Bio

Shaz Newton is an accomplished Guitarist Songwriter turned Singer that has her heart in ROCK but her mind is on an eclectic musical journey taking a time of challenge to a confident success story.

With gigs all over Queensland and Northern New South Wales, its hard to see how she can find the time to come up with new material. Nevertheless, a new album is on its way.

So how has this come about?

“I took a 5 1/2 month journey to the other side of the world, playing a couple of contemporary festivals in Serbia with the 49^th Guitarreada Zaječar supporting USA’s Guano Apes, and Sweden’s Västeräs City and Pride Festivals where I found myself with 3 weeks of studio time en grantee. But the fun didn’t end there; my marriage did. So it became a journey of survival and a creative blossoming. Needless to say the new album tone is part introspective evolving to a nerve jostling aural explosion of Guitars and Electronica. Upon my return to Australia and more recording studios, the beautiful masterpiece was about to unravel.”

Shazza’s musical influence and ability came from the young age of 4. A 1968 Kreisler Stereogram and records ranging from The Atlantics, Piranha to ACDC and Pink Floyd became the formation of her sound and stylistic writing. Having written and performed with many bands, later saw her study Jazz at the Uni of Adelaide. She moved to Brisbane in 2010 and resumed a solid career of performance and writing. Having performed in all the major Entertainment Centers across Australia in her classic rock fuelled band Diva Demolition on the 2013 “Monster Tour” with KISS, Mötley Crüe and Thin Lizzy and “Global Warming” Tour with Aerosmith, Wolfmother and Dead Daisies, Shaz got to live life on the road giving her plenty of stories to draw inspiration from. It also placed yet another fork in the road.

The search for the musical highs became an addiction. Working with a co-writer on songs, finally a single was published by Mushroom Publishing, appearing on sitcom “Neighbors”. Several tours performing to various offshore deployed Military Personnel, gave many thrills and spills. But finally, the journey to Europe provided a longer thrill that led to Shaz finding her voice and bringing it to centre-stage.

The current project is an extension on the Sweden Delve Deeper Project with Diva Demolition. Shaz comes out from a veil to grab the Lead Vocal while slinging Gibson endorsed guitars that alone will sing you a story. You’ll discover a plethora of musical influences that converge to one unnerving yet stunningly simple, catchy melody.

Shaz is touring solo across the country now and working with a Nashville coach to open her to a new journey. Keep an eye out for new album “Delve Deeper” by Diva Demolition and her solo album “Lava Lamps and Furry Jackets”.

