Shoes

1. Shoes is an American power pop band that brothers John Murphy and Jeff Murphy alongside Gary Klebe formed in Zion, Illinois in 1974. Picking up a cult following among power pop fans from their mellow, new wave inspired rock. they've incorporated several different drummers over the years, including Barry Shumaker, Skip Meyer, Ric Menck, John Richardson, and Jeff Hunter. The band are perhaps best known for their critically acclaimed albums 'Present Tense' and 'Tongue Twister', together praised by Allmusic in particular as setting them "apart from other bands of their era" with "delicious melodies".

When MTV went on the air on August 1, 1981, the channel aired four of Shoes' videos: "Too Late", "Tomorrow Night", "Cruel You" and "In My Arms Again". Thus, the programmers chose Shoes to be one of the first bands to be shown on MTV. Their total discography includes: the 'Heads or Tails EP' (1974), 'One in Versailles' (1975), 'Bazooka' (1975), 'Black Vinyl Shoes' (1977), 'Present Tense' (1979), 'Tongue Twister' (1981), 'Silhouette' (1984), 'Boomerang' (1982), 'Shoes Best' (1987), 'Stolen Wishes' (1990), 'Propeller' (1994), 'Fret Buzz' (1995), 'As Is' (1996), 'Double Exposure' (2007), and 'Ignition' (2012). Band member Jeff Murphy also released a solo album titled 'Cantilever' in 2007.