Defunct Local Band Profile Series: 2wo Man Baand & The Creepy Little Coffee People

It's now time for this month's Defunct Local Band Profiles, continuing our monthly looks at local metal. hard rock, and punk bands from the past with surviving online pages, in order to spotlight their runs for current readers! I had originally planned to lead off this month's double profile with all-female Sault Ontario hard rock trio Apocrytha, but in looking at their MySpace page, it's downgraded even further from when I last logged it for our band links, and not even the pictures load there anymore! As such, I opted to replace them with the next closest un-featured alphabetical band in our defunct links that didn't have massive surviving information to warrant a solo profile. Now, here's what you should know on two randomly selected acoustic hard rock bands from both sides of the border!

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2wo Man Baand (the spelling of their name is correct)

Genre: Improv/Hard Rock

Hometown: Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario (they were co-listed as being from Stephen's hometown of Windsor, but were visibly based out of the Soo)

Members:

Elliott "Grudge/Oiyett" Corston-Pine, vocals/guitar
Stephen "Speed" Quackenbush, guitar/vocals

Info/Analysis:  Active locally circa 2006-2007, the 2wo Man Baand were influenced by classic rock groups, but said that "we don't sound like anyone nor does anyone sound like us". Elliott & Stephen pledged to make one or two all-original albums a year, but only one 2006 song survives publically today via Elliott's YouTube channel, which sees the baand playing a promising hard rock instrumental named "Sky High", though it was a departure from their more comedic songs with vocals that were once on MySpace like "Ripped Off Old Man" & "Duh Rock Star". The 2wo Man Baand were ahead of their time considering how much attention metal duos got locally in the 2010s, and hopefully Elliott & Stephen are still musically active!

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The Creepy Little Coffee People

Genre: Acoustic Hard Rock

Hometown: Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan

Members: 

Bob Helsten (Integrated System of Machines), vocals
Art Dietz (Integrated System of Machines), guitar
Troy Earls (Retro Troop), guitar
Tony Rogers (Clownsack, Shift), djembe

Audio/Video: None exists publically online, but an original song named "I Know" was uploaded to YouTube in March 2016, and while it is sadly now private, I did compliment it's heavy structure and driving nature despite the acoustic trappings. In their original run, they did release a demo EP, though it has likely been out of print for two decades. For members' later bands, I would recommend tracking down media from Tony Rogers' old band Electric Motor Fish, where he also played the djembe.

Info/Analysis: Featuring future I.S.O.M. and Clownsack bandmates, The Creepy Little Coffee People were originally active in the early 2000s, and had a reasonably successful run, playing multiple area concerts & even opening for some name touring bands, but most of this information predates social media. Their original lineup reunited in December 2015, and they did play at The Merchant's Bar in March 2016, but nothing followed the upload of "I Know", and they are believed to have dissolved for good by year's end. The C.L.C.P.'s laid back unplugged sound served them well and gave them an audience, and it's a shame their mid-2010s reunion didn't last longer!

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I hope you guys liked this month's Defunct Local Band Profiles! Next month, we're heading to Sault Ontario for a single band profile, as our randomly selected band will be mid-late 2010s hard rock quartet Eclipse! Look for that on or around September 10th, and stay tuned for weekend concert previews on the site next! Thanks everyone!