Speak of the Devil: The Chuck Shaffer Picture Show (CSPS) releases Protect Your Silence EP

Just two days after IndieBOX released footage of The Chuck Shaffer Picture Show's July performance at Musica in Akron, the band launched its latest EP, Protect Your Silence, on iTunes.

Virginia-based CSPS is a band that landed on The Rhythm Report's "watch list" in 2010 when the group played a haunting set at The Outpost in Kent, Ohio for the FTF Music Conference and Showcase. The trio left an impression with its radio-ready sound.

Stay tuned to The Rhythm Report for an album review in the future.

IndieBOX live concert: The Chuck Shaffer Picture Show at Musica

IndieBOX released video of The Chuck Shaffer Picture Show's last Northeast Ohio performance on Blip.tv. If you missed the CSPS set at Musica in Akron on July 22, watch it in this 18-minute video.

The band played several songs off its pending release, an EP called Protect Your Silence, as well as popular songs off For Your Eyes Only, including "Spinning" and the instrumental fan favorite "Mercury."

The modern rock band from Harrisonburg, Va. made its Northeast Ohio debut in April 2010 when it performed at the FTF Music Conference and Showcase in Kent alongside local artists Winslow, Maid Myriad, Sean Benjamin and Vitium. 


The overwhelming fan response compelled the band to return to the Cleveland area last July to take the stage with local new wave metal band 3SO at Peabody’s Concert Club. 

Since it’s inception, the band’s aggressive, energetic stage presence earned this alternative-rock-inspired three-piece group tour slots with national acts including Papa Roach, CKY, Hawthorne Heights, Civil Twilight and Boombox, among many others.

The band has endured an extensive summer tour with stops in Columbus, Ohio; Washington, D.C.; Jacksonville, N.C.; Myrtle Beach, S.C.; Marietta, Ga.; and multiple cities in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Tennessee and Virginia.

About CSPS

Ryan Johnson (vocals), David Stiefel (bass) and Pat Kenney (drums) formed the three-piece band at James Madison University in 2009. The trio released their first album, For Your Eyes Only, the same year. More information about The Chuck Shaffer Picture Show can be found on the band’s website, www.cspsband.com, as well as Facebook and ReverbNation.


UPDATE 8/14 – CSPS releases Protect Your Silence EP. 

Video produced by Todd Volkmer and Erin Ludlam
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