Firstly, Sault Ontario hard rockers Turner Up have scheduled a pair of new concerts for this weekend! This time, they'll be back at The Nicolet Tavern, the same spot that they rocked on Bon Soo weekend! Jam nights aside, these will be Turner Up's first shows since February 26th at Foggy Notions, and their first featuring new guitarist Jeff Gray (you may recognize him from Johnny Lunchbox, among other bands!) They'll be at The Nicolet Tavern THIS FRIDAY AND SATURDAY! I have not seen an announced cover charge, a start time of 9:30 PM is given both nights. Should be good shows, if you want some live hard rock covers, Turner Up will deliver the goods! Also, I should add that it's great to see The Nicolet Tavern booking heavier acts more regularly lately, and for you Americans, it's not far from the bridge, so that's convenient! Confirm your attendance by clicking here, and of course, sorry for the short notice, I just heard about this show today.
Speaking of shows I just recently head about, Sault Michigan's own Riot! By Night are also playing locally this Friday and Saturday! They'll be back at a familiar stomping ground, The Satisfied Frog, on both of those nights with a posted start time of 10:00 PM! The band's newest MySpace status update says "...guess they can't keep us down for long!", and good thing "they" can't! The more Riot! By Night, the better! They've been one of the most active Sault Michigan metal bands locally so far in 2010, and from what I've heard, they have the talent to back it up! I wonder when they'll finally post audio or video online? Hopefully they will soon, I bet they're good! So there you go Sault Michiganders, two more shows this weekend, and once again, I apologize for the short notice!
Now to some assorted news stories, and here's a proposal for you guys: How would you like to see Lion Ride play on this year's Vans Warped Tour? Maybe we couldn't help get Bad Side supporting Bon Jovi (sadly), but here's something very cool that we can try and build the support to vote for as well! Lion Ride have entered the 14th Annual Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands! Essentially, this will give dozens of unsigned bands the chance to play LIVE on the Ernie Ball stage at their hometown's Warped Tour in a huge Battle of the Bands! In Lion Ride's case, if they make the cut, they'd be playing the Warped Tour stop on July 9th in Toronto at Arrow Hall. Tons of prizes are up for grabs including a $15,000 shopping spree, recording a 3 song EP with producer Matt Squire, tons of skate gear and apparel, and much more from various name sponsors! But before any of that can happen, Lion Ride must hit the top 100 bands in the voting for the Toronto stop on this huge Battle of the Bands. Bands will be selected to play live based on musicianship, song writing originality, and crowd drawing ability, among others. (Yeah, I know this is generally seen as a "punk" festival, but Lion Ride have a punk mentality, they'll fit!)
Wouldn't it be cool to see Lion Ride play at The Warped Tour? They wouldn't be the first locals on this year's lineup (Dustin Jones & The Rising Tide already are confirmed, congrats to them!), but this would be huge exposure, especially if they do well in the battle aspect! But they can't do this alone, they need YOUR HELP! If you want to vote for Lion Ride to play in the Ernie Ball Battle of the Bands in Toronto on July 9th at The Warped Tour, CLICK HERE!!!!!! You must register for a free account, and you may only vote once a day, but let's show Lion Ride our support! I notice that a lot of bands are trading votes, which is a nice gesture, but let's see the fans show up to support Lion Ride too! I've already voted (and left a comment in the comment board), you all should too! CLICK HERE TO VOTE FOR LION RIDE!!!! Let's see them in the top 100, and hopefully The Warped Tour will choose the right band to move on! VOTE TODAY!!
But maybe you're asking yourself how Lion Ride can do all this when they apparently have no bassist? Well, frontman Mikey Lion did indeed confirm to me that Diamond Brent Panther left the bass position in Lion Ride in an e-mail today, but they do have a temporary replacement! The band have tapped Carmine Romano to fill in for the band's next run of Southern Ontario shows! You may recognize Carmine as the singer/bassist of the Kitchener hard rock band The Saigon Hookers, who are good friends and frequent tourmates of Lion Ride's! It looks like he's just a temporary member, but for what it's worth, Mike Indovina only drummed with Lion Ride at first on a temporary basis, and now he's a full member! So Lion Ride are hitting the road for a four show mini-tour with The Saigon Hookers next Wednesday, when they play shows in Burlington, Kitchener, Waterloo, and London over a four day span! You'll notice that their planned show in Montreal next Wednesday has been cancelled too. Best of luck to Lion Ride on their upcoming tour, hopefully they'll be back home real soon for a show! Oh yeah, VOTE FOR THEM TOO!
I actually have MORE Lion Ride news, but let's not go overboard yet, I'll have the rest in my next regular post! Now you notice how we've got hit with a bunch of tribute bands this year? Well, another one may be on the way, according to The Canadian Nightclub, and I stress may. In a recent Facebook e-mail, Mary Lou Johnston from The Canadian told members of it's Facebook group about upcoming tribute band performances in March, including Keep The Faith (the Bon Jovi tribute band) and "Mamakin" on March 26th and 27th. Now you may recognize "Mama Kin" as an Aerosmith classic, and fans of the former Hempfest will remember a Toronto tribute band named Mama Kin as one of the headlining bands last year. Now this makes the most sense out of any bands named Mama Kin that I've seen (and there are a few), but this band have conflicting dates on the 26th and 27th in Guelph and New York. Those two shows may very well have been cancelled, but I don't know for sure. If I hear any updates, I'll have them for you guys, but for the time being, I'll leave it off the concert listings.
And finally, over four months after the show took place, more video from November's Papa Roach concert is FINALLY online! YouTube user Rockinroll15 (a huge Kiss and Papa Roach fan) had uploaded five clips of the band's local show, including performances of the songs "Change or Die", "Last Resort", "I Almost Told You That I Love You", "Between Angels & Insects", and a double clip of "Getting Away With Murder" & "Scars"! The videos are from far back in the crowd, but the audio isn't terrible, and the video is clear of what it shows, it's just not close enough to the band to get them clear. Nice to see more video from the concert online, click on the above links to check out the videos! And I'll show you guys one of the clips, one of my personal favourite Papa Roach songs, "Between Angels & Insects"!So what's on the horizon for the SMS this week? Tomorrow, it's our newest previews of out of town bands with local members (This month: Feral Noise ft. Tym Morrison, and Sadomasochism ft. Mikey Bishop!), and on Thursday, we'll preview all TEN concerts taking place on this busy weekend of local metal concerts! And somewhere in there, maybe after, the rest of the Lion Ride news too, and much more! Stay tuned everyone!
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