It's now time for our penultimate YouTube Channel Profile of 2021, where we're taking another look at a randomly selected YouTube channel whose contennts are at least 50% devoted to local metal, hard rock, or punk artists/concerts. We were spotted a doozy of a channel this month, with literally hundreds of videos to comb through, but any major rock concertgoer locally from the past decade will find a wealth of content within, so here's what you should know!
Owner: Sault Ontario resident and regular local concert attendee Christopher Paci
Channel Timeline:Launched on September 14th, 2010; Videos uploaded from the following month through October 19th, 2021
Channel Summary:After some sporadic personal usage in it's first two years on YouTube with five non-musical uploads, Chris uploaded his first concert videos there in September 2012 following Buckcherry's headlining concert in Sault Michigan that month. From there, he hasn't looked back, uploading well over 750 concert videos over the past 9+ years! This includes events in both Sault Ontario and Sault Michigan, with Canadian shows starting to appear with February 2014's Tragically Hip concert. While videos here are primarily from rock concerts, Chris has also brought his camera to country and hip-hop shows, and while most are from major concerts with touring headliners, he has filmed at select smaller venues and festivals. Why You Should Watch:Chris is a saint for filming all of these videos, and browsing his channel will give you a wealth of concert videos from the 2010s to check out, and often from good places in the crowd! Audio is often scratchy, and Chris doesn't have the accurate song titles for some videos, but given the sheer quantity of what he's uploaded, those are all comparatively minor. For very obvious reasons, Chris has only filmed at one concert since February 2020, but hopefully more notable concerts make their way to the Soo area in 2022, especially with border restrictions loosening!
Our Recommended Videos To Check Out:
Sebastian Bach - I Remember You LIVE from Kewadin Casino Sault Ste. Marie 20/01/2013: Chris' most popular video is from the original Skid Row frontman's headlining concert at The Dreammakers Theater back in January 2013, and counting that month's Queensryche show at the same venue that Chris also filmed at, four of his five videos to cross 2,000 views are from that month! Some of the commenters are critical of Sebastian's voice on this classic Skid Row ballad, but he sounds serviceable to me, if worn around the edges a bit, and the like/dislike count is good! Chris also filmed Sebastian and his solo band playing "Kicking & Screaming", "18 & Life", and "Monkey Business" at this show, plus one video of local openers 415E (still that band's only publically viewable concert video from any source).
Theatre of Night - What Child Is This - Soo Theatre, December 16, 2017: While most of Chris' videos of local bands were in Sault Ontario for obvious reasons, he films E.U.P. bands on occasion, including via his annual trip to Sault Michigan from 2017-2019 to see local classical metal band Theatre of Night's yearly pre-pandemic Christmas themed concert, which was held at The Soo Theatre in 2017 before moving to Kewadin Casino. Featuring their 2017-only sextet lineup (including then co-vocalist Stacie McCarthy), Theatre of Night were filmed playing "Little Drummer Boy", "The Nutcracker Suite", "Silent Night", "Oh Come All Ye Faithful", "O Holy Night", "Carol of the Bells", and featured here, their set opener "What Child Is This?". Solid renditions of these holiday staples by Craig, Steve, Rachel, Scott, Erik, and Stacie, and it's always nice to see some heavier local bands getting in the Christmas spirit! Even the darker lighting helps the mood!
White Cowbell Oklahoma - Loplops, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario - Jan. 26, 2019: Picking just one video to showcase from Chris' ample Sault Ontario video cache is a daunting task, but I knew I wanted a touring headliner in a more intimate locale, and ideally one I hadn't embedded in a prior post. How does Toronto Southern hard rock band White Cowbell Oklahoma sound? A 9+ minute video of W.C.O. covering Frank Zappa's "Magic Fingers", their crowd pleasing hybrid sound attracted a strong crowd once again, and hopefully they return to our area again! Among his other 6 videos from that night, Chris also shot White Cowbell Oklahoma playing songs like "San Antone", "Cheerleader", "Shot A Gamblin' Man", and "Put The South In Your Mouth".
I hope you guys liked this month's YouTube Channel Profile! We'll end 2021 in this series with another single randomly selected channel, namely YouTube user DeformedPie, whose channel is mostly comprised of uploads of Woods of Ypres studio tracks! Fittingly timed given that next month is the 10 year anniversary of David Gold's passing, but this channel was completely chosen at random, this is just a coincidence! Look for that on or around Boxing Day, and look for more news and notes on the site soon! Thanks everyone!
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