He began his career in Arcata, California in the late 1980s as a member of the high energy speed-pop band Brent's T.V.
[1] When Dieselhed disbanded in 2000, Shaw began to perform and record as a solo artist, sometimes with the help of his backing band that he named "The Killer Views".
Shaw's first album, Quad Cities, was released in 2000 through Future Farmer Records.
[3] According to AllMusic's Stanton Swihart, Quad Cities is "loaded with amazingly rich, evocative songwriting".
[5] Swihart wrote of this album that "'[s]tunning' seems to be the word that has most attached itself to Still Falling, and with excellent reason", and awarded it 4.5 out of 5 stars.