Remember the planned Garden of Bedlam fundraiser/concert that was scheduled for last month in Garden River? Well, it has been rescheduled for NEXT SATURDAY! Now from what we originally were told for the original date, nothing appears to have changed, but let's go over what to expect in case you forgot. The fundraiser will be at The Garden River Community Center on April 17th to help raise funds for the recording of Garden of Bedlam's first full length album. At 5:00 PM, there will be a spaghetti dinner, followed by a set from Garden of Bedlam, and then a dance afterwards! After 9:00 PM, it becomes 19+, just for your reference. A chartered bus will be available for Saultites to get home on! Raffle prizes to be announced will be available to draw for, the original fundraiser info pointed to stuff from The Rad Zone, Forsaken Tattoo Studio, and Wal-Mart being offered!Unless something changed in the interim, tickets are $10 for this very special fundraiser show. It's not listed on the Facebook event page, but keep it in mind. If nothing's changed, they would be available to purchase from all members of the band and Nathalie Belleau, contact any of them on Facebook to inquire about tickets! I hope to make it out there, hopefully this vehicle-deficient metalhead can find someone to give me a ride! If and when I hear more updates on the fundraiser, I'll have them here! Remember, it's NEXT SATURDAY, and it's your absolute last chance to see Garden of Bedlam live before they hit the studio!
Meanwhile, another new concert was confirmed the other day, and it features the return of local punk/metal band Destroilet! Over 4 months after their debut at Coch's Corner opening for Detroit, Destroilet return to that very same venue on May 8th as openers for an act you may not expect. The headliners for this show are The Hobo Banditos, a Toronto underground rap outfit! You don't see rap and rock acts on the same lineup in local shows very much, so this is unique! Now speaking as a metalhead, I don't listen to rap too often, but I do like certain rappers (shocking, I know), and these guys aren't bad! No Auto-Tune or objectifying of women here, just straight up rap, and I welcome that! Note that the poster says "Hobo Banditos vs. Destroilet", but don't expect a rock vs. rap fight, that actually might allude to a collaboration (that's what "vs." usually means in music terms), but who knows! Unlike most shows at Coch's Corner, there will be a cover charge of $5, it is 19+ (remember, this is a bar), and a start time of 10:00 PM is listed! Get full details on this show at the official Facebook event page! Just for the differences of genre and each band's respective fanbases, this could prove to be one of 2010's most unique metal shows, but it surely won't suck, so keep this show on your radar if you like punk, metal, and/or rap! Click on the above links to check out all the bands!Alright, so the new shows are now in your consciousness, now let's get to stuff on the imminent horizon, as there are four local metal shows this weekend! Two each in both of the Twin Saults, so here are your local concert previews for this weekend!
Staying in Sault Ontario to start, head out to The Roosevelt Hotel on Korah Road tomorrow or Saturday night, as Caveman Morrison return there for a weekend full of heavy metal! This is the band's second weekend set at The Rosie since they got back in the swing of concert booking, and it's this weekend due to a switch of weekends with Wishbone. Same deal as most Caveman Morrison shows, a start time of 10:00 PM on Friday and Saturday, get ready for 4 hours of metal covers from a great band! No cover charge is announced, confirm your attendance at the official Facebook event page! As always, I'd expect these two shows to be awesome Caveman Morrison never disappoint, they know tons of songs, and will be sure to rock all weekend long! Check out lots more from them, including audio and video clips, at this location! For a preview, here's a short clip of Caveman Morrison covering the Metallica classic, "For Whom The Bell Tolls"!
Meanwhile, in Sault Michigan, Nixxon Dixxon return to The Rapids Lounge at Kewadin Casino tomorrow night and Saturday night! The rising young stars will take the stage at 9:00 PM for both shows, there is no announced cover charge for either night. It's your only local chance to see them for almost two months as of today, so why not head out there if you can? They're a great sounding band, and they're not even at their peak yet, they're only getting better! Expect two shows full of great metal and hard rock covers and some really good originals like "One Shot Woman" and "High Life"! Check out more from Nixxon Dixxon at their official MySpace page, and for a preview, here's the band playing the song "High Life" last year at the Kiss Battle of the Bands in Sault Ontario!
And finally for this post, want some more clarification on the Lion Ride bassist situation? Well, here's what you should know! The other day on Facebook, frontman Mikey Lion told me that Saigon Hookers frontman Carmine "Cobra Carmander" Romano will fill in on the four strings for their May 22nd show here at The Canadian Nightclub! Romano has played bass with Lion Ride on a temporary basis since Diamond Brent Panther's departure, and played with them in their recent Southern Ontario swing and at the Great Canadian T-Shirt Battle. As for a permanent bassist, no word on that, but Mikey told me that Lion Ride guitarist Marky Lion will do the bass tracks for their next album! He has the chops, as you've heard on Detroit's newest album, so this should work out well! So that's "bassically" what's up with Lion Ride's lineup, I'll keep you posted if something else is announced!I have another story concerning ANOTHER possible summer concert festival, but I'll save that for my next news post to spread things out. The next SMS update is LATER TODAY, when my review of Integrated System of Machines' debut album is posted! Stay tuned for that!
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