Band Bio
The Unlucky Shots™ are a rock and roll band from Northampton, Mass. Our music grows from a mix of genres such as Indie Rock, Pop, and Americana and influences including the Paul’s (Simon and McCartney), Neil Young, Tom Petty, and Blitzen Trapper.
The Unlucky Shots™ are:
Noam Schatz: songwriting, lead vocals, and rhythm guitar.
Anand Nayak: lead guitar and harmony vocals
Mike Benoit: Drums
Jim Bliss: Bass
About Me
My name is Noam Schatz.
I first fell in love with music in the back of my father’s car, listening to cassette tapes of classics like Bill Withers, CSNY, and the Beatles.
I picked up drums at nine and began to understand my place in the world by mercilessly beating things with sticks.
I started bands in High School, taught myself guitar, played music with my best friends, began writing songs.
Went to Wesleyan to study music. I played West African drums with Abraham Adzenyah and New Music with Anthony Braxton. Many hours of devoted practice; Highlife, Hip Hop, Rock, and Jazz. It was there that we formed Mobius Band.
After we graduated, my comrades in Mobius Band and I decided to move to Western Mass and take a stab at the impossible music business. We went up. we went down, we went sideways.
Spent my thirties being a dad and playing in a variety of Western Mass bands. Got into circuit bending, learned the names of 1000 wild mushrooms, and ran a couple marathons before picking up the idea of songwriting again.
Since 2016, every two weeks, without exception, I have written and recorded a new song, over 200 and counting.