Sunday, March 15, 2009

The Ghosts of Sault Music's Past Have Returned!

This is a special post, not typical by any means, because nothing here is about anything new. Instead, this is a bit of a time warp, so to speak. I got more interested in finding some more inactive, often forgotten local metal stuff after I located The Drift's site yesterday. So, I did some searching, and I've found some old stuff that might bring back some memories, and I wanna share them with you guys! The more information the better, right? Next up, we're gonna go back to a site that sadly died 3 years ago. Remember The Sault Music Scene? That was a website/community dedicated to shows and bands in Sault Ste. Marie of all genres, as well as bands and shows from all over North America! Though not totally metal based by any means, there was lots of metal stuff to go around! And, to be honest, this site was how I got the name for The Sault Metal Scene! I generally thought they should have focused more on local music, but either way, it was a great site that I figured ended too soon! But never fear, for we can still see it as we remember it! Thanks to The Internet Archive Wayback Machine, there are backed up archive versions of The Sault Music Scene from November 2002-January 2006! It's awesome that a site does this, so we can look back on old sites we can't find anymore! A few of the links on the archived pages were also saved, so you can do some backwards browsing! So check out The Sault Music Scene once again, and bring back some old memories, at this location! And of course, the official message board for The Sault Music Scene still exists to this day (now called The 705 Scene), and you can find it at this location! Finally, we're gonna dig even deeper into the Sault's past music scene! Facebook user Don MacDonald created a group called "Sault Music Scene (Centennial Lanes, Zombie-A-Go-Go, etc.)" in July 2007 dedicated to Sault Ontario's past music scenes, mostly the 1980s and earlier. A lot of this stuff is before my time, but it's really interesting reading the Wall and the Discussion Board, to see all the local bands that have came and went, the stories that are shared, and all the concerts that have came through the area! Now, it's not totally metal based, it's all genres of music, but there is metal and hard rock brought up, and there's plenty of nostalgic discussion, videos, photos, and even show posters (check out some vintage ones to the right!) Check it out at this location, and join if you fondly remember The Sault's music scene as it was back in the day! If you wanna relive some of the local music scene's history from the people who lived it, this is a great place to look! And, I've now got this and The Sault Music Scene Wayback Machine archive in the Other Local Metal Links section! That's all for this post, if it brought back some memories or got you interested in what the scene was like back in the day, then I did a good job! Regular news will be back very soon, cause there's lots of big stuff on the horizon! Have a good one!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

remember?
THE 12 GAUGE READY

The Sault Metal Scene said...

I do! Very good punk band, I miss them!

Anonymous said...

Yeah,

Bring back The 12 Gauge Ready!!!!