So last night, Lion Ride played their first ever concert at The Rockstar Bar, and it seemed like almost all of their fans followed, as this show was easily WAY more packed than the Caveman Morrison concert was! Nebraska Arms opened, and they were about the same as I remember from the last full show I saw of theirs (Coincidentally, they supported Lion Ride at that one too!) I admit that I don't listen to much stuff that fits in Nebraska Arms' genre, but I've always loved their on-stage presence and energy! They don't jump all over the place like monkeys on caffeine, but they play with loads of enthusiasm, and I welcome that! Just like in previous shows, frontman Guy Thiffault and bassist Wayne Watkins were cracking jokes, they were pretty funny (especially with the Steel Dragon reference!) For what their music is, they were good, and if you like high energy indie rock, you'll get exactly what you want out of Nebraska Arms! (Sorry for the lack of a band picture, my camera accidentally got wiped when I got shoved by accident)
Lion Ride were next, and let me just get this out of the way before I talk about their set. Thanks again for not taking a half hour long mid-set break! Those can seem like a forever long wait, especially when you're not drinking much! Now, on to the music, and the were awesome once again! They brought out all their fancy stage additions, like their backdrop and their smoke machine (which was bad for my camera, but still cool!) But even if they just played, they'd have done real well! They played a nice long set of songs from their EP, as well as a couple new originals which sounded real good! They even broke out some covers, including "Red Hot" by Motley Crue and...A KISS COVER! How about that? Speaking of Kiss, they referenced the Kiss Battle of the Bands numerous times during the set, but as Mikey Lion told us, they don't need The Essar Center, they have us! Besides, it's great seeing them play more than two songs in a night for a change!
Musically, they were extremely solid! Marc-O-Lion and Marky Lion were hitting some great solos, Marky also brought some good backup vocals too! He should use his screaming more often! Diamond Brent Panther was solid throughout on bass, and Iron Mike Bison did really good on drums as well! Mikey Lion was really good vocally, his voice did strain a bit at times, but not enough to notice, not with the fun the crowd was having! I've always thought that Lion Ride aren't a good mosh band, they don't get that audience, they're more of the "have a few drinks and party all night" band, and the crowd followed that! Hell, even Marky Lion's MOM did, she screamed "Lion Ride rules! FUCK YEAH!!!" on the microphone, which was awesome! It was a lively crowd that partied all night, my only problem was their hands got in the way of my camera!All in all, another great concert from Lion Ride, hopefully it won't be four months until their next full show! If you wanna get down with some fun punk/metal and get sloshed, Lion Ride are a safe bet! I did take photos, as you can tell, check out 18 pics of Lion Ride by visiting our official Facebook page, or click here to head straight to the album! And just like at the Garden of Bedlam show, I got video! This time, it's of Lion Ride playing the song "Slapdance" (which is quickly growing into one of my favourite LR songs!) And it's the full song too! Check it out below!
So another great metal concert, the second of four in Sault Ontario in an eight day span! Your next local metal show is the very next one I'm previewing! And it comes courtesy of three members of Lion Ride, only in shuffled roles. Mikey Hawdon jumps behind the drumkit, Brenton Ellis replaces him on lead vocals, Mark Rand picks up a bass, and Brenton's The Labour Of bandmate Curtis Fox steps in on guitar, and there you have Detroit! Playing a punk/hardcore style that's just metal enough for SMS attention, Detroit will hit Coch's Corner TOMORROW NIGHT! This will be their first local concert since they opened for Bin Hawdon & The Taliband (also featuring Mikey Hawdon & Mark Rand) in December 2008 at The Oddfellows Hall! This will be my first time ever seeing Detroit live, and judging by what I've heard of them on MySpace, we should expect a night full of hardcore awesomeness! Moshpits might be possible, depending on the table setup at Coch's!
