1) Shameless is a Germ… Read Full Bio ↴There is more than one artist with this name:
1) Shameless is a German glam/sleaze rock band
2) Shameless are a hard rock band from California,
3) Shameless is a performance name for Davio.
4) Shameless is a UK hip-hop/alternative artist.
5) Shameless is a Hardcore punk band based in Cosenza (Italy) since 2014.
6) Shameless is a Oi! / Punk band from Lyon, France.
7) Shameless (Shay Menachem) is a Psychedelic trance project from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, based in Israel
8) Shameless is a French Rock group from Villedieu-Les-Poêles (Manche - Basse-Normandy)
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1) Shameless is a glam/sleaze rock band. Alexx Michael, songwriter and bassplayer from Munich, Germany, had for several years the vision of "The ultimate Rock'n Roll band". Being influenced by KISS since he was 7 years old, he started to play guitar at the age of 15. Later he switched from guitar to bass.
By April of 1989, he formed the original version of Shameless. Because of the departure of the vocalist, the band broke up by the end of 1991.
After that, Alexx tried to play with a couple of other bands, but none of them appealed to him. He kept writing songs and by the summer of 1998, Eric Singer (drummer for Kiss and Alice Cooper) helped him to get in touch with the right people to make the first album happen. Steve Summers (of Pretty Boy Floyd) and Stevie Rachelle (of Tuff) were always Alexx's favorite singers and they also would be the perfect voices for Shameless. Eddie Robison would be the final vocalist to round out the sound Alexx invisioned.
Besides Eric Singer, Alexx was able to get Robert Sweet, Brian Tichy and Eric Skodis to play drums on the first album "Backstreet Anthems".
Alexx asked his longtime friend and ex-bandmate B.C. to fly with him to Los Angeles to play guitar on "Backstreet Anthems". They recorded and mixed 10 songs with producer Gilby Clarke (ex-Guns N' Roses guitarist) in Studio City, CA.
"Backstreet Anthems" was released thru "Red Skunk Records" in May 1999". The CD was received with open arms by fans and press. The coverversion of the Kiss classic "Flaming Youth" was also released on the German Kiss tribute "KISS Deutschland". Even a lot of record companies were interested in the CD, but they all had different ideas than Alexx had.
During the summer of 1999, Alexx was writing new songs for the next "Shameless" CD. B.C. and him started to rehearse the songs by January 2000. This time Alexx wanted to record some of the songs at Keri Kelli's studio. Kerri was also a member of Pretty Boy Floyd, before he joined RATT.
In March 2000, Shameless recorded the new CD "Queen 4 a Day". This time 13 songs where recorded including an all acoustic cover version of "Tomorrow" by Kiss for a Kiss tribute called "KAOL 2 – Creatures of the Net".
Gene Simmons called Stevie Rachelle during the recordings and told him, that Shameless could record a song that he co-wrote together with Tommy Thayer. Also Jani Lane, the original voice of Warrant came by, to sing back-ups on "Far Away" and "Lonely Nite in Paradise". All the songs with Steve Summers on vocals were recorded in Keri Kelli's studio in Orange County, while the remaining recordings took again place in the legendary Gilby Clarke studios.
Because of his tour with Warrant, Keri was not able to mix the songs before the end of May. By the end of June, MTM Music offered Alexx to release "Queen 4 a Day" all over Europe. Right before the release of "Queen 4 A Day", Shameless went on a Germany / Holland tour to promote the new CD. Bruce Kulick (ex-KISS guitarist) came along with the band to perform a few songs together live on stage.
In 2001 Alexx Michael and Steve Summers also appeared on the Poison Tribute "Name Your Poison" by Perris Records.
Shameless started to work on their follow-up to "Queen 4 A Day" in March that year. This time the line-up was more consistant on the CD in order to concentrate more on the music than on "Who´s playing what".
The new release "Splashed" features 11 tracks performed by Steve Summers, Alexx Michael, Keri Kelli, B.C., Mike Fasano and Stevie Rachelle. The CD also included exclusive video material of the 2000 tour with special guest Bruce Kulick and the video for "Don't Hesitate".
Shameless toured October 2003 in England and they also did a very successful European tour in spring 2004. A live album "The Shameless Super Hardcore Show" followed, which featured two studio tracks. Those tracks were both covers, "Daydream Believer" (The Monkees) and "Start Me Up" (Rolling Stones).
After what appeared to be a long hiatus (and some thought the end of the band), Alexx began writing material for a new studio album in late 2006. They returned again to Keri Kelli's studio. Several guest musicians made appearances there and recorded parts for the album, including Jani Lane, Eric Singer, and L.A. Guns singer Phil Lewis.
The album was titled "Famous 4 Madness" and released on April 9, 2007.
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For “So Good, You Should...”, Michael again teamed up with guitarist partner BC, Charlotte Tybalt, Dennis Post, Stevie Rachelle (Tuff), Frankie Muriel and Tod T Burr to release their first ever covers album which also includes 2 brand-new tracks. Due to the pandemic making in-person studio recording impossible, Shameless recorded the recorded the record at 12 different locations all over the world including Munich, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, St. Louis, Copenhagen and Auckland, New Zealand.