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Track Listing

SHAZ SOLO SONG LIST

Artist	Song	Style
ACDC	It’s a long way	Rock
	Gone Shootin	Blues
	Baby Please Don’t Go	Blues
	Jailbreak	Blues
Alanis Morrisette	One hand in my pocket	Indie
	you oughtta know	indie
Amy Winehouse	Rehab	Contemporary
	Valerie	Contemporary
Baby Animals	Rush You	Acoustic
	One Word	Acoustic
Bad Company	Cant Get Enough	Rock
The Beatles	Revolution	Contemporary
	Come Together	blues
	Hard Days Night	Contemporary
	I Saw Her Standing There	Contemporary
	twist and shout	Contemporary
Blink 182	Dammit	Indie
Boomtown Rats	I don’t like Mondays	Contemporary
Bruno Mars	Locked out of Heaven	Pop
Bryan Adams	Summer Of 69	Rock
The Clash	Should I stay	Punk
Choirboys	Run To Paradise	Rock
Cold Chisel	Cheap Wine	Acoustic Rock
	Rising Sun	Blues
	Saturday Night	Blues
Courtney Barnett	Pedestrian At Pest	Indie
Courtney Love	Celebrity Skin	Indie
	Malibu	indie
Crowded House	Its only natural	Contemporary
	Better Be Home Soon	Contemporary
Creedence Clearwater	Fortunate Son	contemporary
	Proud Mary	contemporary
	Ever seen the rain	contemporary
The Cure	Friday Im In Love	pop
	Love Cats	pop
Daddy Cool	Eagle Rock	Blues
	Come Back Again	blues
David Bowie	Rebel Rebel	contemporary
	The Jean Jeanie	contemporary
Diesel	Cry In Shame	blues
	Tip Of My Tongue	contemporary
Divinyls	Pleasure and Pain	contemporary
	Science Fiction	pop
	Boys In Town	acoustic
Dolly Parton	Jolene	country
	Workin 9-5	country
Don Henley/ Stevie Nicks	Leather N Lace	contemporary
Dragon	April Sun In Cuba	Contemporary
Eagle Eye Cherry	Save Tonight	indie
TheEagles	Hotel California	Contemporary
	Take It Easy	country
Eric Clapton	Cocaine	blues
	Wonderful Tonight	Contemporary
	Crossroads	blues
Etta James	I Just want to make love to you	blues
Eurythmics	Missionary Man	pop
	Would I Lie To You	pop
Fleetwood Mac	Rhiannon	contemporary
	Little Lies	contemporary
Foo Fighters	Learning to Fly	rock
Foster the people	Pumped Up Kicks	blues
Gabriella Cilmi	Sweet About Me	blues
Garbage	Im Only Happy when it Rains	acoustic rock
George Michael	Faith	pop
Greenday	Good Riddance	indie
Golden Earring	Radar Love	blues
Grinspoon	Hard Act To Follow	indie
Hoodoo Gurus	Bittersweet	indie
	Like Wow, Wipeout	indie
	Good Times	indie
	Right Time	acoustic rock
Ian Moss	Telephone Booth	blues
	Bow River	acoustic rock
INXS	Good Times	acoustic rock
	Mystify	blues
	I send a Message	acoustic rock
Jessie J	Domino	pop
Jimmy Barnes	No Second Prize	Contemporary
	RideThe Night Away	Contemporary
JJ Cale	After Midnight	blues
	Ill Make love to you	blues
Joan Jett	Bad Reputation	acoustic rock
	I love Rock n Roll	acoustic rock
	I hate myself for loving you	blues
Jon Mellencamp	Hurt so good	contemporary
	Cherry Bomb	contemporary
	Small Town	contemporary
	Check it out	contemporary
Johnny Cash	Folsom Prison	country
	Jackson	country
John Denver	Leaving On A Jet Plane	contemporary
John Lennon	Imagine	acoustic
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	indie
Katrina and The Waves	Walking on Sunshine	pop
Kenny Rogers	The Gambler	country
Kid Rock	Everything about you	acoustic rock
Joan Jett	Bad Reputation	acoustic rock
	I love Rock n Roll	acoustic rock
	I hate myself for loving you	blues
Jon Mellencamp	Hurt so good	contemporary
	Cherry Bomb	contemporary
	Small Town	contemporary
	Check it out	contemporary
Johnny Cash	Folsom Prison	country
	Jackson	country
Joni Mitchell	Big Yellow Taxi	indie
Katrina and The Waves	Walking on Sunshine	pop
Kenny Rogers	The Gambler	country
Kid Rock	Everything about you	acoustic rock
Lenny Kravitz	American Woman	acoustic rock
	Fly Away	acoustic rock
Living End	Tainted Love	acoustic rock
Lynard Skynard	Sweet Home Alabama	contemporary
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	acoustic rock
Megan Trainor	All About the bass	pop
Melissa Etheridge	Chrome Plated Heart	blues
Meredith Brooks	Bitch	contemporary
Midnight Oil	King Of The Mountain	contemporary
Missy Higgins	Scar	indie
Nancy Sinatra	These Boots	country
Noiseworks	Reach Out	contemporary
Oasis	Roll With it	indie
	Wonderwall	indie
Paul Kelly	Dumb Things	country
	To Her Door	country
Pink	Please Don’t Leave me	pop
	Try	pop
	Trouble	pop
	The one that got away	acoustic
Pink Floyd	Wish You Were Here	acoustic
The Pogues	Streams Of Whiskey	indie
Poison	Nothing But  a good Time	acoustic rock
The Pretenders	Brass In Pocket	contemporary
Ram Jam	Black Betty	blues
Rod Stewart	Maggie May	Contemporary
	First Cut	Contemporary
Rolling Stones	All Over Now	blues
	U Cant Always get what you want	blues
	Honkey Tonk Woman	blues
	Beast Of Burden	blues
Roy Orbison	Pretty Woman	Contemporary
Roxette	The Look	pop
	Dressed For Success	pop
Sam Sparrow	Black And Gold	pop
Smashing Pumpkins	1979	indie
Sonia Dada	Lover, Lover	contemporary
Spiderbait	Calypso	acoustic rock
Stevie Ray Vaughn	Cold Shot	blues
	Couldn’t Stand The Weather	blues
	Tightrope	blues
Stevie Wonder	Superstition	blues
Superjesus	Down Again	acoustic rock
Suzie Quattro	Rock Hard	acoustic rock
Thin Lizzy	The Boys Are Back In Town	acoustic rock
Tina Turner	Crazy bout u	blues
	Rock Me Baby	blues
	Nutbush City Limits	blues
The Troggs	Wild Thing	blues
UB40	Red Red Wine	reggae
U2	All I Want Is you	contemporary
	Mysterious Ways	contemporary
	Love Comes to town	blues
Vance Joy	Riptide	indie
Van Morrisson	Gloria	blues
	Moondace	blues
	Brown Eyed Girl	Contemporary
Veruca Salt	Seether	indie
Violent Femmes	Blister In The Sun	contemporary
Walk The Moon	Shut up & Dance	pop
You am I	Cathys Clown	indie
ZZ Top	Gimme All Your Lovin	blues
	Tush	blues
	Legs	blues
4 Non Blondes	Whats Up	contemporary