HELLA ORGANIC PUNK ROCK AND ROLL SOMETHING.
EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED…
FROM A G E N T. FUELED BY CATCHY, MELODIC HIGHS AND LOWS WITH RAW EMOTION LIVE ON STAGE AND IN THE SOUND. MOTIVATION AND ANGST ARE IN A CONSTANT BATTLE WITH THIS PUNK ARTIST FROM NORCAL.
A G E N T IS INDIE, UNDERGROUND, UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALL TYPES OF MUSIC, ESPECIALLY ROCK, PUNK AND METAL. HE WORKS WITH FRIENDS AND ARTISTS TO PUT OUT MUSIC AND PLAYING ELECTRIC OR ACOUSTIC SHOWS ROCKING THE STAGES AT HISTORIC PLACES AROUND THE SF BAY AREA, WHERE HIS CLASSIC LOCAL HEROES LIKE METALLICA, GREEN DAY, NOFX AND OTHERS MAKING THEIR MARK.
BACKSTORY
PREVIOUSLY KNOWN AS “DOUBLE AGENT” IN THE LATE 90’S, MARIN TEENAGERS SHADI (GUITAR/VOCALS) AND GABRIEL (DRUMS) STARTED A POP-PUNK BAND BY MEETING UP AT COMMUNITY COLLEGE TAKING ART CLASSES. FROM SMALL TOURS AND RECORDING DEMOS TO HOPEFULLY PLAYING AT THE VANS WARPED TOUR LOCAL STAGE IN SAN FRANCISCO, WAS THE GOAL. OH WELL. AFTER SOME TIME, THEY ENDED THE BAND AND WENT TO COLLEGE. DOUBLE AGENT FADED AWAY. REGRETFULLY.
FAST FORWARD 15+ YEARS LATER, SHADI REBOOTED HIS MUSIC JOURNEY AFTER LEARNING HIS FATHER WAS DYING OF CANCER. IN TANDEM, WHILE TAKING CARE OF HIM, HE ENDED A LONG-TERM RELATIONSHIP. IT WAS A DARK TIME. BEFORE HIS’S FATHER’S PASSING, HE TOLD SHADI TO NEVER STOP PLAYING AND WRITING. AFTER ALL THIS, A G E N T WAS REBORN FROM THE ASHES, WENT BACK TO THE FUTURE, TO ROCK ONCE AGAIN.
SHADI WAS MOTIVATED TO REUNITE WITH GABRIEL. HE NETWORKED WITH A SMALL CIRCLE OF NEW FRIENDS TO JAM WITH (BRIAN, JOHN, SCOTTY, KUSH, TJ). HE ORGANIZED AFTER HOUR SESSIONS AT HIS WORK IN OFFICE BUILDING TO PRACTICE (MOSTLY BY HIMSELF LATE INTO THE NIGHT, OR WITH ONE OR MORE TO JOIN IN) TO PLAY COVERS, WORKING ON OLD SONGS OR GETTING EXPERIMENTAL) THIS WAS MUSIC BOOTCAMP. LIKE NO OTHER.
SUMMON THE JUICES – DEBUT ALBUM
TO GO “BACK TO THE FUTURE” WAS AN UNDERSTATEMENT. ESPECIALLY TO KICKSTART A DIY RECORDING STUDIO AND PLAY/PRACTICING PROCESS THAT WAS CALLED THE “DUNNE-GEON”. SHADI PRODUCED THE PROJECT FOR $666.66 AND WITH GABRIEL’S HELP. THEY REBUILT THE SMALL ROOM IN GABE’S LOFT ON HOLLIS STREET IN EMERYVILLE, CA. TOGETHER THEY LOADED UP ON *MAGICAL GEAR FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE TO CAPTURE THE RAW ENERGY OF THE PAST PUNK ROCK SONGS THEY ONCE KNEW. NOW THEY WERE TO BE FINALLY TO BE RECORDED. FINALLY.
THE SITUATION MOTIVATED THEM TO PERFORM AND WORK HARD TO PUT OUT A G E N T’S FIRST ALBUM, SUMMON THE JUICES ON JULY 1ST 2018. THE ALBUM’S COVER ART (A CULT CLASSIC) IS SHADI’S WHITE FENDER STRAT, FALKOR , WHICH RESULTED IN A SLICED FINGER AND BLOODY SPRAY ON THE INSTRUMENT WHILE PLAYING A FULL SET AT THE HOTEL UTAH, IN SAN FRANCISCO. THERE IS A LYRIC VIDEO WITH SHADI CLEANING THE BLOODY GUITAR FOR “PASSED OUT”.
IT TOOK A FULL YEAR TO MAKE SUMMON THE JUICES WITH TREMENDOUS WORK BY GABRIEL BRINGING LIFE TO A G E N T: MIXING, ENGINEERING, RECORDING, DRUMMING, LEAD GUITAR AND EVEN BACKUP VOCALS. INCLUDING LIVE PLAYERS, BRIAN (BASS) AND TJ (DRUMS) RECORDED ON JOYRIDE AND ANOTHER DAY ANTHEM. ALSO A BONUS GROUP OF SPECIAL FRIENDS LENDED THEIR VOICES TO A “CHOIR-LIKE” SOUND FOR ANOTHER DAY ANTHEM. LEAD VOCALIST, MORGAN’S SWEET AND POWERFUL DUET ALONGSIDE SHADI WITH BACKUP VOCALISTS, NICOLLE AND LIDIA ADDING THEIR UNIQUE HARMONIES TO THE MIX. THANKS TO ALL. THAT WAS SPECIAL.