Shakes McGregor grew up as Lita Ford, a busty musician with a spunky attitude and a glamorous look. The life of the gentler sex just didn't seem to sit right, and after some rather painful operations, Shakes was born. Knowing that his life was in jeopardy being the first post-operative transsexual in the small mining town he resided in, he chose to move to the heart of diversity and tolerance, Alberta. It was there that he wound up enrolled in a college class taught by Big Ugly Jim. When Big Ugly Jim and Dongo finished with their previous project, Shakes was only too eager to get in and shake his newly-formed moneymaker.