It feels like we just finished running a marathon. I think for a long time I’ve constantly felt like we’re chasing a goal or trying to meet a deadline…just running toward the next show or something.

The last 3 weeks have been pretty draining. We were in Michigan for a few shows, and then back to Nashville for a couple of days. Pap and I then flew to Las Vegas for my sisters birthday, then to LA for a week. The boys all met up with us toward the end of the week for a show/showacse at LA’s club – The Roxy on that Saturday. Pap and I had our 6th anniversary on that next Sunday (June 13th), so we drove up the PCH (Pacific Coast Highway) to “wine country” in California. Then we flew out of LA back to Nashville on Tuesday, and left for Icthus Festival on Wednesday which is in Kentucky. We were there the rest of the week working with EB (Everything Burns Nonprofit), and then the boys drove up to the festival and we played 2 shows last Saturday night!

We’re all back in Nashville now, and it feels like I can finally breathe. We’re going to be taking some time to write, demo new song ideas, work on launching Everything Burns fully with new programs and initiatives and the website…we’re making all new merchandise for both SHIROCK and EB – we’ll also be working on stuff with Irock Clothing… We’ll also be upgrading our touring setup, possibly redoing the live show with some new lighting and sound equipment…lots to do! Oh, and we’ll be releasing the “Still Young” music video and on Rock Band, and starting a radio campaign. Maybe even getting into making a second music video to keep them coming

We’ll be posting videos and all kinds of new content on both SHIROCK.net and the Backstage Site. We’ve got a lot of big plans coming up, and we’re using this time right now to set ourselves up to really well for our upcoming touring.

Anyway, more news coming soon…keep in touch,
love always, Chuck Shirock

This is Chuck, Pap and Adam doing a small acoustic “preview” set, summer 2009 at the Birmingham, AL festival – City Stages.

Later this same day SHIROCK played on the main stage, but early in the afternoon they did a small acoustic version of 7 or 8 songs…

This song is called “To Those Who See” – which was recorded with the songs for the debut album, “Everything Burns.” The song has not been officially released yet, but will be available online and in a special edition of the album “Everything Burns” in 2010.

Enjoy!

To Those Who See:

Here’s “I’ll Take Rain” from the same acoustic set:

Send us your fan art photos! Here’s a few of our favorites…

Here are a few photos taken at our show at Classen School of Advanced Studies.

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We played on KFOR / NBC’s Morning show in Oklahoma City yesterday…here’s the footage of “Time Goes By,” and a little clip from a show that they filmed the day before…

You might have seen us talking about this video on SHIROCK TV, or read about it on Facebook or Twitter…here’s a few photos from behind the scenes.

You’ll have to wait a little longer for the video though, looks like it will debut at the beginning of May…

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