Before we dive into a busy concert weekend, here's a new news post for your Wednesday evening, featuring surprising lineup depatures from a prominent local metal band, and leading off, LOCAL CONCERT ALERTS for this fall. Here's what you should know!
With their debut at the Cory Marks concert last month now in the books, new local classic/hard rock cover quartet
Silent 9 have announced their first batch of solo headlining dates as they finally enter the weekend bar circuit! As partially announced via this picture on
their Facebook page (and further via a series of Facebook event pages), the Obsession successors have dates lined up through
May of next year, but it's still a little early yet to be covering 2024 concerts, so we'll pause on those for the time being. Obsession were ones to announce distant concert bookings like this too, for the record. Their next gig will actually be at
Algoma Steel on Saturday, September 9th when they serve as musical entertainment for the steel plant's postponed annual Family Day. As that is geared towards Algoma Steel employees & their families, I won't treat it as a "public" concert, but keep it in mind if you're going!
Fans won't have to wait long to see Silent 9 in truly public confines, as they are playing
that same night via their debut at
The Water Tower Pub! They will also return there for a one-nighter (as is standard for the Great Northern Road nightclub's band rotation) on Friday, November 3rd, so if you like this central venue, then this is your next truly public chance to see Jess, Ryan, Paul, and Steve on stage! Their other September date will see Silent 9 debut at
Shooters Downstairs Lounge on Friday, September 22nd with a return there booked on Friday, November 17th (I don't know why these are one-nighters). Shooters is not overly far from The Machine Shop, which hosted their debut gig, so it'll be good to see everyone rocking out downtown again! The other current 2023 dates will see them rock
The Esquire Club for their first full weekend engagement, and they landed on Friday, October 27th & Saturday, October 28th.
As you may recall, Obsession landed the Halloween weekend at The Esquire Club last year, with a costume contest and all of the seasonal frills were absolutely on hand, so expect more of the same when Silent 9 head west in a couple of months! The currently announced 2024 dates are all also at The Esquire Club, but again, we'll wait until closer to to list those on the site. All of these new shows have 19+ age limits, no cover charges, and 9:00 PM-ish start times. Visit the above links for much more on Silent 9's upcoming concert schedule, and stay tuned for updates!
Next up, here's the big one that was announced this week, as Juno Award winning Toronto hard rock quartet
Big Wreck will return to
The Machine Shop for a headlining concert on Tuesday, November 21st! Fans will likely recall seeing the Ian Thornley-led group at the same venue back in February 2018, and with songs from their new album "7" and existing hits like "The Oaf (My Luck Is Wasted)", "Albatross", and "That Song" in store, their hard rocking originals and strong talents will be more than welcomed back to town in three months! This will be their first local date with Chris Caddell & Sekou Lumumba on guitar and drums in place of the late Brian Doherty and the departed Chuck Keeping. Support on this tour will include London pop rock quartet
Texas King, who you may recall from headlining dates at Odeno and LopLops in the mid-2010s, and their energetic original sound should be welcomed after six years away!
Guelph hard rock solo artist Vilivant will make her local debut as the first act on November 21st, and her dark & hard hitting brand of music should turn some heads at The Machine Shop! Tickets for this show will go on sale at 10:00 AM on Friday, so click here for the likely online purchase link when it goes live. For reference, Big Wreck's 2018 show here had $35 tickets, and also wasn't all ages. It'll be great to see Big Wreck in the Soo again, especially given how well things went the last time out, so be sure to visit the above links for more details on this huge show!
We'll close things by jumping to Sault Michigan for some very surprising news from local metal band
Tarnished, as they have parted ways with both guitarist Nathan Webber
and bassist Isaac "Iggy Storm" Royer, as per
their Facebook page yesterday. A reason for their departure was not publically announced, but the band assured fans that they left amicably and they wished Nathan & Isaac the best in the future. Nathan had joined Tarnished in November 2019 as their first ever second guitarist for electric gigs, while Isaac replaced Donald Alexander as their bassist in August 2021. It seemed like Tarnished had finally found a strong & stable lineup in the last couple of years, which makes losing half of the band that much more surprising, especially having just played in Grand Marais this past Friday night, but hopefully we haven't heard the last of Nathan and Isaac in the local scene, as they definitely were assets to the band who would fit in elsewhere!
Frontman Alex Traynor and drummer Josh Fair vow to continue performing as Tarnished, who are still scheduled for an outdoor gig at Huck's Pub & Grill in Rudyard on Saturday night (we'll let you know if plans change on that front). No word yet on replacement members, but remember that Tarnished started in 2019 as an acoustic duo with just Alex & Josh, so they could revert to that short-term if they wanted to keep gigging beforehand. Also, note that Alex (guitar and bass) and Josh (guitar and drums) have bounced between instrument roles as show and lineup needs dictated. Stay tuned for more on Tarnished's Huck's show in this weekend's concert previews starting tomorrow! Thanks everyone!
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