Coyote Shivers

(Mutiny)
by Mark Phinney

I don’t know if you’ve been hearing the same rumors I have, but I can attest to the fact that they are all true – Coyote Shivers could quite possibly be Thunders reborn here. I mean he has all the job requirements, the glitter glam-slam attitude and outfits and the smarmy sneer, at once inviting and dangerous. I had this album in my hand a few months back when I was covering the Thunders’ re-issue, and I just sort of passed on it, yet, by matter of good fortune, I happened upon it again, nice, new, and shiny in CD format. Shivers is getting a big (and well-deserved) buildup for his New York City stomp on the glam scene. With Daniel Lanois in his corner, Shivers and his band have taken every challenge and met them with that NYC rock trash attitude that made legends of the New York Dolls, and Thunders soon afterward. If titles like “Bisexual Girl” and “Happiness is a Warm Bong” aren’t enough (McCartney is shitting himself), then the actual tuneage will send candy up your spine. Shivers is a throwback, and plays it to the hilt, pulling everything he can from his scene and song to prove that he is the real McCoy. That voice, if it isn’t yet, will become unmistakable with its smoky sex timing and androgynous demeanor spitting the songs in your face and smiling as if to wipe it off with his sweat rag. Try to picture yourself at these gigs, all glittered up with stars in the sky, on your face, and trying to bring back that sweet sound of the street from D Generation on down the line. Shivers on CD and stage has truly captured what it is all about… the show.