A new Sault Ontario metal trio named Giwakwa has been launched, featuring some notable local faces in their lineup! Named after a legendary man-eating ice monster from native folklore, Giwakwa features guitarist Chris Page (who appears to have been in older local bands like Oblige & Mimik, among others), ex-Bring The Fallen bassist Nolan Rainville, and former Frightlight/Fitswitch drummer Larry Mousseau, though it's not known yet who's handling lead vocals. Apparently, they play stoner metal, which would definitely be interesting to hear more of in the area, but no media, photos, or possible concert dates have been revealed as of yet. Chris had inquired about possibly getting Giwakwa on the Sault Humane Society Battle of the Bands as a replacement act, but aside from that, I don't have too much else. The talent is there, and it's good to see these guys back with a new band locally, so hopefully we hear much more from Giwakwa as 2012 rolls along! Check them out and become a fan at their official Facebook & MySpace pages!
Now to this weekend's metal and hard rock concert previews (that I know of, fill me in if I'm missing any, especially concerning the I-500 Pub Crawl.) We're starting with a LOCAL CONCERT ALERT for Saturday afternoon, as Caveman Morrison frontman Tym Morrison will return to Bossy's Pub N' Grub for a fifth straight acoustic solo concert at the Pim Street restaurant! His latest weekly arrangement there appears to be going along nicely, and his wide array of solo unplugged covers will be sure to entertain as usual on Saturday! Admission, as always, is free (but buy something just in case), there is no age limit, and Tym will be on at 2:00 PM on Saturday afternoon. For more details, visit the official Facebook event page! If you're in the market for some very entertaining hard rock music, and you're free on Saturday afternoon, then make sure you're at Bossy's for Tym Morrison's latest solo concert! Check the above links for more, and for a preview, here's Tym covering Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters" at Bossy's last month!
The other major new concert this weekend on the heavier side of things is the return of Who Made Who to Sault Ontario! The prominent Ontario tribute to hard rock legends AC/DC will return to the area for the first time since Hempfest in August to deliver a night full of high voltage rock n' roll to fans at The Canadian Nightclub tomorrow night! Who Made Who are certainly no strangers to the Sault area, and if you've loved rocking out with them at their various other local stops, you should really enjoy their faithful rendition of AC/DC classics once again tomorrow night! Doors open at 10:00 PM for this show, you must be 19 to attend, and I'd expect a cover charge of around $5 to enter. For more details, visit the official Facebook event page! This should be an awesome night of AC/DC hits from one of the best tribute bands around, so don't miss them if you can help it tomorrow night! For a preview, here's Who Made Who playing "Whole Lotta Rosie" in Sudbury in 2010!Now, I was also going to cover Marquette hard rock quartet Nudge's planned return to The Satisfied Frog in Sault Michigan this weekend, but not long after I heard about them, Nudge moved the planned dates to Wally's Bar in Gladstone, Michigan, which is three hours west of the Soo. A reason for the move wasn't publicized, but the dates have been edited on their Reverbnation page. Hopefully nothing bad happened locally, as Nudge are a very entertaining band! Note that this doesn't mean NoXcape's scheduled shows this weekend (that Nudge replaced) are back on, unless I hear otherwise. Stay tuned for updates on both bands as they come in!
And finally for today, I wanted to tell you guys about a mini-series I'm planning to launch on the SMS next month. With all the buzz surrounding the Sault Humane Society Battle of the Bands on April 20th, it got me thinking about earlier battles of the bands that have taken place in Sault Ontario, and many of the more recent ones have been very well documented by local news media and the SMS. I thought it'd be interesting to flash back to many of the recent battles of the bands in a Battle of the Bands Rewind Mini-Series, and profile what happened at them, who played, what happened to the performers, and assorted other trivia and facts related to them. I'm planning to add one profile a week leading up to the Humane Society battle, and it will feature no less than 7 battle profiles (the Skid Row & Kiss battles, all 3 battles that Bring The Fallen won, the 2008 Case's Music battle, and the Scotties Tournament battle from 2010.) I'm aware this isn't comprehensive, so if you guys can help fill in any blanks related to absent battles (i.e. the old Bon Soo battles, the other Case's Music battles, among others), let me know! The problem with many of those is minimal information or coverage online for them, like complete performer lists, who placed where, and so forth. Also, many predated the SMS, so I couldn't have personally covered many of them, but if you can help at all to ensure we can include them, let me know!Also, I'm probably not going to include Sault Michigan battles in this mini-series, simply because they're extremely hard for me to source and get details on, even newer ones. Still, feel free to send me details and information on some of them if you have anything, as I've heard of many across the river! Unless a new battle is added, this series will launch on March 2nd, with a new entry each week until April 13th. This series can continue to include older local battles when I source details on them (and this year's down the road too, of course), but the primary run would be this spring. Keep an eye out for this latest SMS mini-series next month, and help me add to the series if you can!
That's all for tonight, but stay tuned for more news this weekend! Thanks everyone!
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