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2) Shameless are a hard rock band from California, currently promoting a new studio album entitled "Now Playing". Their 2006 shows have seen them opening for and playing with the likes of Nelson, L.A. Guns, Flock of Seagulls, Warrant, Firehouse, and sets with Don Dokken and Stephen Pearcy (Ratt).
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3) Shameless is a performance name for Davio.
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4) Shameless is a hip-hop/alternative artist. He acquired his varied inspirations in Leytonstone, East London, where a young Shameless was born and raised by his Irish mum, giving him a taste for the craic - and his stage name.
It wasn’t the pipes that called Shameless, though, but New York & L.A. Hip Hop’s rugged beats and the frantic rhythms of drum and bass. He got into rap when he was nine years old, yet only when jungle came along did he decide to have a go himself.
Before he was picked up by All City Music, Shameless hooked up with his childhood friends to make tunes, forging a loose brotherhood of vocalists, musicians and producers that grew into the Dat Sound collective. Also guesting on his album "Smokers Die Younger" is potty-mouthed solo star Plan B.
His own bootleg of the Arctic Monkeys’ "When The Sun Goes Down", meanwhile, was given Noel Gallagher’s seal of approval when he raved to it at the Sheffield band’s end of tour party. Shameless is only going back to his roots, for as a teenager he played in punk bands himself.
She's Not Comin' Home
Shameless Lyrics
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She's never been this late before
Waitin' 2 hear the telephone
Or see her walkin thru the door
As the hours pass on by
My thoughts they changed to fear
Police car stops outside and I know
He's got bad news
So young 2 lose
She's not comin' home tonight
She's gone forever
She spread her wings and she took flight
She's bound for heaven
Turn out those lights
She's not comin' home tonight
Well she had no place 2 stay
So she moved in 4 a while
Cause when U down on your luck in hollywood
Another inch could make the mile
A letter lying on the table
Was addressed to her mom and dad
It told a story of a life a little brighter
Then the one she really had
So hard to call
And tell them all
She's not comin' home tonight
She's gone forever
She spread her wings and she took flight
She's bound for heaven
Turn out those lights
She's not comin' home tonight
I'll never know the way she felt
Wish we still had time to say
If we only could have changed some things
Would she still be here today
She's not comin' home tonight
She's gone forever
She spread her wings and she took flight
She's bound for heaven
Turn out those lights
She's not comin' home tonight
She's not comin' home tonight
She spread her wings and she took flight
She's gone forever
Turn out those lights
Cause she's not comin' home tonight
It's 11 o'clock on a rainy night
She's never been this late before
Waitin' 2 hear the telephone
Or see her walkin thru the door
The song "She's Not Comin' Home" by Shameless is a poignant ballad about the sudden loss of a loved one. The song opens with a scene of waiting, as the singer waits anxiously for his partner to return home. The hours pass, and his fears grow until the arrival of a police car confirms his fears: his loved one has died. The song then tells the story of her life, revealing that she had been struggling before her death. She had moved in with her partner because she had no other place to go, and had been writing letters to her parents describing a life that was better than the one she was living. The song ends with the heartbreaking realization that there was so much left unsaid, and that the singer will never be able to tell his loved one how much she meant to him.
The song is a powerful example of the genre of country music known as the "death ballad." This type of song has a long history in country music, and often includes themes of loss, sadness, and regret. "She's Not Comin' Home" is particularly effective because of its simple, evocative lyrics that connect with listeners on a personal level. The song's spare arrangement, with acoustic guitar, piano, and a mournful pedal steel guitar, also adds to its emotional impact.
Line by Line Meaning
It's 11 o'clock on a rainy night
It's late at night and the weather is bad
She's never been this late before
She's usually home by this time
Waitin' 2 hear the telephone
Waiting for a call from her to say where she is
Or see her walkin thru the door
Or waiting for her to come back home
As the hours pass on by
Time is moving slowly
My thoughts they changed to fear
I'm getting more and more scared about what might have happened
Police car stops outside and I know
A police car arrives and I realize something bad has happened
What I thought I'd never hear
The news I never wanted to hear
He's got bad news
The police officer has bad news
So young 2 lose
She was too young to die
She's not comin' home tonight
She's never coming back home
She's gone forever
She has died and is gone forever
She spread her wings and she took flight
She has passed away and gone to heaven
Turn out those lights
Switch off the lights to show she's not coming back
Well she had no place 2 stay
She had nowhere to live
So she moved in 4 a while
She moved in temporarily
Cause when U down on your luck in hollywood
When you're struggling in Hollywood
Another inch could make the mile
Even small things can make a big difference
A letter lying on the table
There is a letter on the table
Was addressed to her mom and dad
It was meant for her parents
It told a story of a life a little brighter
The letter was about her optimism for the future
Then the one she really had
Despite her struggles in life
So hard to call
It was difficult to make the phone call
And tell them all
To tell her parents the bad news
I'll never know the way she felt
I'll never know what she was going through
Wish we still had time to say
I wish we had more time together to talk
If we only could have changed some things
If we could have done some things differently
Would she still be here today
Would she still be alive today
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Hugo Pazmiño
It's a Pretty Boy Floyd re-recorded version released in the Splashed album 👍