YouTube Channel Profile Series: joeyvelcro, TrebleChargerMusic, and ctburlington

It's now time for this month's YouTube Channel Profiles, also our last monthly feature post of May 2020! This series looks at YouTube channels whose content is at least half devoted to local metal, hard rock, or punk artists or concerts, in order to spotlight these YouTube channels for modern readers and encourage subscriptions and views. As always, channels are randomly selected, and as the first only had four songs by one band, and the second only had two by another, we tripled up this month by picking a channel with just one video period. As such, there's lots of metal and punk content to take in, so here's what you should know!
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joeyvelcro's Channel (http://www.youtube.com/joeyvelcro)
 
Owner: A member of inactive local extreme metal band Winkstinger (exact identity unclear)

Channel Timeline: Launched on May 1st, 2009; Videos uploaded from May 28th, 2010 until September 3rd, 2011

Channel Summary: Winkstinger's de facto official YouTube channel upon their 2010 launch, it primarily consists of four original song demos posted that summer, including "In Other Words", "Fuck The Rest", "Cheese Grader Face", and their most popular upload, "From Bullshit To Buzz (Lies = Weed)". I believe Winkstinger are represented here by their classic lineup, including singer Alan Wells, guitarists Jesse Cook & Jason Ladouceur, bassist Ryan Sherman, and drummer Jonas Gasperas. Winkstinger never released an album for sale, so these raw but intense songs will help fill the void for fans of this lineup, and Alan's Haunted-esque delivery is great to hear again, as is Jesse's full-force guitar work! However, they could have done more visually with these uploads. Aside from one last video (of lightning in Windsor), the channel was not visibly used afterwards, so it does not capture the rest of their original 2010-2013 run or their 2015-2018 reunions.


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TrebleChargerMusic's Channel (http://www.youtube.com/treblechargermusic)
 
Owner: A fan of local/Toronto indie/punk veterans Treble Charger (despite the branding, this wasn't an official channel created by the band)

Channel Timeline: Launched on November 16th, 2008; Videos uploaded that day and on March 2nd, 2009

Channel Summary: There are no shortage of YouTube copies of Treble Charger's music videos, and this is one of them, so fans of their 2000 album "Wide Awake Bored" will be able to appreciate these uploads of "American Psycho" and (as featured here) "Brand New Low"! However, there are better quality sources on other channels, especially given the MusiquePlus bugs on the latter. We already looked at the "American Psycho" video on another channel in 2017, but the "Brand New Low" video is actually it's sequel, as Greig, Bill, Rosie, and Trevor go to trial over their actions in the prior video, and are seen performing in jail both in separate cells and together as a full band. Fun video with strong production values, and it captures one of their all-time catchiest punk era songs, but better quality copies (and more videos total) are viewable elsewhere if you know where to look.


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ctburlington (http://youtube.com/channel/UCqGSur-Pq_1mxdUan2KszTA)
 
Owner: A YouTube user possibly named C.T. Burlington (I doubt they are from the Sault Ste. Marie area)

Channel Timeline: Launched on May 14th, 2014; Only video posted that day

Channel Summary: Though it was uploaded 10 months after the fact, ctburlington's only video was shot at the Live Green Toronto Festival on July 27th, 2013, where the aforementioned Treble Charger performed on the main outdoor stage at Yonge-Dundas Square, opening for Shawn Desman & Kardinal Offishal. The video features Greig Nori, Bill Priddle, and touring members Darcy Yates & Jason Pierce playing "American Psycho", and while it only runs for 70 seconds, the performance is lively and well done overall for fans, and the video is shot from a good central angle!


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I hope you guys liked this month's YouTube Channel Profiles! This series will return on or around June 26th with more randomly selected channels, as the first one that I picked only has three videos from two artists' live sets, so I added one more single-video channel to round things out with. As such, we'll be looking at the Oh!No Collective's channel (featuring videos from last year's Black Mastiff concert in the Soo) and Jonathan Spike's channel (ironically also featuring a Treble Charger music video!) Look for those then, and for more news on the site tomorrow! Thanks everyone!