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Genre: Metal (though "Crunk/Pop" was jokingly listed upon his MySpace page's launch)
Hometown: Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Members:
Andrew Angelic (Tortured Saint, Rattlesnake Hotel, Sativa Rose), all instruments
Info/Analysis: A familiar presence in the local metal scene with bands like Chillum, Talk Shit, and The Valentine's Day Massacre, Andrew launched his short-lived solo project in June 2011, late in his then-band Sativa Rose's local run. Activity was limited to a single untitled instrumental track before quietly closing his solo work, with Andrew focusing on his local bands until moving to London the following year. Andrew's sole original was a nicely flowing (albeit slower) original that showed his guitar abilities nicely, in spite of the softer tone and mixed audio quality, and while it's a shame his solo work didn't last longer, don't miss him in his current London band Tortured Saint!
(MySpace's audio player didn't work at press time to rip Andrew's song for embedding in this profile, despite the player appearing to load correctly. When the song is known to be streamable, or we otherwise obtain the file, we will include it here. This appears to be an issue with other MySpace pages, and not an isolated case. Apologies for any inconvenience!)
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The Pisstanks
Genre: Metal/Rockabilly
Hometown: Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Members:
Justin "Frenchie" Langlois (Redundant, The Scary Uncles, Fitswitch), vocals/guitar
Rick "Styles" White (Redundant, Fitswitch, Frightlight), guitar
Charles "Krazy Karl" Gibson (Fingerbone, The White Knights), bass
Glenn Lavoie (Nikkfitt), drums
Audio/Video: None to speak of, possibly due to the closure of their Geocities site, though they described their sound as if "Nirvana, Johnny Cash, Led Zeppelin and Green Day got into a fight". Justin and Rick's collaborative work in their current punk band Redundant will likely give the most plentiful source of media to compare, especially the Green Day end of things, but punk was only a partial inspiration for The Pisstanks. Multiple band members were also seen in related contemporary groups like The White Knights, Scattered, and The Quims, but none have surviving public media either.
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I hope you guys liked this month's Defunct Local Band Profiles! For the first time in over four years, we will be profiling two bands for a third straight month, as our first randomly selected band has minimal surviving public information, so we've added a second band in a similar state to round things out. As such, we'll be looking early 2000s Sault Michigan-area death metal band Bludgeoned and 1990s Sault Ontario hard rock band Foothill Road next month. Look for these on or around October 10th, and stay tuned for more news this week! Thanks everyone!
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