LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS (Tym & Caveman Morrison) And Weekend Concert Previews!!!

Before we get to today's post, I wanted to apologize for a missed concert, as Sault Michigan hard rock trio Powerslug returned to The Corner Pub Bar & Grill last Saturday. I only just heard about it today via The Corner Pub's Facebook page, and band members' personal Facebook pages (that I can see) didn't plug them in advance. This happens a lot for Powerslug concerts (especially with the lack of online pages), but regardless, I'm very sorry for missing that show for coverage on here, and I'll try harder to stay on top of their next ones! Now, to our previews of this weekend's known metal/hard rock concerts, along with some LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS for shows early next month and TONIGHT, so here's what you need to know!

I apologize profusely for the short notice (the show's actually already started), but these shows were only just announced yesterday. Fresh off of his successful debut at The Roadhouse Bar & Grill on Trunk Road last weekend, Caveman Morrison frontman Tym Morrison will return to this East End venue for two more solo concerts in the next few weeks, one RIGHT NOW and one on November 2nd! Tym only just heard about tonight's show yesterday himself, so I can understand the rush notice for it. It sounds like this could be the start of another successful relationship with this venue (not to be confused with the Zone Roadhouse in Goulais River), so if you want some proficient metal/hard rock covers in a more intimate style, head down to this Trunk Road venue either TONIGHT or the first Friday after Halloween! Admission should be free for both of these 19+ events, and while the November 2nd show is a 10:00 PM affair, Tym's set tonight oddly started at 6:00 PM, so be there A.S.A.P. to avoid missing too much more! For more details, visit the official Facebook event pages at this link & this link!

Hopefully Tym continues his run at The Roadhouse Bar & Grill with some more great shows to come, and definitely go see his unplugged solo shows either NOW or on the 2nd! For a preview, here's Tym covering Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters" at Bossy's earlier this year!

Also in the new Tym Morrison-related concert front, his metal cover band Caveman Morrison will return to the stage themselves on November 9th & 10th at The Roosevelt Hotel for another full weekend set of metal & hard rock hits! Three weeks after their latest shows at The Nicolet Tavern, Tym, Dutch, and Johnny will be sure to rock The Rosie to it's core in their return to this West End bar & concert spot, so keep it in mind if you miss Caveman Morrison's diverse blend of heavy classics! As you would expect, they'll be on at around 10:00 PM on the Friday and Saturday that weekend, you must be 19 or older to attend, and there is no cover charge. For more details, visit the official Facebook event page! These should be some entertaining concerts from this oft-seen trio, so keep Caveman Morrison's return in mind for November 9th & 10th, and stay tuned for more updates and news on Tym's upcoming solo & band events!

And finally for today, here's the other concert preview for this weekend, and if you've missed heavier original local bands for a metal concert package, you'll wanna pay attention to this, as the Soo Zombie Walk is once again hosting an afterparty on Saturday night following this year's fourth annual Zombie Walk! Of course, the walk itself will see hundreds of local zombie aficionados dressing up in their best undead costumes to tackle the resistance and seek brains in downtown Sault Ontario, all for great charitable causes, so click here for full details on the walk itself and how you can be a part! The afterparty itself will return to the Zombie Walk's homebase (The Grand Theater) for a second straight year (after debuting at what's now Coch's Corner in 2010), and after a smaller performer lineup last year, no less than 5 acts will bring musical and other entertainment to the undead masses on Saturday night, including local horror punk quintet Frightlight in their Grand Theater! One of five bands from the 2010 afterparty, this is the first in their busy stretch of Halloween season concerts (including their Misfits show in Toronto next week and the Halloween Party at the Algonquin Hotel), and the guys have new merchandise & a fitting set of horror influenced punk/metal material ready for their, so don't miss them this weekend!

Note that I have heard references to Redundant frontman Justin Langlois filling in on guitar with Frightlight for at least one of this month's concerts, but I can't confirm yet if he'll be playing at the Zombie Walk afterparty or not. If I hear anything positively, I'll let you guys know! They'll also be joined by alternative/improv hard rock quartet Sykotyk Rampage (themselves returning from last year's afterparty), and with one of their newest albums being 2011's "Zombiez", they should fit well with their unique originals and drinking songs! Note that I don't know yet whether their bassist for this show will be Brian Cattapan, fill-in bassist Tony Briglio, or no one (as they had last year.) The third band will be local grunge quartet Haggith in their own Grand Theater debut, and look for them to continue their local ascension with another entertaining set of original material! Though early reports suggested they'd play their upcoming zombie-themed third album "Apocalypse" in it's entirety, they've since confirmed that they'll only play five songs from the album, along with two other unreleased tracks and three from their debut "Dragon Joy Ride", so click here for more details on their set on Saturday night!

The other performers on Saturday will be local burlesque troupe The Salty Mollies (returning from last year) and a live DJ (no word on if it's DJ Seith from last year or not) after the bands, so if some burlesque or dance party action are up your alley, stick around! The afterparty (which starts after 9:00 PM) will cost $10 admission, which will also secure you admission to see the first ever zombie movie "White Zombie" (with Bela Lugosi) at 8:00 PM! The movie is all ages, but the afterparty is 19+, so you younglings can't stay for the bands (but the movie by itself is just $5.) Check the above links for more details! This should be a great event, and it's nice to see it much larger than last year's afterparty, so hopefully it's a big success! I just hope the lighting's fixed this year. It's been far too long since I've been to a concert, and I was going to the zombie walk anyway, so I will definitely see you guys there! For a preview, here's Frightlight playing their song "She Screams" at the 2010 Zombie Walk afterparty!



That's all for today, but stay tuned for more news hopefully soon, including brand new Destroilet material! Thanks everyone!