Fresh off his recent performances this past weekend, Tym Morrison will be back at The Big Cheese in Heyden on Friday, December 18th! His show will take place at 10:00 PM that night! This comes just one week after his metal band Caveman Morrison play at The Rockstar Bar for a pair of shows! Of course, Tym will crack out some great acoustic covers of metal classics and songs of many other genres as well! I reviewed his show at The Bottom's Up Lounge from this past Saturday on the SMS, check it out at this location for a further idea of what to expect! If you great music and get yourself ready for a casual good time! For more details on this concert, head to the official Facebook event page!
And now, Kiss Battle of the Bands updates! Loads of new bands have been announced for this battle, which will determine local openers for Kiss at their Essar Center show on December 15th! Since I last posted updates on the blog, NINE new bands have been announced, three of which are metal! One is local death/thrash metal band Bring The Fallen, who are also scheduled for the battle of the bands at The Speakeasy for December 1st, so my money's on them playing on night one of this battle, November 30th. Also joining them: Stillbroke, in their first local concert since their Verdi Hall show in April! They're riding high off the release of their first EP, so expect songs from it at the battle! The other new metal band is the returning Dirty Virgin, pending the confirmation of their new drummer! If confirmed, this will be the band's first live performance since July, and their first proper concert appearance since the YMCA Battle of the Bands in March!The other new bands announced (thanks to Jay Perron for the help) include local rock band Wishbone, notable local pop rockers Gsis Murphy, the always entertaining Stiffler's Mom, and local indie rockers Dustin Jones & The Rising Tide, as well as The Fury, a band you can't classify by genre, but are still very entertaining! I figure Gsis Murphy and The Fury will play on November 30th, as Gsis Murphy's drummer and The Fury have roles in the Speakeasy Battle the next day. Another band was announced too, named "Middle of Nowhere", who I know practically nothing about (Can anyone help with some details?) These nine bands will join the previously announced Garden of Bedlam, Lion Ride, Caveman Morrison, and Flat Stanley for the battle, with 7 spots still open as of yesterday!
For the announced bands, the only real "update" I can give to involvements is that Caveman Morrison, a band typically known for covers, will be playing two songs off of frontman Tym Morrison's solo CD to meet the "all originals" requirements (thanks to Tym for announcing that!) Remember, if you're in a band and want to enter this battle of the bands to get a chance to open for Kiss, CLICK HERE!!!! THERE'S STILL TIME! Also, I can confirm one band who sadly won't be a part of the battle: Half Past can't enter because bassist Arthur Lacasse will be out of town when it happens. That sucks, but at least we'll get to see them on Boxing Day at The Rockstar Bar! I've heard rumours and interest from other local bands, but I won't spread hearsay, let's wait and see more confirmed bands trickle in. Already, this is without any shadow of a doubt the most impressive battle of the bands lineup I've EVER seen for Sault Ste. Marie! I'll keep everyone posted! Remember, it will take place November 30-December 2nd at The Canadian Nightclub!Also, Jay Perron from The Canadian hinted that this could be for more than just opening for the band, as Gene Simmons is always on the lookout for new bands to sign. You never know!
While we're on the subject of Battles of the Bands, let's discuss the one scheduled for December 1st at The Speakeasy. I fear it's getting lost in the shuffle thanks to the Kiss battle, which is inevitable, but this one can't be ignored either! It appears that they've finalized the lineup, though with only 5 bands compared to the announced 7. As such, the song limit for each band has been raised to 4! The new band are another group I know nothing about, named "Kargi" (Can anyone help me with info on this band?!) This leaves just one metal band on the lineup, Bring The Fallen, who as I mentioned earlier, are playing at the Kiss battle too! Imagine if they won BOTH battles? It could happen! The Fury (also on the Kiss battle themselves), Creedon and the Animal Detectives (the former Good Morning Gorillas), and local punk band The Scary Uncles round out the lineup! The other new announcement is ticket prices, which will be $7 for Algoma University students with their student card, and $10 for everyone else!I fear this may have a low turnout thanks to the second night of the Kiss battle taking place on the same night, but don't overlook this one! Crank Sound Distribution are doing sound (I can't confirm if the Kiss battles are) and it's all ages too! (I doubt the Kiss battle is) Remember, this battle is at 7:00 PM on December 1st at The Speakeasy! Aside from cash prizes, the winners open for The Inner City Surfers at The Speakeasy on December 22nd!
And finally, more awesome local metal from the past! Flat Stanley drummer Glen Thomas has been uploading more classic audio tracks from his old metal and hard rock projects onto his YouTube channel, including stuff from old bands like Scrooge, Dirty World, Genghis Khan, and J.A.B.! I'll show you guys one of them here, but please head to Glen's YouTube channel to see more, it's great to check out old classic metal and hard rock from back in the day, it's a shame I wasn't around to enjoy it! Here's an instrumental of a song from the band Thansis Colle, which is described as being "strange with odd time signatures"! Good song, check it out!
That's all I have for now, I'll of course keep you guys updated on both of the upcoming battles of the bands, along with hopefully some Sault Michigan concert announcements, and any other news and updates that come my way! Oh, and remember, my review of "Woods IV: The Green Album" takes place exactly one week from today! Stay tuned!
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