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It's about the escapades... We live it because we love it. Music is creative oxygen on tap. We are as much about the thrills & spills as we are about the art of music making & the people.” A combined vision and a plethora of instrumental ability fused this outfit together over 10 years ago. These two began to write, record, gig and produce tunes in their hometown of Adelaide and after a couple of overseas trips, a stack of shows and some big supports, they decided to call this sound, ESCAPADES. The sound of Escapades is fresh and cutting edge throughout their original artistry and unique versions of cover music as well.

The Escapades are a young contemporary rock band from the Dandenongs Region of Melbourne, Victoria, formed in 2008 by Sam Shineberg (bass/keyboards/vocals), Nick Somervaille(rhythm guitar/vocals), Danny Watson (lead guitar) and Josh Bennett (drums/percussion). We compose our own songs and perform covers too, and our first self-produced/self-released album "The Escapades" was released on March 7, 2010 to good public reception. In 2011, we have begun recording a professional EP, titled "Do Not Expose To Water Or Moisture: Risk of Electric Shock" with Michael Flynn and Andrejs Jaudzems at Upwey Studios, and the first complete song from those sessions, One Less Nightmare, can be found on this page. We all compose material, and our main goal is to write rock songs with a strong melodic sense, which can still be danceable. Our songwriting influences include such figures as Lennon/McCartney, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Julian Casablancas, Alex Turner etc, but our sound could be compared to the