Shadow (rock band)

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Shadow is a rock band formed in Seattle. Shadow toured the club circuit in the US throughout the Northwest, Midwest, and Southwest states from 1973 – 1982. Shadow is best known for their live performance and recording of the title track song New Year's Evil from the 1980 cult slasher film “New Year's Evil (film).”

In the horror genre where music is the driving force, the band Shadow has developed a cult following for it's role in the film. The movie has been the topic of numerous podcasts in which Shadow and the theme song, New Year's Evil, that they play throughout, are the topic of discussion.

Formation (1973)

The band Shadow was made up of Cliff White on guitar, Ray Leonard on bass, David Kesterson, Art Bennett on drums, and J.P Pakalenkaon guitar and vocals. Cliff White, Ray Leonard, David Kesterson, Art Bennett met at Kamiakin High School, Kennewick Washington. JP Pakalenka is from Boise, Idaho. After Art Bennett left the band, Richard Miller joined. Richard Miller left the band on April 16th, 1982.

Charles Robison from Kennewick was the light man, and Steve Henson from Spokane was the sound man.

New Year’s Evil

Shadow with members Clifford White, Ray Leonard, Richard Miller, John Pakalenka, is featured on-camera in the 1980 Cannon film “New Year’s Evil” performing as a Los Angeles punk rock band at a New Year’s show. The plot follows the band Shadow, a Los Angeles punk rock band playing throughout the film.

The band Shadow performs the title song “New Year's Evil”, written by Roxanne Seeman and Eddie del Barrio, at the opening of the movie and thematically throughout. Shadow performed seven songs live in the film, including “New Year's Evil”, “Simon Bar Sinister”, “Cold Hearted Love”, “Night Driver”, “Temper Tantrum”, “Headwind”, and “When I Wake Up”.

A recorded version of “New Year's Evil”, also appearing in the movie, was released by The Cannon Group, Inc. as a 45rpm record for radio. The track “Simon Bar Sinister” is on the B-side.

W. Michael Lewis& Laurin Rinder are the producers of the recording of the song "New Year's Evil".

It was recorded at Salty Dog Studios, Los Angeles.

Soundtrack single

A      New Year's Evil          2:32

B      Simon Bar Sinister     2:50

TV shows

• An episode of Elvira's Movie Macabre featured the full-length film New Year's Evil.
• The Cinema Snob features a clip of the song New Year's Evil as performed live by Shadow as part of its review of the movie.
• The Kill Count features a clip of the song New Year's Evil as as performed live by Shadow part of its review of the movie.

Critical reception

Roger Ebert wrote in his review of the film:  ""New Year's Evil" has music as its gimmick. The movie takes place on New Year's Eve, during a national TV show obviously inspired by "Midnight Special." The bands are second-rate punk rock groups (Made In Japan, Shadow). The hostess (Roz Kelly) is taking votes over the air for the new wave song of the year."

New Year's Evil (film) has become a cult horror film with a preponderance of podcasts and reviews of the film, the song New Year's Evil and the music soundtrack:

Dreadcentral.com wrote "Much of the music comes from an actual band named Shadow. The odd thing about Shadow is that their music sounds far more like a Seventies metal band than the Eighties punk rock and new wave the film promotes. Ah, who cares? It's 1980 and the top act on a New Year's countdown show isn't Manilow, The Gap Band, or The Oak Ridge Boys. "New Year's Evil" by Shadow it is".

dailydot.com wrote "First off, this movie features the best New Year's Eve song ever made. Like the opening to Friday the 13th Part III, it's just one of those rare original recordings for low-budget horror film that's a complete gem, and it should be an American staple of New Year's Eve celebrations."

