The Sheila Divine
| The Sheila Divine | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Genres | Post-punk, Indie rock, Shoegaze |
| Years active | 1997-2003, 2007-2008, 2010-present |
| Labels | CherryDisc Records, Roadrunner Records, Arena Rock Recordings |
| Website | thesheiladivine.skynetblogs.be |
| Members | Aaron Perrino Jim Gilbert Ryan Dolan Brian Charles |
| Past members | Colin Decker Shawn Sears |
The Sheila Divine is a Boston-based rock group. Critics compare their sound to the band's own heroes, mainly early 1980s post-punk. The band is most often noted for its loud/soft musical dynamic and Aaron's Perrino soaring vocals, screaming in key one moment and howling a falsetto the next. The band has a large die hard fan base in what is often called "the three Bs": Boston, Buffalo, and Belgium.
The band most often explains that they take the name from the Australian term "sheila", which denotes an effeminate man or - thus making them in a literal sense, the sacred wimps. However, there is also, in fact, a real live woman named Sheila Devine who Aaron, Jim, and Shawn were friends with at Oneonta State University.
The Sheila Divine formed in 1997 and played their first show on July 4 at The Middle East in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The lineup consisted of singer, songwriter, and guitarist Aaron Perrino, bassist Jim Gilbert, and drummer Shawn Sears. All three had met in college at State University of New York at Oneonta, but each had ended up in Boston independently. They were signed to local indie label CherryDisc Records and released their self-titled five track EP in 1998. They gained a loyal local following and went on to win the 1999 WBCN Rock & Roll Rumble. CherryDisc Records were bought out by Roadrunner Records, who released The Sheila Divine's first full-length album New Parade in 1999. It received critical praise from local press and spawned the college radio hit Hum. The album featured re-recorded versions of songs that appeared on their first EP, as well as several brand new songs (the Japanese import edition featured two additional songs unavailable on the domestic release, "Secret Rendezvous" and "Weightless", the latter of which had also been released as the b-side to the then-titled "Criminal", the band's only released vinyl 7-inch).
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