For our last monthly feature post of May 2023, here's this month's delayed YouTube Channel Profile, yet another spotlight on a YouTube account whose videos are at least half relevant to local metal, hard rock, and/or punk artists and/or concerts! This month's randomly selected channel gives us a very familiar face in both his best known band work and in more recent solo confines, so here's what you should know!
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Brad Example (http://youtube.com/@bradexample)
Owner: Former Inner City Surfers bassist and Role Models frontman Brad "Example" Lacell, also known from bands like Love & Rehab and Room 206, as well as his Atikokan-based solo project
Channel Timeline: Launched on November 25th, 2006; Current videos posted from October 2011 through November 2022
Channel Summary: Brad's channel encompasses both his solo folk music after moving from the Soo and his more prominent punk band work here, as well as some non-musical content. 40 videos are uploaded here to date, with just over half of them revolving around his own solo material. 13 of his uploads are songs from his local bands, with the remainder being personal uploads focusing around family, animals, or nature. Listed separately from his individual uploads are automated copies of the Inner City Surfers' back catalog to date (all automatically generated through DistroKid), plus this "Short" video of a acoustic trio jam.
Why You Should Watch: Fans of Brad's music will be interested in his channel for the modern-day solo music than for the local punk songs, as there's a lot to like here for fans of his raspy singing voice and his folksy modern music, which often feature guest appearances from familiar Saultite faces! Surfers fans will like the hosting of their studio material ("Let's Go Greyhounds" aside), but only one of those albums was actually uploaded directly by Brad before bringing their albums to streaming services.
ROOM 206-LAST STANCE: The only upload here from Brad's local band work that isn't of the Surfers came via his old local punk band Room 206, who reunited to record the song "Last Stance" for the 2003 compilation CD "Junk In The Trunk", as released by the original, more punk-centric version of Tidal Records. Full band member credits aren't given in the liner notes, but Brad and singer/guitarist Mike Yorke are credited as writers of the track. Set to a slideshow of concert posters and band images, the skate punk intensity and strong energy are on full display, and I really should talk about this compilation on the site at some point! Note that this song was not on their 1994 tape "2 Innies & An Outie", nor its 2021 vinyl re-release.
INNER CITY SURFERS - BOOZE 'N DOOBS: Brad's most popular upload is his old local punk band The Inner City Surfers' classic song "Booze 'N Doobs", specifically the re-recording from their 2007 self-titled CD (a.k.a. "The Black Album"), which was part of his uploading that entire album to YouTube in 2016 before batch uploading the rest with DistroKid. Joined as always by singer/guitarist Dustin Jones, guitarist Dave Bahun, and drummer Mikey Hawdon, this is more of a country tinged drinking song that very much caught on with fans in a live setting, and while I like my Surfers punkier than this, it still has their tried and true flavour! Hear the original version of "Booze 'N Doobs" from 2002's "Laughing On The Outside" at this link.
Lemon Lips- BrADeXaMpLe featuring Dave Bahun and Phil Greco: There's no shortage of songs to pick from in terms of Brad's solo career, but I opted for one with a lot of local ties, namely "Lemon Lips", which features his old Role Models bandmates Dave Bahun (also of The Surfers) on guitar and Phil Greco (now of PROV3RB5 and The Saturday Nights) on drums. Set to a video of various wild west/cowboy imagery, this is as close to a "cowpunk" song as I've ever heard from a band not named The Billy Bastards, and while some of the backing instrumentation is a little meandering, Brad's gritty vocals fit the tone well, and the production is top notch! Brad doesn't often play straight punk solo, but give his material a listen, as there's a lot to like for folk and roots fans, let alone Surfers diehards!
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I hope you guys liked this month's YouTube Channel Profile! This series will return on or around June 26th for multiple randomly selected channels to be profiled, as the first that I selected only had three audio uploads of the same band, so I added a similarly lacking channel to fill things out. As such, we'll be looking at YouTube users panzertera (featuring songs from the short lived Sault Michigan metal band Great Bodily Harm) and Orb Hearthstone (featuring original solo music from Great Bodily Harm's very drummer). I swear I didn't plan this, happy coincidences happen here and there! Look for that then, and for more news this week! Thanks everyone!
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