To break things up a tad before following up on yesterday's all-video post, I wanted to discuss dormant local/Barrie crossover thrash group Spades GT today, as I realized that there may be more public media of theirs online that they never promoted on social media, either because it fell through the cracks or because they decided not to share it from the filmer's account. As it turns out, there are some public videos of them live that never found their way to the band's Facebook page before what happened internally in December, so let's work our way through these in descending order by length. First, remember how ZigSeven's Dave Galante occasionally filmed lengthy videos featuring most of the musical performances at multi-band events that Spades GT played at? Well, we missed one that the guys never plugged on social media, as Dave was on hand for a "ZigView" at their all-ages headlining concert at See-Scape in Toronto on June 27th.
The 90 minute video starts with Dave setting up the show ahead and arriving at the venue, complete with his very stylish sunglasses, while he and his partner (wife?) scout a pre-concert meal. He did film all three openers, so you can get a glimpse of the whole night, but if you want to jump straight to Spades' set, that begins at the 56:18 mark. In order, the guys played "Hands", "Cenobites", "Final Girl", and "Sewer City Radio" (which was introduced reflecting its local inspiration), before the show abruptly paused while they dealt with technical difficulties. Guitarist Daniel Horton's amplifier appeared to disconnect or stop working mid-guitar solo, so they dealt with fixing that for a few minutes after the song ended, but J.D. and gang filled time as best they could. I wonder if this was why they never shared the video on Facebook? The set resumed for four more songs: "Red", "United", "They Live", and "Rise".
Note that the "United" album release party was the following week, so the former Jack Spades opted to save that album's songs (save the title track) until that show. Amp replacement aside, this is a quality set from all involved, and J.D. was particularly loose and animated throughout, so kudos to Dave for shooting so much footage, and give this a watch for yourselves below!
Next up, this Facebook video of Tyler Reiner's drum solo when they opened for Anvil (his dad Robb's band, of course) at The Rockpile in Toronto on November 17th, 2023 was uploaded by the Facebook page Reviving The Rock, and while the band did comment on it, we never mentioned it on the SMS at the time, so I don't think they shared it on their own. This 35 seconds-long square video solely focuses on Tyler, and it's a solid drum solo while it lasts, so give it a watch for yourselves below!
Lastly, the most recent of the new-ish Spades GT videos comes from their October 26th concert opening for The Exploited at The Piranha Bar in Montreal, where Caro Thibault filmed them playing "United" for the YouTube channel ChicksRockMedia. If the band was aware of this video, I assume it was never shared because it's a 30 seconds-long sidestage clip with very dark stage lighting late, so even when Dan (in the foreground) is playing his solo, you don't see much after the first 18 seconds. What we hear does sound good, so give this one a watch below, and click here to check out more videos from the other bands at The Piranha Bar that night!
That's all for now, but stay tuned for more news and notes on the SMS soon! Thanks everyone!
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