<div class="data_field">A gifted singer song writer, a cherry red Gibson ES 335, a local artist, a Spooky kid and here&rsquo;s Johnny are the elements in the big bang that formed Shaved Hamster late in 2009.<br /><br />Amy T Baxter, former singer of Alternative/Indie bands Black Janet and Betty at the Station decides to take a &ldquo;cool down&rdquo; period from performing while she earns her master&rsquo;s degree in Physical Therapy. During this cool down period however, her ever expanding musical universe continued to bend and shape within her soul till it could no longer contain itself.<br /><br />Enter local artist. Stewart Jennings at the time was in a phase of high productivity turning out painting after painting. This luckily set in motion a spark that set ablaze an inferno within Amy to get back to her love of writing music..<br /><br />Enter a cherry red Gibson ES 335. After expressing her desire to getting back to her true love of writing and performing, Stewart decides to buy Amy a new guitar and asks her to start a band with him. With no experience in playing or writing music, it was more a playful gesture to become involved creatively for support and be her #1 fan. Soon it becomes very apparent that they make an excellent writing team and take it to the next level. In early 2010 Amy and Stewart start a music project they name Shaved Hamster (the name is another story and it&rsquo;s probably not what you&rsquo;re thinking).<br /><br />Enter the Spooky kid. Amy enlists long time friend and musical icon Scott Putesky co-founder and former lead guitarist of Marilyn Manson to help form Shaved Hamster&rsquo;s sound in the studio. <br /><br />Enter Here&rsquo;s Johnny! Musician and recording engineer John Mahoney graciously lends a helping hand to record Shaved Hamster&rsquo;s first four tracks in his studio to get the hamster wheel in motion.<br /><br />Amy and Stewart enter studio with over 30 songs and record twelve of them for their debut album &ldquo;Somewhere Between Fuzzy and Clean&rdquo;.<br /><br />Shaved Hamster&rsquo;s debut album is scheduled to be released in January 2011. You can currently find several single releases from Shaved Hamster on Amazon and other popular music download websites. Amy T Baxter and Stewart Jennings recently formed a band with some of the best musicians available to play out live so keep an eye out for Shaved Hamster!</div>

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