Tied for last with no votes each were The Denny Lambert Show, Flashback, In The Studio, and I just like the normal music rotation and/or the DJs. I'm not surprised by their placement, for the most part, as Flashback and In The Studio air at funny times, and The Denny Lambert Show didn't get a warm reception from metalheads and non-hockey fans. But no one picked normal DJ rotation over a specific show? Odd, but hey, it all depends who votes! Seventh place with a single vote was In Concert, nice to see it has support! You'll often hear a good band on there, though it does air pretty early. Most surprising to me was the sixth place choice, Eddie Trunk Rocks, which only got two votes. I'm a huge Eddie Trunk fan, and his show has some diverse and heavy material to rock your Sunday nights away to! Trust me, it's worth checking out!
In a four way tie for second place, with three votes each, were Sault Transit Greyhound Hockey, Scott & Brian In The Morning, My favourite radio show is on another station, and I don't listen to the radio. I figured these would be higher up in the totals, cause the Greyhounds have a good following, Scott & Brian are a great morning duo, there are some quality radio shows on other stations, and there are a number of you who don't bother with the radio. I'm not surprised that these made it this high, but I never would have bet on a four way tie! And with a clear first place victory, with 9 votes, 38% of the total: The Hair Scare! Yes, Scott Cook's Saturday night show dedicated to the best of '80s metal, hair or otherwise, topped the poll, and frankly, I'm not surprised! He knows his stuff, he spins some songs you never hear on normal rotation, there's some great memories and discussions shared, along with requests and the occasional guest! Great show, especially if you loved hair metal and the '80s scene, so make sure to tune in Saturday nights at 9:00 PM!So there is last month's poll, so what's in store for our new poll? Well, I figured I'd assess public opinion towards a certain major concert, now that it's been over a month since it happened. I contemplated putting a poll up about this topic last month, but I reasoned that people would be more likely to objectively gauge their thoughts about it when it wasn't fresh in mind. So I pose this question to you guys: What's your verdict on last month's Kiss concert? I have 7 choices this time around, so hopefully one of them will accurately say your feelings towards their concert at The Essar Center on August 10th! Here are your choices!
It was awesome!: If you thought the Kiss show lived up to they hype, blew you away, was amazing, or whatever else you could say as high praise, vote for this choice! I really liked it, their stage show was incredible and they sounded good, but I'm not voting. You are, and if you thought their local show was awesome, you know what to choose!
It was alright: So lets say you liked the show, but it wasn't the be all end all amazing concert that many say it was. You liked most but not all of the songs, and so on. If that fits your description, vote for this choice!
It was disappointing: After months and months of hype, a postponement, endless speculation and skepticism, the Kiss show was bound to be judged higher than some major shows. If it didn't live up to your hype and expectations, and left you cold, this is the choice for you! Honestly, I think they delivered, but not everyone will agree.
It sucked!: Let's say you went, and had a bad time, be it cause Kiss didn't play well, the stage show was underwhelming, the crowd got on your nerves, et cetera. If you somehow had a bad time and hated the Kiss show, vote here!
I couldn't get a ticket: For a show of this magnitude, there was bound to be ticket issues. Many people couldn't get one, others couldn't afford one, or possibly were out of town, and therefore had to miss this show. If you fall into this boat, and wanted to see Kiss but couldn't, this is the choice for you!
Kiss sucks, I didn't go: No band is universally loved, and we sure heard from some people in the past year who openly voiced a dislike for Kiss, be it musically or beyond. If you're among the group who doesn't like Gene Simmons and company, and didn't go see them as a result, then vote for this!
VOTE TODAY! With a month to sit in, I'm interested to see what people thought of this, one of the biggest concerts we've ever seen in Sault Ontario! Remember, the poll is on the left hand side of the page, and you have until October 18th to vote! Yes, we're getting back to our old poll schedule finally. Now that poll stuff is out of the way for today, I have an overdue news story to share, so here's what you should know!
Local industrial hard rock duo Riverin (featuring former Dirty Virgin and Silver Dream bandmates Matt Clement and Matt Hicks) have posted three new original songs onto their MySpace page on Thursday! Presumably, these will find their way onto their debut self titled E.P., though I haven't heard much lately referring specifically to that. One new song, entitled "Deflower" is half ambient technological sound effects and half pretty aggressive hard rock with harsh singing and a hard charging riff! Great second half, though the first half works in a unique techno way! "Valentine" is a slower more emotional, with softer verses, nice instrumentation, and effective use of grittier sounds, which contrasts well! Vocals don't really match up 100% though. The other new song, "Raining In December", is almost 7 minutes long, and is a piano driven ballad that has nice ominous tones and good lyrics, though it does drag at parts. Good stuff, definitely unqiue from the typical harder stuff we hear locally, check them all out at the above links! More from Riverin as I hear it!That's all for today, but stay tuned for news from As It Stands, End of Existence, and much more in the coming days! Also, stay tuned for out new Defunct Local Band Profile on Sault Michigan's Lower S.E.S. by Tuesday! Thanks everyone!
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