The Piss Shivers
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The Piss Shivers are an east coast based old school punk band in the vein of Ramones, Circle Jerks, Angry Samoans, etc. Originally started by Cedric Rokkgod demo-ing songs with a drum machine, an actual flesh and blood line up soon followed. The resulting band has been together in one form or another since 1993. Despite a revolving line, the Piss Shivers have managed to play and tour extensively and have also been featured of numerous radio and web radio programs. The Piss Shivers have shared the stage with such acts as: Snap-her, Anti-Flag, No Ones Hero, F.O.D., The Boils, The Roadhogs, Cranked Up, Violent Society, The Cuffs, Bomb Squadron, Plow United, 2.5 Children, Banner of Hope, The Prostitutes, Furious George, Blanks 77, No Ones Hero, The Casualties and more. The group has also release several recordings including the cds "Help, My Dog's A Skinhead" and "Hepped Up On Goofballs" as well as appearing on many CD and vinyl compilations.
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[edit] Members
[edit] Current Members
Cedric Rokkgod - vocals and guitar
Adam “The Mad Man” Mederia - bass
Chris Maag - guitar and backing vocals
Chris Dwyer - drums
[edit] Past Members
Dion Blade - bass and back up vocals
Dave Getzoff - bass and backing vocals
Rick Waddsworth - bass
Bob Alper - drums
Steve Faulkner - drums
Mark Fry - drums
Tank Whenzel - drums
[edit] Piss Shivers Discography
[edit] Albums
Help My Dog's A Skinhead (1995 Ripp Off Productions)
Hepped Up on Goofballs (1997 Spine Punch Music)
The Piss Shivers - Self titled cd collecting both released and previously unreleased tracks (2000 aua Records in France)
We Are Cheap Dates (2003 Spine Punch Music)
[edit] CD Compilations
Variety Pack (Narciscus Records)song
No Fate - World Hardcore Compilaton (HG Fact records, Japan) Also appearing on this compilation are Snap-Her and Naked Aggression.
Wood Panel Pacer Wagon with Mags (Vinyl 12" and 7" comp., 100 bands doing 30 second songs from Very Small Records) Also appearing on this compilation are Boris the Sprinkler, J. Church, Violent Society, Less Than Jake and Blanks 77.
Sayin' bye bye to label slavery (Stink Box Records/Rotten Roll records)
Pope Kevorkian presents ... Got A Match??? (Exploitation Records)
No Royalties (Vinyl Comp by Bad People Records) Also appearing on this compilation are Charles Bronson Band, MK Ultra and Capitalist Casualties.
Rumors from the Air Conditioned Tiger Pit (Rotten House Records Comp)
Pay No Attention to What's Behind the Curtain(Stink Box Records CD comp) Also appearing on this compilation are The Cuffs.
Best of the Best (Awesome Dawson Records CD comp) Also appearing on this compilaton are Dropkick Murphy’s, Blanks 77 and Showcase Showdown
Junk Punk (Awesome Dawson Records cd comp)
KAOS comp II ( Under the Volcano/Mother Box CD comp)
Liverache - Tales from the Liver's Edge (double LP comp, Very Small Records). This is a comp about booze. Other featured bands include: Less Than Jake and The Wretched Ones .
Rejected, Volume II (Rejected Records CD Comp, in Ireland) Also appearing are J. Church
Evil Surfin Dred (Booz Records CD comp, Japan) Also appearing of the cd are The White Trash Debutantes
Punk For Life (Run and Hide Records) Other bands featured on this cd include; MDC, Kill The Witness and The Wretched Ones.
The International Punk Rock 10 disc Boxed set (Meathead records) Also appearing are the commercials, The White Trash Debutantes and the Bully’s
[edit] 7 Inch Compilations
Berks County ‘98 (Rockin’ House Records)
Contents Under Pressure (Rockin’ House Records) Also appearing are the FUX
[edit] Official Web Site
http://www.myspace.com/thepissshivers
[edit] Other Media Sources
The Piss Shivers appear in the book “Anecdote, Stories From The Road” Compiled and edited by Rachael Almada (published by Bodach Press)
The Piss Shivers provide the music for a punk rock group in the GMP Pictures/Red Letter Media feature film “Oranges the Movie”.
[edit] Cedric Rokkgod Trivia:
Front man Cedric has always plays a Gibson SG and has legally changed his name from Crouch to Rokkgod
Cedric is extremely tall, almost 6'4" if he doesn’t slouch.
Before starting the Piss Shivers, Cedric Rokkgod was ask to join the band “The Undead” which features ex- Misfits member Bobby Steele.
Cedric’s cousin Jim Ward is a member of the bands “Sparta” and “At The Drive-In”
[edit] Other Musical Projects
Members Chris Maag and Chris Dwyer also playing in the band “The Bitter Life Typecast” and appear on the sound track to MTV’s “Real Life” show.
Original drummer Bob Alper was later in the band “The Fells” on Estrus Records.
Drummer Chris Dwyer has a side business designing custom drum sets
Cedric Rokkgod runs the label Spine Punch Music and is also a member of the band “The King Kobras”
“Anecdote, Stories From The Road” by Rachael Almada (published by Bodach Press.
"Oranges- The Movie" GMP Pictures/Red Letter Media.
Maximumrocknroll Magazine http://www.maximumrocknroll.com/mainpage/index.html
Interpunk http://www.interpunk.com/search.cfm?
Very Small Records
