We started work on an album, which will include, hopefully, 12 new songs about the supernatural human condition as it relates to the reanimation of the dead.  We spent a week at Rax Trax recording studio in October, working on drum and guitar tracks, and adding in some scratch strings and vocals to put together a demo version of “Vexed”.  We’ll be offering a preview of that demo on here and the rest of the internet soon.

For now, enjoy some live footage:

“What would it take (to re-create a human being)?”
- Live at Martyrs’ in Chicago.  October 12, 2011

Tonight! Reggie’s Rock Club in Chicago

Celebrate Halloween with the Dead Superheroes Orchestra
and punk rock legend Hugh Cornwell (of the Stranglers)
and Clem Burke (of Blondie)

Get $6 off the ticket price for tonight’s show!

If you need some motivation to finish your Halloween Costume for tonight, here it is….$6 off the regular price ticket of $18. Print your coupon HERE. Limit one coupon per customer.

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Theatre des Vampires

Friday, October 28 – Club Anything in Milwaukee

The Dead Superheroes Orchestra
DJs Scary Lady Sarah and William Faith
Milwaukee Ballet

Join us for this fundraiser for the Milwaukee Ballet ~ 21+

Journey into the strange and mysterious world of Theatre of the Vampires at Club Anything…

Mingle with performers from The Milwaukee Ballet’s production of “Dracula” and experience a vision of the Vampire world including absinthe, live music featuring the Dead Superhero’s Orchestra, roll players and fire dancing! The Elixir Lounge and Absintherie will be open especially for this event. Your entry includes one free absinthe courtesy of Milwaukee’s own Amerique 1912 Absinthe. A portion of your ticket price benefits Milwaukee Ballet.

Sponsored by Milwaukee Ballet and the Great Lakes Distillery

Tickets available at http://www.elektrotrash.com/

October 31, 2011 – Reggie’s Rock Club, Chicago, IL

Opening for Hugh Cornwell of The Stranglers and Clem Burke of Blondie

Celebrate Halloween with a punk rock legend and the former lead singer of The Stranglers…HUGH CORNWELL, Clem Burke (Blondie) on drums
The Handcuffs – The Dead Superheroes Orchestra – happy hunting
Dead Rockstar Costume Contest and a photobooth by Glitter Guts!

Doors @ 8PM – Show @ 8:30
Tickets $15 in adv. – $18 at the door
17+
Get your tickets here: http://ticketf.ly/nFL2zS

Join us next Wednesday at Beat Kitchen in Chicago for a 17+ show.  This is our first show with harpist Michelle Horvath.  We’re also welcoming back Marian Vernon on cello.

Purchase tickets online at Ticketweb.com and get a free copy of our EP “The Last Superhero”.

Sunny Shadows and Counterfeit i open.  DJ Scary Lady Sarah spins goth and shoegaze starting at 8pm and in between bands.

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Piccolo Theater's Comedy of Errors

I wrote music for Shakespeare’s “Comedy of Errors”, which is being produced by Piccolo Theater and was directed by Christopher Marino.  The show opens on September 9 and runs Friday, Saturday and Sunday.  Music will be performed live by members of the Dead Superheroes Orchestra, including myself on piano.  More information is available on Piccolo Theater’s website.

The music for the show is performed by 4 musicians, using accordion, flute, synthesizers, violin, percussion and theremin.  While writing, I sought to emulate the styles of cabaret, circus and gypsy music, while adding in quite a bit of Baroque and Classical style.  The play is filled with quirky waltzes, Baroque recitative-like accompaniment, and a show-stopping cabaret parody of Caccini’s “Amarilli, mia bella”. Read more

Shani Shechter; Photo by Rodger Ruzanka

Join us on September 14 at Beat Kitchen in Chicago for a 17+ show.  Sunny Shadows and Counterfeit i open.  DJ Scary Lady Sarah spins between sets.  This will be our first performance with electric harp.

Tickets are available on ticketweb.com.

THE DEAD SUPERHEROES ORCHESTRA
SUNNY SHADOWS
COUNTERFEIT I
DJ SCARY LADY SARAH
Doors: 7:30 pm | Show: 8:00 pm
Tickets: $10.00 | 17 & Over

Shani Schechter Photo: Julia Groves

Our performance at the Abbey on July 29, 2011 is a featured event in the Chicago Reader!  You can read the copy on the Reader’s website here:

http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/dead-superheroes-orchestra-my-cold-dead-hand-we-are-hex-djs-scary-lady-sarah-and-william-faith/Event?oid=4297399

One thing that they didn’t mention is that we’re giving away copies of our EP, “The Last Superhero”, to the first 15 people who purchase tickets online.  Buy a ticket from Ticketfly.com and you’ll get a CD when you arrive at the Abbey tomorrow night.

We’re releasing a new EP on July 29, 2011 at the Abbey Pub!  The 3 song collection is titled “The Last Superhero”.  It will include “The Year Before I turned 13″, “Welcome to our Forgotten Town”, and “The Last Superhero”.  The songs are complimentary to those on our first EP, “I’ll spend my nights in the graveyard”, they tell the tale of an angel and a boy who comes back from the dead.

The EP will be available for purchase on iTunes next week.  We’ll have a limited number of CD copies at the performance on July 29.  For the time being, however, you can preview the EP right here.

Photo by Rodger Ruzanka

The Dead Superheroes Orchestra
With singers from Golosá

My Cold Dead Hand
We are Hex
The Pirate Twins (DJ Scary Lady Sarah and William Faith)

Fri, July 29, 2011
Doors: 8:30 pm / Show: 9:30 pm
The Abbey
Chicago, IL
$8.00 in advance, $10 at the Door
Purchase tickets at http://www.ticketfly.com/
21+

We’re returning to Chicago’s Abbey Pub on Friday, July 29, 2011.  Joining us for our set are 20 singers from Chicago’s Russian Folk Choir, Golosá.  This will be our first Chicago show with our new cellist, Sarah Zilonis, and violist, Madeleine Walsh and pianist Renee Serritella.  John Sturm from the Walking Shadows will be joining us on drums.  We’ll be premiering new songs and we’ll have a new EP available for sale.

Also on the bill are Chicago’s goth/shoegazers My Cold Dead Hand, and Indy Indie rockers We are Hex.  DJ Scary Lady Sarah and William Faith will spin between sets and after the show.