SHAKE YOUR PEACE! is a San Francisco-based band known for their ebullient live performances, radical ecological & social justice politics, and bicycle-based music tours.

Founded in 2004 by lead singer Gabe Dominguez in New York City, the band has seen two distinct phases:

From 2004-2009 the band was an acoustic three-piece punk/folk/pop ensemble (this sound is captured on the 2006 release: Sing It As You Please).

In the Fall of 2009, Dominguez took a two-year hiatus from performing with SHAKE YOUR PEACE!  During this time he began creating a new style of music he calls “Whup” – a celebratory and political dance music style combining: Afro-Latin rhythm, bluegrass fiddle, gospel choir-style: harmony, call & response, and spirit invocation, and Dominguez’ own anarchistic take on the American folk and pop/rock music traditions.

The Whup sound was debuted in the Fall of 2011 at a bicycle-powered concert at UC Berkeley’s historic Sproul Plaza, by a seven-piece version of SHAKE YOUR PEACE! The band featured an all-star lineup of local bluegrass, salsa, world, and rock musicians.

Since the debut of Whup, SHAKE YOUR PEACE! has been honored to perform at venerable Bay Area stages and events including: The Independent, Yoshi’s San Francisco, the main stage of the 2011 Cannabis Expo, and Cafe Du Nord.

The band is currently recording an album of their Whup sound with engineer Blake Henderson, due to be released in late 2012.

You can see SHAKE YOUR PEACE! at one of their upcoming shows in the San Francisco Bay Area.