Tarnished's New Facebook Live-Stream & Two New Live Concert Cover Videos!!

We're back with yet another daily news post at the SMS today, and while we do have a Sault Ontario concert video at the end, we're mostly heading to Sault Michigan for today's content, both new and from last year alike. With all of that said, here's what you should know!

After taking a week off from their live-streamed concert series to work on new songs, local hard rock band Tarnished (minus Nathan) returned for their 11th at-home concert on their Facebook page yesterday! If they spent time last week working on their audio setup, it appeared to be in vain, unfortunately, but if the audio's fine where you are, how does an almost two hours long set sound? Both yesterday's and tomorrow's scheduled live-streams will be 2 hours, so how's that for making up for last week? For some reason, yesterday's show is squished into a standard definition 4:3 video rather than the usual widescreen, and again, if the audio is as quiet and crackly as it always seems to be for me, crank your volume and/or manipulate the audio track in Audacity. In order, Alex & Josh cover Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' "Mary Jane's Last Dance", Kenny Wayne Shepherd's "Blue On Black", Poison's "Talk Dirty To Me", Metallica's "Enter Sandman", ...

...Three Doors Down's "Kryptonite", Green Day's "Basket Case", Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Proud Mary", Cameo's "Word Up", Alice In Chains' "Rooster", Sublime's "What I Got", and AC/DC's "You Shook Me All Night Long", before Josh steps out to trade his guitar for an acoustic bass, leaving Alex to go it alone for four songs. Those include Warrant's "Uncle Tom's Cabin", Days of the New's "Touch, Peel and Stand", Bon Jovi's "Wanted Dead Or Alive", and Panic! At The Disco's "I Write Sins, Not Tragedies". Josh returns with electric bass in hand for covers of Cream's "Sunshine Of Your Love", The Scorpions' "Rock You Like A Hurricane", C.C.R.'s "Bad Moon Rising", Skid Row's "18 & Life", The White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army", Billy Idol's "White Wedding", Deep Purple's "Smoke On The Water", and finally, Ozzy Osbourne's "Crazy Train".

Despite the lack of complaints from live-streamers yesterday, I don't notice any appreciable improvement in audio quality compared to Tarnished's first 10 live streams. Some of the worst static comes from quick guitar strumming, maybe a microphone's too close? The performances are solid underneath it all though, and it's nice to hear some bass for a change, but I was surprised to not hear any originals, and not many of these songs were brand new. Hopefully some more kinks are worked out for tomorrow, but give yesterday's live stream a watch below!



Next up, here's a video of local cover rock band Paradise Excuse covering AC/DC's "TNT" live at The Northern Pines Lounge at the St. Ignace Kewadin Casino in August! This was uploaded to frontman Mark Bowen's Facebook page, which covers his work in both that band and his solo exploits. You can also find videos of theirs on his YouTube channel as well, plus videos with his past local bands like Absolute Magnitude, Broke On Sunday, and The Mark Bowen Band, but this video is a Facebook exclusive. Filmed from a side stage angle, this captures Mark on vocals & guitar alongside former Oddfellow frontman Jason Haske, as well as drummer Brian Duford, who I'm not immediately familiar with from other local bands. Paradise Excuse sound good and tight on this cover, and it's well filmed to capture fans dancing on the floor, though the high register singing sounds a little forced at times.

However, Mark does bust out some harsher vocals by the second verse, which was a surprise! There's more to cover from Mark's Facebook & YouTube accounts (we sure need it right now), but would Paradise Excuse fit in our band links? I need to hear more, but regardless, they don't have a formal social media page, sharing Mark's Facebook page with his eponymous projects. Give Paradise Excuse's AC/DC cover a watch below!



Finally, let's head north to Sault Ontario with a cover of Audioslave's "Cochise" by inactive local hard rock band Skeyes of Seven, as uploaded to frontman Cory Murchison's YouTube channel on Monday! This was filmed at their last public concert, when they opened for Project 421 at The Canadian Nightclub in September 2017, and it also marked their only live set with rhythm guitarist Kyle Sweet. The filmer's placement completely blocks off drummer John Mignacca behind a speaker, alas, but the cover is otherwise well shot! Muffled audio, but everyone delivers to the best of their stong abilities, so give this new old Skeyes of Seven video a look!



That's all for today, but stay tuned for more news and updates on the site shortly! Thanks everyone!