This Weekend's Hard Rock Concert Previews, Plus An Inactive Band Note!!

A somewhat quiet weekend of hard rock concerts locally (aside from a big touring headline act) comprises the meat of today's post, but we do have a band to move to our inactive links to round things out. Now, here's what you should know for this weekend in rough chronological order!

We'll start this weekend's concert previews by heading to Gliss Restaurant, where local hard rock singer/guitarist Tym Morrison will return for two more acoustic matinee concerts TOMORROW & SATURDAY! Before we get too deep, just an admission that we missed an extension to Tym's Room 21 booking last week, as he got to play this past Saturday as well as Friday. Despite being announced on very short notice, apologies for missing that, we'd have covered it somehow had we have known! As for this week, Tym has no announced nighttime concerts this weekend, so fans of his unplugged hard rock covers should make sure to hit Gliss for supper to see his diverse setlist full of hard and classic rock hits this weekend! Tomorrow & Saturday's shows are 6:00 PM events with no announced age limits or cover charges, but remember that this is a formal restaurant, not a nightclub. Visit the official Facebook event page for more details, and here's Tym live!



Next up, let's head to Reggie's West, where local classic/hard rock cover quartet Soundcheck will return for headlining concerts TOMORROW & SATURDAY NIGHT! While not newly promoted by the band on their Facebook page, their 2019 concert calendar confirms both dates. One week removed from rocking The Esquire Club, these will be Soundcheck's first Reggievelt stops in over a month, and these should prove to be another prime opportunity for fans to take in their varied but often heavy slate of covers! If you miss Soundcheck this weekend, don't worry, they'll be back at Reggie's West in three weeks. As for this weekend's double-header, you can check out Soundcheck for yourselves tomorrow and Saturday at around 10:00 PM, with 19+ age limits and no stated cover charges in effect. Visit the above links for more details, and here's Soundcheck live at Reggie's West in February!



Lastly for this weekend's known hard rock concert previews, let's head to Soo Blaster, where Oshawa hair metal legends The Killer Dwarfs will rock Sault Ste. Marie for the first time in decades THIS SATURDAY NIGHT! Arguably the biggest "heavy" concert to date at the soon-to-be-relaunched sports bar & arcade, this should be appointment viewing for Hair Scare loyalists and Pepsi Power Hour fans who recall The Killer Dwarfs from their hit songs like "Dirty Weapons", "Stand Tall", and "Keep The Spirit Alive", and with their ever-present sense of humour, you know you'll get your money's worth in many ways! Local support will come via power rock quintet Re:Born in their second show with new lead singer Elly McWatters, and this will be a huge platform for fans to check out the new lineup (albeit sans Frank McGillivray still) on Saturday night! This show is co-presented by Sault Online's Ernest Skinner, who has interviewed Dwarfs members for his Rock Talk column.

Presumably 19+, this concert has an 8:00 PM start time, and tickets are on sale for $24.50 at this link, at the venue, Northland Music, Four Season Collectibles at Station Mall, and the Station Mall ticket kiosk. Higher priced ticket packages are also available if you want to meet The Killer Dwarfs and/or get VIP seating, so see above for details on that front. This should be a great concert for a throwback to late 1980s hair and glam metal, so be sure to visit the official Facebook event page for more details, and here's The Killer Dwarfs live in concert earlier this year!



Finally for today's post, we have a band to move to our inactive Sault Ontario band links soon, namely local hard rock quintet Skeyes of Seven. While there have been no public statements regarding their active status, the guys have not posted on their Facebook page since April 28th of last year when they dropped out of June's All The Wasted Years concert for unannounced reasons, which was their only posting in 2018 as it was. De facto successors to the 2007-2011 hard rock quintet Sense of Truth, this promising band got a big launch when they debuted at the Anvil concert at The Canadian Nightclub in July 2012, but they would only play four more concerts afterwards, most recently at The Canadian in September 2017, and twice returning from 2+ year stage hiatuses along the way. However, Skeyes of Seven were more active in studio, putting out a number of jam & recording session videos, plus 2014's "Fallen Faith" single and their unreleased debut EP on YouTube in 2017, though it has yet to be put on sale.

For what it's worth, I was informed in a Facebook conversation last year that they had enlisted a new drummer and were planning a name change, but this was never publically confirmed by the band proper. Skeyes of Seven's modern hard rock sound was a welcome sight at their 5 concerts, with familiar faces, strong originals, and some surprising covers along the way, and it's a shame that they weren't more active on stage. Hopefully they resurface when the time is right, but best of luck to Cory, Ron, Kyle, Al, John, and other former members in the future! That's all for today, but stay tuned for more news and updates soon! Thanks everyone!