Shot Full Of Rock Ltd
About Us
CREATIVE DIRECTOR, SCRIPT/SONG WRITER, PRODUCER:
Originally from Sydney, Australia, Daniel Baselgia grew up listening to Australian bands AC/DC, Rose Tattoo and Divinyls, alongside British influences such as Deep Purple, Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin. A keen guitarist himself, he wrote, recorded and produced original songs with various bands, playing live to audiences at leading rock venues in Sydney and along the East Coast of Australia. He was increasingly drawn to bands with a theatrical dimension such as Queen and KISS and played lead guitar in a theatre rock production staged at the Enmore Theatre, Sydney.
Having successfully completed Carpentry & Joinery College and a Building Apprenticeship as second strings to his bow, Danny spent time in Los Angeles, U.S.A. in 1989 and in 1994. He rented an apartment on Sunset Boulevard, attending courses in Artist Development, Creative Song-writing and Music Production whilst living the L.A. rock 'n' roll lifestyle at such iconic venues as The Rainbow Bar & Grill, The Viper Room, Whisky a Go Go and The Roxy Theatre.
Upon his return to Sydney he was able to combine his two creative directions both as a musician and a qualified carpenter/joiner through building music studio designer furniture, bespoke audio-effect cabinets, specialist sound-proof studio doors as well as high-end recording/rehearsal studio construction, notably Ramrod Studios, Sydney. Having heard this studio’s acoustic quality, EMI invited Danny to a meeting with a view to future studio construction, but his priority remained live rock music and theatre.
Witnessing the gradual erosion of the availability of venues for live rock performance in Sydney, Danny came up with the original concept, characters and storylines for The Krankenstein Chronicles (see ‘Krankenstein Trilogy’). He moved to the UK in 2012 bringing with him his trusty Gibson Les Paul, Marshall JCM 800 and a Guitar C.V. (see ‘News’ Page) which enabled him to secure employment in Sussex as a teacher of electric, acoustic and bass guitar. Working collaboratively with British writers, musicians and creatives, Danny then completed The Krankenstein Chronicles together with an associated full
theatre script entitled ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Is Dead… But Not For Everyone!’ (see ‘News’ & ‘Theatre Show’) which has been fully workshopped, edited and now has all-original songs.
Danny continues to write and play music in the U.K., also teaching guitar and bass. He is currently recording and producing twenty-five original songs, written exclusively for the script's storyline and characters, with 'Shot Full Of Rock & Friends'.
SCRIPT WRITER, PRODUCER:
Creative and administrative aspects of the theatre script and original songs for ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Is Dead… But Not For Everyone’ have utilised Alison Earnshaw’s transferable skills from her career as a Specialist Educational Practitioner. Former performance and entertainment industry precedents include organisational input at live events for Peter Green and Iron Maiden as well as language translation for Disneyland Paris and Radio Luxembourg.
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Inspired by live rock gigs attended in the 70s and 80s, Alis cites David Bowie, Free, Hawkwind, Queen, Bob Marley and AC/DC as some of the bands and performances she was able to experience in small and medium-sized venues in the South-East of the U.K., where theatrical elements of lighting, staging and ambiance could be appreciated close-up alongside the music.
Alis played a pivotal creative and administrative role in bringing ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Is Dead… But Not For Everyone!’ from page to stage for the show’s live work-
shops in London and led the post-workshop script evaluation and edit; she is also co-producer of the show’s original songs.
Alis creates greetings cards and notebooks using her own photography. She is a columnist for 'The Town Crier' magazine and continues to undertake occasional Educational Consultancy work.
THE STORY SO FAR...
Shot Full Of Rock Ltd was set up in the Summer of 2019. The aim was to establish a vehicle for a UK hard rock 'Tribute Show' of the same name. This show was due to follow our Rock Opera, ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Is Dead… But Not For Everyone!’; a two-act theatre script already successfully workshopped live in London… and of which more later!
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With the ‘Shot Full of Rock’ tribute show logo/backdrop designed and in place on the website, we added demo extracts from our newly recorded rock cover medleys to demonstrate the proposed musical landscape for our tribute show. Auditions for vocalists underway, we liaised with interested promoters and excitedly gathered momentum to launch…!
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​​How to amuse the Gods? Tell them your plans!
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Enter 2020, of which the least said the better! Rehearsal and recording studios closed, concerts cancelled, theatres dark, the world confined to barracks… ‘Shot Full Of Rock Ltd’ had to change horses in midstream! We reluctantly shelved our tribute show and redirected our musical focus.
'ROCK 'N' ROLL IS DEAD... BUT NOT FOR EVERYONE!'
So back to the Extreme Rock Opera! The theatre-friendly script for ‘Rock 'n' Roll Is Dead… But Not For Everyone!’ was adapted from an original concept for thrillingly-frightful, darkly-dramatic and humorously-macabre Rock Chronicles written by Daniel Baselgia and featuring 'The Krankenstein' with a
cast of compelling, quirky and villainous characters! Scribing of The Krankenstein Chronicles had originally begun in 2011 in Sydney, Australia and by 2016 in London, UK we had a full 2-hour 17 minute theatre script for an Extreme Rock Opera! The script and characters were brought to resounding and
entertaining life; elements of lively humour and compelling melodrama with
a five-piece rock band live 'n' loud on stage playing hard rock covers interpolated with the shows script. With a professional cast of twelve, intensive rehearsals for the band and actors culminated in sold-out workshop performances in November 2017 at the Fabric Club, London. More workshop photos on our November 2023 'News' page!
Industry and audience feedback was extremely positive; there were specific suggestions for a script edit, which we
completed in 2018... and a rather more daunting request for all-original rock songs to be composed and recorded in place of the cover songs used in the script workshops!
Hence the proposal for a separate 'Shot Full of Rock' tribute show to be launched in the interim, whilst we addressed the small matter of composing
original songs and incidental underscore music for the re-edited script of 'Rock 'n' Roll Is Dead... But Not For Everyone! which we could then present to the industry with new and exciting commercial potential!
'KRANK UP THE KRAZY!'
So perhaps we had found some sort of silver lining to 2020-2022 after all; one thing we had was uninterrupted time! Fast forward and a full contingent of 25 original songs and underscore is now complete and embedded within the script; recording of these songs is currently well under way!
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You’ll find full versions of two tracks 'Heartbeat Like A Sledgehammer!' and ‘Krank Up The Krazy!’, on our 'Music' page, with credits and lyrics. These songs showcase two of the script's leading characters, 'Wrenville' and 'Doctor Rockwell'... even 'The Krankenstein' itself makes an appearance!
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For more about ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll Is Dead… But Not For Everyone!’, please go to our ‘Theatre Show’ page where you’ll find the prologue from the script and audience feedback from the live London workshop performances. There are also song excerpts (including from the demo of 'A Foolproof Disguise', written for two of the show's villains) with theatre workshop photos. Our 'Krankenstein Trilogy' page references the Krankenstein concept and chronicles... and the 'News' and 'Music' pages have updates on forthcoming new releases from 'Shot Full Of Rock & Friends'!
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