Don Condescending - Keyboards and Voices
Ben Spraker - Guitars and Voices
Shadraq Meeshaq - More Guitars and Occasional Voices
Teenage Man - Drums
Thaddeus Thompson - Basses, keyboards, and Occasional Voices

A five-piece new-wave power-pop band from Atlanta and Athens, GA. The Shut-Ups were founded by Don Condescending in Atlanta who had played in bands such as Lana Becomes A Man during the 90s. Don was plotting the Shut-Ups solo album with producer Jason NeSmith (Casper Fandango). Years in the making, The Shut-Ups was finally released in 2001 by Lookit Meee! Records, and distributed by Imperial Fuzz.

It Hurts To Be Seen is the Shut-Ups' second album, and their first as a full band. The record features: Ben Spraker (frontman of Athens' Ceiling Fan, ex-drummer Casper Fandango & The Cookies) contributes lead vocals and guitar work, Steve Libbey (aka Robotic Storm Cloud, owner of Imperial Fuzz) chips in with some guitar as well, Thaddeus Thompson (ex-Parks and Empty Spaces and regular on the Orange Hat hour) offers some tall bass, and drummer Darkis Knight (toured with Milli Vanilli, Billy Idol, Teena Marie and others, extra on several seasons of "E.R.") brings L.A. polish to the Shut-Ups rhythm section.

They have four albums:

The Shut-Ups (2001)

It Hurts To Be Seen (2003)

The STUD Album (2006)

Imaginary Dancer (2008)

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