Joining them in support are local punk/metal rockers Destroilet, in their first ever live performance! The band features John Conway from The Billy Bastards and Matt Waples from SIGHdEFECT, among others, so the talent's there! I've heard some of their live jam clips on their Facebook group, and they have promise, we'll have to see how they make out tomorrow night! Check out some of their stuff at their official MySpace page! Rounding out the lineup are local punk band Talk Shit, who coincidentally, were also on the lineup of the Bin Hawdon show that Detroit played last year! I don't know much about Talk Shit, they have no pages, but I've heard some good things about them!
Coming back to Detroit, this show is not just any old concert, but it's a CD RELEASE SHOW! Their new CD, "Brace For Impact", will be on sale, along with more band merchandise! Their last EP "Let The Hammers Fly" never had a full CD release, but luckily, "Brace For Impact" features new versions of 5 songs from it, along with four brand new tracks! So all the more reason to go, and yes, I'll review the CD on FEBRUARY 1ST!!!! The concert will be at 10:00 PM tomorrow night, $5 cover, it's NOT all ages, Talk Shit kick things off! Confirm your attendance at the official Facebook event page! As for Detroit, check out some of their originals and more at their official MySpace page! For a preview, check out this live clip from a Toronto concert of Detroit playing one of the songs to be featured on "Brace For Impact", entitled "On Madness Reared"! Thanks to YouTube user dnahahaha for the upload!
And now, some more assorted news! You remember when I mentioned how Wawa author Duane Roy was on Rock 101 talking about his book "Castle Farms: A Rock N' Roll Scrapbook"? Well, he's uploaded six more clips of the radio interviews onto his YouTube account! No video here, just audio recordings, but you can hear him talking with The Hair Scare's Scott Cook about stories involving AC/DC, Judas Priest, why Castle Farms in Charlevoix died, and more! Some are from the actual videos he's uploaded, some not, but all worth listening! Nice to see Rock 101 give Duane this interview and outlet to promote "Castle Stories"! Also, the book has been picking up steam on some notable internet news sites, including Blabbermouth and Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles! Nice to see it getting some exposure beyond Ontario, hopefully "Castle Stories" becomes a huge success! Can't wait to pick a copy up! I'll show you guys another clip of Duane's interview with Rock 101, so here's one of his story about meeting Ozzy Osbourne in Charlevoix!
SPEAKING OF Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles, David Perri from BW&BK reviewed "Woods IV: The Green Album" recently, and gave the album an 8 out of 10! Not bad at all, Woods of Ypres did great on this release! My only gripe: The review is really short, not nearly as in-depth as it could be. Still great to see it getting press like this, check out the BW&BK review at this location! Also, I've found another review of "The Green Album" over at Difficult Music, check it out by clicking here! No score for it, but it's an overly positive critique, and more in-depth! I wanna see what Blabbermouth thinks of W4, hopefully someone there will review it one of these days!And now, Lion Ride....again! You know how some gamers have been able to add custom tracks to older releases of Guitar Hero? Well, YouTube user mackmcd did just that with two Lion Ride tracks! He added "My Baby's Bad" and "Trust" into his copy of Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock, and uploaded the results to YouTube! Click on each song name to check out the videos! He's a good GH player, and it really is cool to see a local band in a music game like this! I'd wanna see how Rock Band would work with a local band too! Click on the song names above to check out the results, I'll show you guys the clip of mackmcd playing "My Baby's Bad" right here!
And finally for tonight, just a quick update on our YouTube channel! You know that there's actually a limit of 650 videos that you can favourite on a YouTube account? Well, I hit that limit this morning! As a result, I've started a SECOND YouTube channel for the SMS, under the name "SaultMetalScene2", and I've started by favouriting my "Slapdance" video from last night, and 11 live Detroit clips I found a few hours ago! But for new videos and playlist updates, they will STILL BE ON OUR FIRST ACCOUNT! So click here for new videos and playlist updates, and here for new local videos that I've found and favourited! Add our second account too as a friend!
That's all for tonight, if there's no earth-shattering news tomorrow, your next update will be a review of the Detroit CD release show, with preview of the Sault Michigan metal shows on New Years Eve! Stay tuned!
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