Sounds Of Berklee

December 16, 2014 by Curtis Killian The Shills have been a driving force in the Boston rock scene for the past decade, offering audiences tightly crafted grooves, powerful vocals and an expansive creative range, and were recently listed as #1 in Vents Magazine's top-ten list of Boston bands. Frontman Bryan Murphy, who is also a member of expiremental band Man Man, and guitarist Ryan Jackson are joined by Berklee grads Dave Sicilian '06 on bass and James Zaner '06 on drums. With degrees in Music Production and Engineering, Sicilian also works as a studio engineer in advertising and feature films for Soundtrack Boston, while Zaner was chief engineer at Blue Jay Recording and is now on tour as front of house engineer and production manager for pop duo Nick and Knight. Hear an excerpt from 2012's Keep Your Hands Busy Volume 1, recorded with producer Scott Riebling (Letters to Cleo, Fall Out Boy), and stay tuned for new musicand videos from the band in early 2015.