More Kiss Battle Of The Bands Updates, And More!

The band information continues to come in for the Kiss Battle of the Bands which is taking place from Monday-Wednesday at The Canadian Nightclub! Yesterday, I left you with 13 confirmed bands, and that number has jumped to 17 today! Here's the new bands on the lineup! Local hard rockers Sense of Truth have confirmed that they will be participating in the battle, thanks to bassist Curtis Beauchamp for notifying us on Facebook! Always a pleasure to see live, Sense of Truth are coming off their successful Halloween show at Top Hat Billiards, and hope to make an impact, as do all the other bands! Also newly joining Sense of Truth in the battle: Notable local rock band Huckster, and MBM, the latest alt-rock project from notable local producer Miguel Gauthier! These four bands will join Bring The Fallen, Caveman Morrison, Dirty Virgin, Dustin Jones & The Rising Tide, Flat Stanley, The Fury, Garden of Bedlam, Gsis Murphy, Lion Ride, Middle of Nowhere, Stiffler's Mom, Stillbroke, and Wishbone! Even with 3 openings left, this is seriously the most stacked lineup of bands I've ever seen for a concert of just locals. The only way I could see it get bigger is if Woods of Ypres or The Inner City Surfers signed on as well! That, or a Gates of Winter reunion, either way. Other than that, not a lot in terms of "major updates", although I can confirm who the band Middle of Nowhere are! Formerly known as Bud Shamble, they're a classic/indie rock band who've released a few albums and can be seen playing in Sault Ontario and Sault Michigan frequently! Though not metal, it's great to see them participating in the battle! Also, a couple more event pages have been launched to promote specific bands' upcoming performances in this battle. Click here to join the page to promote Stillbroke's performance, and here to support local prog rockers Flat Stanley on Facebook! Oh, and for your information, I'm NOT stating any personal preferences as to who I think should win and who shouldn't. For a battle of this scope and size, I can't reliably guess who'll win, nor will I choose who I think doesn't deserve the opportunity. ALL OF THE BANDS deserve the opportunity, they've just gotta seize the moment! Remember, there is possibly up to 3 openings available for new bands to sign on for the battle! IF YOU ARE IN A BAND AND ARE INTERESTED IN COMPETING FOR THE CHANCE TO BACKUP KISS ON DECEMBER 15TH AT THE ESSAR CENTER, GO TO http://www.rock101.net FOR FULL DETAILS TODAY BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!!! And finally, just two quick news stories to update everyone with. Local hard rock band Quite Frankly have announced that former AtrophiA drummer Dustin Proulx has joined the band in a temporary capacity to fill in for Adam Pettenuzzo while he attends university out of town. This was updated on their Facebook page, so there's my source. Nice to see Dustin back on the local scene, I missed his drumming! Now let's hear some new Quite Frankly shows! And secondly, Tym Morrison has apparently dropped off copies of his "Solo Project" CD to Sault area guitar stores, The Rad Zone, and CD Plus! Again, if you want a source, Tym mentioned this in a Facebook status update. Nice to see it back on store shelves, it's a solid record that I want to review on the SMS next year! And though you likely won't hear these songs in his acoustic sets, expect Tym's band Caveman Morrison to play two songs off of it at the Kiss Battle of the Bands next week! More news and updates to come very soon, including (hopefully) confirmation of the remaining three Kiss Battle participants, more information about the battle itself (i.e. times, admission prices, etc.), and anything else that comes my way! And remember, my review of "Woods IV: The Green Album" is in just SIX DAYS! I'll keep you all posted!