Caveman Morrison frontman Tym Morrison is indeed back with acoustic solo concerts this weekend, starting with the continuation of his Service Grill Pizza weekly arrangement TOMORROW! I only just heard about the shows last night, so he'll definitely be back at the Korah Road restaurant tomorrow to deliver two great sets of acoustic hard rock covers! Again, this could be one of your last chances to see him there given earlier statements that the arrangement was for the summer only, so definitely go tomorrow just in case! He'll have two sets at 3:00 PM & 8:00 PM, there's no announced cover charge, and there's likely not an age restriction. Click here for more details, and remember that he'll be back at The Tilt'n Hilton in Hilton Beach on St. Joseph Island on Sunday afternoon again as well, so click here for details on that show! Bit far, but worth the drive! It's always good to see Tym rocking a local stage, and hopefully this weekend's shows go well, so don't miss him tomorrow at the Service Grill! For a preview, here's Tym Morrison covering Extreme's "More Than Words" in Heyden in 2008 with guest singer Luke LeBlanc!
Next up, it looks like local death metal quintet State of Misery are back! After a three month breakup that started in May, the popular (but initially short lived) band have left a few updates on their Facebook pages over the last few days indicating that they have in fact reunited. Drummer Nick Kainula said "Big things happening here!" on their Facebook page on Tuesday, their lineup on their Facebook group was updated that same day to restore their five-piece lineup from the spring, and in a comment there yesterday, Nick said "We're back, suckaas!" Plus, frontman Steve Rhodes confirmed he's back with the band on his Twitter page yesterday. Seems pretty clear that State of Misery are back on the scene, but aside from the recent statements about it, nothing's came out concerning a return to the stage or a possible resumption of their old demo plans. I'm glad to see the guys back together after their very rapid deterioration three months ago, as they were definitely a talented band with chemistry and lots of promise! I'd never have guessed this would happen so quickly, but I'm glad it did, so stay tuned for State of Misery updates as I hear them!
Also, I've updated our Defunct Local Band Profile on them from a couple weeks ago to reflect their return, and similarly to Life's Eclipse, I've added notes about their return and an asterisk (*) to the title of the post to reflect that State of Misery are indeed back. I have more updates to come in this series at some point too, so stay tuned for that!
While we're on the subject, I assume the reunion news effectively renders Unleash The Blackened Sky defunct, so I've moved them to our inactive Sault Ontario band links, though credited as Bring The Misery, as it's the only name they played concerts under. As you may remember, Bring The Misery featured State of Misery's own Steve Rhodes & Ray Cowan during the SoM breakup along with ex-members of Bring The Fallen, Fountain of Betrayal, and The Shit, though they only played two concerts in June. Notably, their second & last show was filmed as part of Shaw TV's interview with Dismembertainment founder Rich Moreland, which you can watch here. With the State of Misery reunion, bassist Tyler St. Amour's work with Social Suicide, and drummer Travis St. Amour's out of town college plans, their breakup seems extremely likely, if nothing else. They had promise from their old bands' reputations, but things didn't gel live like I'd assumed, and it looks like we won't know if they'd have been able to work out the kinks. That said, I think the members' current bands & goals will probably be the best moves for them, musical or otherwise. Best of luck to Steve, Ray, Daeson, Tyler, Travis, Dan, and Kory in their future plans, I know good things will come no matter what!
And finally, here's some new updates from Sault Ontario solo guitarist Mike Cliffe! Over the last little while, a number of songs I didn't recognize were posted onto his Reverbnation page to stream, so click here and head to the bottom to check most of them out! The songs vary in length, genre, and recording quality, but there's some very nice solo instrumentals here if you're willing to look for them! The "bgc" songs in particular have a nice classic rock groove, but there's much more than that on there! One of the newer songs is called "Talk Is Cheap (So Is Talc)", and Mike posted a video of him playing the song onto his YouTube channel on Wednesday! Nice pacing and a catchy melody, reminding me of the solo section of a 1970s hard rocker. Mike mentioned on the video that he recorded this as a basement jam on an old cassette tape, then brought it back and redid it, and now we can check it out! Nice to see some video footage of him playing too, as overlayed onto fast moving landscape and water shots and photos, so give Mike's video for "Talk Is Cheap" a look below!
That's all for today, but stay tuned for more news, notes, and videos this weekend! Thanks everyone!
2 comments:
Hi Rob, Just an FYI, the "BGC" jams were from quite a while back. Eugene Boyer (guitar master), Kelley Garside (drums) and myself doing what I could on guitar in the wee hours of the morning. All recorded at Satellite Sound Studios with sound engineer Bob McLeod. Fun Times :)
They sounded older, but to paraphrase the old NBC commercials, "If I haven't heard them, they're new to me!" Keep up the great work, I bet there's some more older gems around that could see an audience!
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