Though originally from Austin, they were primarily based alternately out of Portland, Oregon and Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The Shivers were very favorably reviewed for their work in Rolling Stone[1] in both the United States and in Europe.
The founding members of the band were Carey Kemper (guitars, songwriter, vocals), Kelly Bell (bass, songwriter, vocals, acoustic guitar) and Barry Haney (drums), and this lineup produced the two above-mentioned records, as well as two earlier recordings, a self-released, self-titled cassette, and a 7" single "Almost Gone" b/w "Love Other Gone", both in 1992.
Founding member Kelly Bell received her bachelor's degree in Linguistics from UT Austin and is the Founder and CTO of Gotham City Drupal, a Drupal CMS development cooperative.
[6] In early 1997, Restless Records dropped the band and The Shivers broke up shortly after playing the first NXNW Conference in October 1997, ending their career by releasing an independent CD titled "v3.5", recorded by Joash Gallagher in Portland.