After tearing through the New Year's weekend concert previews, let's end 2023 with a series of special feature posts, starting with this month's delayed YouTube Channel Profile! Once again, this monthly feature looks at 1-3 YouTube channels (all randomly selected) whose content is at least half devoted to local metal, hard rock, and/or punk musicians/concerts, and after conveniently looking at a short-term channel from this same artist in September, he was drawn again! Yes, I am well aware of his show next month at The Distraction, stay tuned for more on that next week. Here's what you should know about his YouTube channel!
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Owner: Local folk punk/extreme metal singer/guitarist Chase James Wigmore, also known from projects like The Strange Coyotes, This Is Your Band On Drugs, Them, Project Legion, The Autumn Roots, The Black Lodge Masters, The Coyote Speedfreaks, Manitou, and Squirrelboy & The Smiling Giraffes
Channel Timeline: Launched on January 31st, 2021; Videos uploaded from that March through September 2023
Channel Summary: The
current official YouTube channel for Chase Wigmore (originally under the alias "Jason Walker"), it features an assortment of recent original material and acoustic video performances, as well as four songs posted under the Manitou project name, with many newer videos featuring AI animated visuals. Despite the channel URL hinting that Chase is heading up his own guitar academy named for/from his Manitou project, no content along those lines is (currently) posted.
Why You Should Watch: Fans of Chase's considerable guitar talent and eclectic original material will definitely want to see what he's been up to in the early 2020s here, both for studio albums and one-off material! Be advised that this channel succeeded his old "DogRun Stray" channel upon its creation in terms of active usage, while Chase also uploads unique videos to his Facebook page. Also, with Chase teasing plans to either retire or step back from music after the release of his next album, channel uploads may slow down if they haven't ended already.
Without You - Chase James Wigmore: Surprisingly, none of Chase's videos on this channel have wide viewership, but at press time, his most popular upload is his original song "Without You", which was previously on his double album "Living Divisions" before getting tweaked for this re-upload in November of last year. Lyrically about how time moves on meaninglessly without a loved one around, it is an industrial-influenced metal song with processed clean vocals that give the song an ominous quality. Chase definitely has more accessible songs than this (and more extreme ones too), but it's a good teaser of his various influences, but definitely check out more of his recent solo output here as well!
The Pit (part one) - Manitou: A year or so ago, Chase uploaded four songs to his channel under the project name Manitou, a name that he did not expand past YouTube to other platforms or material releases. Manitou played more of a synth-inspired doom metal style that bore similarities to Chase's old Awokest project at times, but was distinct enough to stand alone, and while it would be nice to hear more from Manitou, Chase's teased pause of his solo music may not bode well anyway. Alongside "Gristle", Manitou mostly recorded the 11 minute suite "The Pit" across three chunks (here's #2 & #3), all featuring unique motion video backing. Fans of Chase's darker (if not screamiest) metal material will definitely find something to like with these songs!
The Guilt And Shame In Being - Chase James Wigmore: Only three of Chase's videos here feature himself performing on camera, one being a Neil Young cover, but in terms of style and post-production, the best one to check out for fans of his music would be him playing his own song "The Guilt & Shame In Being" back in August. A monochrome video with filters and illuminati-esque imagery layered over the performance throughout, this is a more reserved folk song that escalates into rapid fire intense guitar work, so fans of his will definitely get something out of this musically! And yes, that is a "Decolonize" shirt in the classic Metallica font.
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I hope you guys liked this month's YouTube Channel Profile! This series will return on or around January 26th when we look at our first randomly selected channel of 2024, namely that of ex-Gnaeus drummer Brendan Garlick, featuring concert videos of his from 8-9 years ago! Look for that then, and for this month's CD review next! Thanks everyone!
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