The Shermans were an indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band from Stirling

Stirling

Stirling is a city and former ancient burgh in Scotland, and is at the heart of the wider Stirling council area. The city is clustered around a large fortress and medieval old-town beside the River Forth...

, Scotland, not to be confused with the Swedish indie pop band of the same name. They included various styles such as punk

Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

, pop

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

, and alternative rock

Alternative rock

Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...

 in their music.

The band were signed to Platform Records and their debut single, "Calling It Wrong

Calling It Wrong

"Calling It Wrong" is a song as well as an EP by The Shermans, released as their first single on April 21, 2007.-Album Cover:The album cover's font is webdings. The font reads ; "The Shermans", "Calling It Wrong", "Smile Has Gone", "Wendy", "Shaun", "Kenny", "Graham", "Chris", "Dave, and finally...

", was released on April 21, 2007. The single entered the UK Indie Chart

UK Indie Chart

The UK Independent Chart or Indie Chart is a chart of the best-selling independent record releases in the UK.- History :In the wake of punk, small record labels began to spring up, as an outlet for artists that were unwilling to sign contracts with major record companies, or were not considered...

 and the Scottish charts on April 28, reaching numbers 20 and 23 respectively. The band's second single, "Venom

Venom (The Shermans song)

"Venom" is a song as well as an EP by The Shermans, released as their second single on April 13, 2009.-Track listing:#"Venom " – 2:58#"You're Just Not Getting Enough" – 4:35#"Venom " – 3:49-Charts:...

", was released on April 13, 2009. The single reached number 7 in the UK Indie Chart

UK Indie Chart

The UK Independent Chart or Indie Chart is a chart of the best-selling independent record releases in the UK.- History :In the wake of punk, small record labels began to spring up, as an outlet for artists that were unwilling to sign contracts with major record companies, or were not considered...

. They announced an "indefinite hiatus" on January 27, 2010, marking the end of The Shermans.