filmfracture.com wrote "Of course, no rock and roll horror movie is complete without the music.  The rock in New Year's Evil is supplied by two very real bands – Made in Japan and Shadow.  Neither could really be called new wave or punk bands (Made in Japan is more of a The Knack-y power pop band and Shadow borders on 70's heavy metal), but both are obviously from the time period in which the film takes place.  The theme song, done by Shadow and appropriately called "New Year's Evil" is incredibly infectious and plays over both the opening and closing credits as well as once during the course of the film.  As if the song wasn't catchy enough, hearing it three times in ninety minutes means that there is no way that this song will not get stuck in the viewer's head. The incidental and mood music (composed by W. Michael Lewis and Laurin Rinder, who also scored a handful of episodes of “In Search Of…”) is fairly typical Moog synthesizer suspense and stinger fare, but it works well in the context of the new wave slasher film.  Between the rock and roll soundtrack and the electronic music score, New Year’s Evil’s music is one of the more memorable elements of the film."  

crypticrock.com: "...Blaze starts answering phones to talk to people calling in to vote for their favorite Rock songs, and she gets a call from a Bruce Jenner-haired guy (Niven) calling himself Eeeeevil. He uses a voice disguiser that makes him sound like a Jim Henson creation, but seriously tells her he is going to kill a "Naughty Girl" every time the clock strikes midnight in the different times zones across the country. Blaze is freaked out but gains enough composure to introduce the live band, Shadow, who play the most annoying New Year's Eve song ever."

geekscape.net: "The 12 Best Heavy Metal Songs From Horror Movies...I spent close to a decade playing in metal bands, but my earliest experiences with the genre were thanks to 80s horror movies. It was a golden age for both heavy metal and over-the-top horror cheese; I credit much of my personal growth to those countless nights watching people with questionable morals bleed out as some Aquanetted guy in pleather pants screeched on about how rock and roll will never die. If you're like me, horror and heavy metal are two sides of the same coin, so before you scream "Satanic Panic,"  let's burn through a definitive list of the very best heavy metal songs to slay to.

12) Shadow – New Years Evil theme (New Year's Evil)..."

Welcometomywritemare.blogspot.com: "If there's one thing to remember the film by, however, it's the title song; a damn catchy one, too. New Year's Evil, as (written) by Roxanne SeemanRoxanne Seeman and Eduardo del Barrio, spent four days blaring the opening lines in my head before I could get it out. It plays on the Blu-ray's menu, it opens the film and it may be used one other time; I'm not sure. It's one of those infectious tunes that are impossible to shake. With all these vinyl companies putting out obscure soundtracks these days, someone please get this on a 7"."

liberaldead.com by Jimmy Terror It Came From 1980x New Year's Evil on New Year's Eve!!! 31 December 2012: "W. Michael Lewis and Laurin Rinder created the original music for the picture. It's not punk. It's new wave...Still I love the soundtrack. I love it so much that I had the little collective known as Hacktivision of which I am a member create an 8 Bit version of the theme music to be used in a future 8 Bit faux video game (next year). The song itself will be available shortly on DOCTERROR.COM.  Here's a track listing:

• "New Year's Evil"- Written by Roxanne Seeman & Eduardo del Barrio
• "When I Wake Up"- Written by John Pakalenka
• "Simon Bar Sinister"- Written by Clifford White & Ray Leonard
• "Temper Tantrum"- Written by Ray Leonard
• "Headwind"- Written by Clifford White
• "Cold Hearted Lover"- Written by Clifford White
• "Auld Lang Syne"
• "Dumb Blondes"
• "The Cooler"
• "Suicide Ways"

Podcasts

• Stitcher.com - So That Happened!!! Episode 60 - New Year's Evil
• The Movie Review Podcast - New Year's Evil
• cultfilminreview.com - New Year's Evil
• Just Another Horror Podcast - New Year's Evil
• JumpScare! The Horror Podcast, Orlando Horror Society - New Year's Evil
• thatshelf.com - Loose Cannons Episode #52 – New Year's Evil
• Ghost Party Podcast - Episode 37 - New Year's Evil
• Bad Movie Night Podcast - New Year's Evil
• BlogTalkRadio - New Year's Evil

External links

• New Year's Evil movie trail on Youtube

• Horror Society sing-a-long lyrics

• New Year's Evil (film) at imdb

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