Weekend Concert Previews, Including The Treble Charger Reunion Concert!!

Another Thursday is here, so let's dive into another weekend's worth of hard rock/punk concert previews! I ended up writing more than I expected on the one band, especially as they have new videos, so I'm bumping our Silent 9 previews to tomorrow's post. Don't worry, they're coming! Now, here's what you should know to start off the weekend!

We'll lead off with the main event for this weekend, as local/Toronto indie/punk band Treble Charger reunite TONIGHT at The Machine Shop! This special concert is a fundraiser for Algoma University's music program, and with the university's ties to the Algoma Conservatory of Music (managed by singer/guitarist Greig Nori), you can't do much better than this for a staff/faculty-led band to help out! The first Treble Charger concert since Rotaryfest Stage 1 in 2018, Greig & Bill will not be joined by any of their session musicians from the 2010s, with Lake Effect frontman Frank Deresti and Pointless/Convergence drummer David Peredun serving as the rhythm section tonight. It's not yet clear if they are session musicians or are full members for a larger reunion, but their ties to Algoma University are well established! Unidentified student bands also comprised of Algoma students/faculty are slated to open tonight as well. Tickets are on sale on Eventbrite (plus processing fees) & likely at the door for $40 for general audiences.

Algoma University and Sault College students can get in for $20 with valid student ID, while $65 VIP tickets are also available that include balcony seating and a meet & greet with Treble Charger. This all ages concert begins tonight at 8:00 PM. Whether you're a fan of their mid-late 1990s indie rock era or got into them during their pop punk explosion, it will be great to see Treble Charger back tonight, let alone with an all-local lineup for the first time, so visit the official Facebook event page for more details, and for a preview, here they are live in the Soo!

Next up, let's look at this weekend's slate of hard rock-leaning cover band action, starting with local southern hard rock trio Bone Yard's gigs at Reggie's Place TOMORROW & SATURDAY NIGHT! Last seen at Reggie's about a month ago, these should be another good opportunity for fans to check out Greg, Alex, and Warren at another familiar downtown venue, so don't miss out on their southern fried classic and hard rock covers this weekend! Yes, these follow their Thursday jam night hosting duties at Reggie's tonight, so keep that in mind also. Note that Bone Yard's Facebook page was quietly renamed to "Bone Yard 225" this week, but as far as I can tell, this isn't a name change, rather a nod to the United Steelworkers Local 2251, who they have openly supported and referenced on social media in recent months. We'll let you know if I'm wrong!

Tomorrow & Saturday's concerts (and jam night tonight) have 9:30 PM start times, 19+ age limits, and no cover charges. Visit the above links for more details, for a preview, here's some new live videos of Bone Yard in action! One from last week (as cross-posted from TikTok in all of it's vertical glory) features 34 seconds of their cover of ZZ Top's "La Grange" at Jay's Piston Broke Pub in January, while the other two are live-streams from The Esquire Club this past Saturday. The (sadly also vertical) videos feature Bone Yard covering The 4 Non Blondes' "What's Up" (a song that I seemingly can't escape hearing on local stages as of late) and, as embedded below, Aerosmith's "Walk This Way". Bone Yard perform well on these covers, especially "Walk This Way", and while I've really overheard "What's Up" covered by local bands in recent months, I do acknowledge that fans were singing along with it in Bone Yard's video.

Fans will get their fill of Bone Yard via these and other videos on Facebook, but don't miss the real thing in person tomorrow & Saturday night (and tonight if you're interested in them hosting a jam night), so visit the above links for more details, and here's Bone Yard's new Aerosmith cover!

Finally for this post, we'll head west to Jay's Piston Broke Pub, where local classic/hard rock cover quartet Generations will take the stage for concerts TOMORROW & SATURDAY NIGHT! Not only that, they're filling in for Soundcheck as hosts of the jam night tonight, so keep that in mind if jam nights interest you as an attendee or prospective performer! Last seen at Jay's almost a month ago, this weekend's shows were previously announced via the venue's March concert calendar, and if you like this union of Obsession, Jus' Chillin, and Flat Stanley alumni's brand of rocking covers, you won't want to miss out on this weekend's festivities! Tomorrow and Saturday's concerts (and jam night tonight) are at 9:30 PM with no cover and 19+ age limits. Visit the above links for more details, and for a preview, here's another new video of Generations live! This was shot at their concert at Jay's on February 10th by attendee Josie Weir and shared to the band's Facebook group via her personal Facebook page.

The video features Generations covering Melissa Etheridge's "I'm The Only One", which is a strong choice to show off Valerie's vocals, and of an artist you don't see covered locally all that often! Sadly, the video is shot vertically, with more of the ceiling in frame than the band, but the quality's fine otherwise, so give it a look for yourselves below!

That's all for now, but stay tuned for our Silent 9 previews and more next! Thanks everyone!