PODCAST: The Shills

The Shills, featuring MP&E grads Dave Sicilian '06 and James Zaner '06, have been a leading force in the Boston rock scene for a decade.

December 16, 2014

Bryan Murphy, James Zaner, Ryan Jackson and Dave Sicilian of The Shills

Frank Hegyi

The Shills have been a driving force in the Boston rock scene for the past decade, offering audiences tightly crafted grooves, powerful vocals, and an expansive creative range, and were recently listed as No. 1 in Vents magazine's top-ten list of Boston bands.

Frontman Bryan Murphy, who is also a member of experimental band Man Man, and guitarist Ryan Jackson are joined by Berklee graduates Dave Sicilian '06 on bass and James Zaner '06 on drums. With degrees in music production and engineering, Sicilian also works as a studio engineer in advertising and feature films for Soundtrack Boston, while Zaner was chief engineer at Blue Jay Recording and is now on tour as front of house engineer and production manager for pop duo Nick and Knight

Hear an excerpt from 2012's Keep Your Hands Busy Volume 1, recorded with producer Scott Riebling (Letters to Cleo, Fall Out Boy), and stay tuned for new music and videos from the band in early 2015.