrorists\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"199\">Deaf Terrorists<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/2025\/04\/bonus-donor\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"130\">Bonus Donor<\/a><\/strong>, and at the time was also drumming in the hardcore band <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/2025\/05\/the-deadline\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"520\">The Deadline<\/a><\/strong>. Sharing vocal duties was Dan Jeffreys, with Jason Gascoigne on drums (previously of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/2025\/05\/sheriff-lobo\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"440\">Sheriff Lobo<\/a><\/strong> from 2001\u20132002, as well as <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/2025\/05\/floorpie\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"252\">Floorpie<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/2025\/05\/the-minimals\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2602\">The Minimals<\/a><\/strong>), and a bassist named Tim.<\/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\">Shumway made their live debut on July 18, 2003, at Valve, performing alongside <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/2025\/05\/dirk-drent\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2608\">Dirk Drent<\/a><\/strong> and <strong>New Ending<\/strong>. At that show, they self-released a 5-song EP titled <strong>Jeffrey Dahmer and Greg<\/strong> &#8211; a deliberately absurd and darkly humorous title that juxtaposed the name of the notorious 1990s serial killer with the wholesome, vanilla romance of the sitcom <strong>Dahmer and Greg<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\">Despite the promising (if chaotic) start, the band&#8217;s run ended abruptly amid the on-stage collapse at Thistle Hall later that year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:17px\">In the aftermath:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"font-size:17px\">Jason Gascoigne continued drumming in several Wellington bands, including stepping into <strong>The Deadline<\/strong> after Dan Fraser left, as well as <strong>Damaged, Strangers, Gravel Pit<\/strong>, and <strong>Standover<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:16px\">Dan Fraser remained active in the local scene, going on to play in numerous other Wellington groups such as <strong>Shortlived, Scab, Dial, Sleeping Dogs, Phone Sex Robots, Pop OD, Bonecruncher<\/strong>, and <strong>Forced Starvation<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\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>emo-punk<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Years Active<\/strong><\/td><td>2003<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>AKA<\/strong><\/td><td>These Mortal Coils<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Associated Acts<\/strong><\/td><td>Bonus Donor<br>Floorpie<br>Sheriff Lobo<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Past Members<\/strong><\/td><td>Dan Fraser (guitar, vocals)<br>Jason Gascoigne (drums)<br>Dan Jeffreys (vocals)<br>Tim (bass)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\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>Jeffery Dahmer and Greg<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">2003, July 18<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\"><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">EP<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-left\" data-align=\"left\">CD<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\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, July 18, Valve<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">Dirk Drent\/ Losing Face split EP release gig with Shumway, New Ending<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">* Shumway&#8217;s first gig, also released their debut 5 song EP<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2003, August 1, Valve<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">School of Meat, The Deadline, Shumway<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2003, November 14, Thistle Hall<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"http:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2003_11_14_thistlehall.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2003_11_14_thistlehall.jpg 720w, https:\/\/upthepunks.co.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/2003_11_14_thistlehall-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2003, December 12, Valve<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:15px\">New Way Home, The Valley Five, <s>Shumway<\/s><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shumway was a short-lived emo-punk band from Wellington, New Zealand, active in 2003. 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