About Moose Unit / Liquid Courage
Re-formed in 2011, Moose Unit is John Bailey,
Shane Robertson, Tony Clayton and Brad Smith.
As teens the band performed throughout Washington and Oregon
but as life took over the Rock and Roll lifestyle was replaced by
work and family. In late
2011 the members started meeting monthly to blow off some steam and
have a little fun. That
quickly turned into performing at parties and charity events.
With 70+ rock and dance covers honed and work underway on
original music Moose Unit is now looking for opportunities to
perform for friends, family and fans at your establishment or event.
John Bailey: Vocals and Guitar
Shane Robertson:
Drums and Vocals
Tony Clayton:
Bass and Vocals
Brad Smith:
Guitar and Vocals
From Left: Brad Smith, Shane Robertson,
John Bailey and Tony Clayton.
Some Background History
Back in the mid 80's Brad and Tony played together in a band called MDA based out of Federal Way Washington along with our good friends Bill Nolan, Brian Estey and Diano Garcia. During that same time John was in another band called Mirage with some of our friends so we all loosely knew each other. Shane "The Hammer" Robertson was in a band somewhere else (I can't remember that story right now) doing his thing. About 4 years ago MDA started getting together to practice again and since Diano wasn't living in Washington one of the guys reached out to John to see if he was interested. We had a few practices and a lot of fun but family, work and other band commitments kept Bill and Brian from being able to meet as frequently as we would like so John reached out to Shane, who he works with, to see if he wanted to join us on the drums.
Initially there was thought of making an INXS tribute band but some of us thought that was a bit...limiting to put it nicely, so we ditched that idea and just learned songs that we like. Most of it is from the 80's and 90's but lately we are tossing some newer stuff into the mix. This is all just for fun so it doesn't really matter too much. It's just a bunch of friends getting together to have fun. We all work hard at our day jobs and have active family lives so when you can take a few hours every month or two and do something like this it is pretty cool.
After a few practices Tony came to us with a proposal to do a gig. A friend of his from work was having a 40th B-Day and wanted to get a band to play. That sounded like fun so we practiced a little harder for a few months and put together a list of 35+ songs to perform on March 10th, 2012. We played at the Moose Lodge in North Bend for about 100 people and it was a blast. For that show I do believe we used the band name Liquid Courage even though there is like 50 other bands named that out there. Moose Unit came from the Moose Lodge and I think was recommended by Brad's wife Mary or maybe it was Brad. Who knows. Anyway, that's the short version of our story. We are glad you came to check us out and we hope to hear from you.
Some songs we have played
| Band | Song |
| A Silent Film | Queen of a sad land |
| ACDC | Shook me all night long |
| Alice in Chains | Would |
| Beastie Boys | Fight for your Right to Party |
| Black Keys | Lonely Boy |
| Bon Jovi | Wanted Dead or Alive |
| Bon Jovi | You give love a bad name |
| Cheap Trick | I want you to want me |
| Clash | Should I stay or should I Go |
| Commodores | Brick House |
| Fuel | Jesus or a Gun |
| Green Day | Welcome to Paradise |
| Guns n Roses | Mr. Brownstone |
| Incubus | Drive |
| Incubus | Nice to Know You |
| Incubus | Wish you were Here |
| INXS | Guns in the Sky |
| INXS | New Sensation |
| INXS | Suicide Blonde |
| INXS | What you Need |
| Jet | Rollover DJ |
| Killers | Somebody Told Me |
| Kiss | Rock N Roll All Night |
| Matchbox Twenty | Bent |
| Matchbox Twenty | Rest Stop |
| Motley Crue | Shout at the Devil |
| Muse | Panic Station |
| Neon Trees | Everybody Talks |
| Nirvana | In Bloom |
| Our Lady Peace | Starseed |
| Pearl Jam | State of Love and Trust |
| Poison | Every Rose Has Its Thorn |
| Poison | Nothing but a good time |
| Poison | Talk Dirty To Me |
| Rage Against The Machine | Bulls on Parade |
| Rage Against The Machine | Guerilla Radio |
| Rage Against The Machine | Microphone Fiend |
| Rage Against The Machine | Take the Power Back |
| Rage Against The Machine | Testify |
| Rage Against The Machine | Wake Up |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | Blood Sugar Sex Magik |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | Dani California |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | Factory of Faith |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | Give it away |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | Higher Ground |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | Look Around |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | Suck my Kiss |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers | Tell Me Baby |
| Rick Springfield | Jessie's Girl |
| Rolling Stones | Jumpin' Jack Flash |
| Seether | Remedy |
| Sick Puppies | Anywhere but Here |
| Sick Puppies | Odd One |
| Sick Puppies | White Balloons |
| Smashing Pumpkins | Zero |
| Steppenwolf | Born to be Wild |
| Stone Temple Pilots | All In The Suit That You Wear |
| Stone Temple Pilots | Interstate Love Song |
| Stone Temple Pilots | Lady Picture Show |
| Stone Temple Pilots | Plush |
| Stone Temple Pilots | Sex Type Thing |
| Stray Cats | Stray cat strut |
| The Cult | Fire Woman |
| The Cult | Love Removal Machine |
| The Cult | Wildflower |
| The Strokes | Last Nite |
| Them | Gloria |
| Third Eye Blind | How's it Gonna Be |
| U2 | Bullet the Blue Sky |
| U2 | Vertigo |
| Van Halen | Ain’t Talking ‘bout Love |
| Van Halen | Outta Love Again |
| Van Halen | Runnin' With The Devil |
| Van Halen | You really got me |
| Velvet Revolver | Let it Roll |
| White Stripes | Seven Nation Army |