Julie left her home town in the south
west of WA as an ambitious singer. After travelling around
Australia with an acoustic guitar and a handful of original
songs, she settled in Adelaide and became apart of the
alternative scene, where she started out busking and performing
at ìThe
Fringe Festivalî and finally fronted an all girl
band playing the popular ìTivoli Hotelì.
She then moved to Melbourne, where she fell into the rock
scene for a few years, but longed to return home to the
West. Donning black leathers and a bass guitar, the pint-sized
lady headed to Geraldton to form a cover band called the
Tuscaderoís, a Suzie Quatro trio, which had them
dancing on the tables around the Midwest. Since then she
has proved her versatility, singing up a storm of rock
ní roll tunes, 60ís, pop, blues and disco
favourites.
Herb hales from the capital of Austria, where he attended
the Conservatory of Vienna. After success playing with
professional orchestral bands he did some recording with
James Last then later joined ìThe Cadillacsî jet-setting
around Europe for a number of years. He made the move to
Queensland in the late 70ís performing in restaurants
with a violinist, and writing songs. He finally moved to
Albany where he started sequencing and formed a duo called ìSister
Moonî playing at ìThe Earl of Spencer Hotelî at
the same time as ìThe Waifsî were starting
out.
SHIVOO eventually came together after Herb decided to head north,
and took up residence at the Freemasonís Hotel, where he played solo
and also performed with local legends. He teamed up with Julie in the new millenium,
forming the live sequenced duo (who also perform acoustically), and they both
decided to keep the growing city of Geraldton as a base. They have had consistent
success playing to audiences at Hotels, Clubs, Corporate and Regional events,
and weddings, and are now in the making of their first CD, which theyíre
recording independently and expect to be completed by Christmas. |