Remember last April when local classical/punk trio RedD Monkey hosted an 11 band all ages concert at The Oddfellows Hall entitled The Sewer Swampstravaganja? Well, it's coming back for a second installment on July 13th, and some of the tentative lineup has been announced! Like last year, RedD Monkey are probably headlining, and the Facebook event page for "Swampstravaganja II" also lists local death metal bands The Bear Hunters & The Valentine's Day Massacre, hardcore standouts As It Stands, extreme quintet Winkstinger, new blues rock quartet The Moves, and Grand Rapids folk trio Ye Olde Mold Pickers (featuring The Night Owl Meme Makers' Rihkee Strapp) as performing, which are good signs! Of the bands announced so far, RedD Monkey and all of the metal bands sans The V.D.M. are returning from last year's event. With a start time of 2:00 PM given, it looks like promoters are aiming for a lineup of similar size to last April's event, which had up to 12 bands at one point, so with that said, promoters are looking for lots of bands to play this concert. If you or your band are interested in playing at the second Sewer Swampstravaganja on July 13th at The Oddfellows Hall, message RedD Monkey's Steve Mozarowski A.S.A.P. at this location!
For reference, last year's show included the returning bands mentioned above, along with Frightlight, Sativa Rose, Late & Loud, The Tenagens, State of Misery, Changing Waves, and Skull After Betrayl, while Bring The Fallen, The Fury, SBD, and Shit Liver all dropped out of the event for varying reasons beforehand, so there's a potential glimpse at what other bands we could see! As stated above, this has a planned 2:00 PM start time, but it will be an ALL AGES event with a $5 cover, just like last year. Check the above links for more details, and message Steve A.S.A.P. to get on the lineup! I really enjoyed last year's Sewer Swampstravaganja, and hopefully this year's event is even bigger and better! I just hope that there's no major bar show later that night that I have to leave early to go see, as what happened both last year and at the Soo Music Mashup show in December 2010. Time will tell, but I'm definitely planning to hit this show up, and I'll keep you guys posted as more bands are announced the the lineup falls into place!
Next up, here's the latest news concerning the David Gold/Woods of Ypres tribute CD! News on it slowed a bit last month following the passing of Rob Cranny, who was to have helped in the releasing & recording of "A Heart of Gold: A Tribute To Woods of Ypres", but some cool new details have came out since for the album! November's Doom's Paul Kuhr stepped in to help recently in what appears to be a similar capacity to Rob's old roles, while noted Swedish musician Dan Swano (Edge of Sanity, Bloodbath, etc.) has signed on to master the album, which is huge news! Nothing else too major has came out yet, though some of the finished covers for the album have been completed and sent, and they apparently have turned out very well, which is a good sign! An updated track listing hasn't been released since last month, so it's unknown as of yet if any bands are out or added, or if Rab's version of "Suicide Cargoload" was at all completed before he passed away, but I imagine some track listing details are coming sooner or later. Finally, the organizers are looking for people interested in helping make an official website and/or booklet for the album, so if you're interested, e-mail mummymayhem23@gmail.com A.S.A.P.! Everything sounds like it's on track, so keep an eye out for more updates on this David Gold tribute album!We'll close this post with new videos, starting with a new video from Sault Michigan classical metal trio Theatre of Night! Keyboardist Craig Harrison uploaded this video onto his YouTube channel yesterday, and it serves as a preview for one of the songs on their upcoming album "The Dawn's Early Light" and as an introduction to the band's members (including new singer Gaby Koss) using pictures and lots of transitions. Solid video, and it's well put together, so give it a look below, and stay tuned for more from Theatre of Night and their new album as it rolls in!
And finally, here's this week's classic video! With their big Rockstar Bar return going down this Saturday, it made sense to focus on Garden of Bedlam again for a classic upload, but it'll probably be our last one for pre-2011 videos, as I haven't seen any others not on YouTube from their early years. This video is actually a combination of two short black & white cell phone videos that were uploaded to the band's Facebook group by bassist Evan Belleau in the spring of 2008, after a pair of headlining shows that Garden of Bedlam played at The Other Place on Gore Street (last known as GLOW) that March & April. The same attendee filmed these, along with three others (of Helmet, System of a Down, and Tool covers) that are posted on guitarist Josh Belleau's YouTube channel, but these two never made it to YouTube. They're of Garden of Bedlam covering Tool's "Ænema" and Godsmack's "Awake", but due to their incredibly short length, I combined them into one 52 second video for the YouTube upload. The quality's not great, but the audio's clearer than the video, which flipped sideways during part of "Awake" for some reason.NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT IS INTENDED!! All credit for these videos goes to Garden of Bedlam and the original filmer, I just want these clips to be seen by a deserving wider audience! Sure, these aren't the longest or clearest videos of Garden of Bedlam in action, but why not have them on YouTube like the rest of the videos from these shows? Check out these short clips of Garden of Bedlam covers in the spring of 2008 below, and stay tuned for our preview of their concert this Saturday!
That's all for now, but stay tuned for weekend concert previews and our next Defunct Local Band Profile tomorrow! Thanks everyone!
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