Today's post takes us to Sault Michigan for a bunch of new videos from four local hard rock/metal bands, and we'll actually start with ones that I can't embed on the SMS! On the last weekend of September, local hard rock/classic metal band Tarnished rocked The Rapids Lounge at the local Kewadin Casino for their first of two consecutive weekends there, and on Friday, September 27th, they were filmed for videos shared to their Facebook page! These were filmed by attendee Audrey Marshall, a regular at Sault Ontario concerts on the weekend cover circuit who does travel to Sault Michigan to see concerts there on occasion. As her videos were posted in the band's comment thread from September 24th, I can't embed or directly link them on external websites like this, but she posted three videos thusly. The clips feature Alex, Josh, and guest rhythm section Chris Leask & Ron Suchey covering Survivor's "Eye Of The Tiger", The Scorpions' "Rock You Like A Hurricane", and AC/DC's "T.N.T.".
Notably, Alex is on guitar on all three songs, which may not seem odd, but he didn't play guitar at all during their last gig as of this writing (their second place run at the LSSU battle of the bands last month), so keep that in mind. Only the Survivor cover exceeds a minute in length, but the videos are well shot with good audio quality, and fans of Tarnished's old school covers will take to the clips, so check them out on Tarnished's Facebook page linked above, and kudos to Audrey for crossing the border to see bands across! I'd love to see more fans do that!
Next up, here's a rarity: a public video of local hard rock quintet The Nameless in concert! Filmed at their Halloween concert at Bird's Eye Outfitters on October 26th but only uploaded to their Facebook page on Tuesday, the video sees the guys covering The White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army", which is an interesting choice for a five-piece band given that the original song only had two musicians. Filmed with a stationary camera, the video quality is fuzzy, but the song is well handled for a band of this size, and it is good to see some members dressed for the occasion! Backing vocalist Anna Lawless is there, she's just obscured for most of the runtime. I'd have centered and zoomed the video a bit, but it's a good look at a band that doesn't have many videos to share publically, and with unique visuals at the outdoor store to boot, so check out The Nameless' new video below!
Keeping with the seasonal vibes, local hard rock quartet Unfortunate Sun were filmed covering Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Fortunate Son" (ironically) at Huck's Pub & Grill in Rudyard on October 26th for that venue's Halloween party! This was filmed by Small Town Society frontwoman Holly Sibbald and shared from her personal Facebook page to the band's Facebook page. The band did partially dress up for the occasion, with Skip and Jody going as Ozzy Osbourne and Zakk Wylde for the night, which is awesome to see! Not a bad rendition with a solid turnout, so give Unfortunate Sun's new video a watch below!
Finally, let's leave the concert stage for a brief teaser video from local progressive metal solo project X's & Y's' Facebook page last month! This completely slipped me by when covering their debut CD "The Obsidian Dream" on here, but on October 6th, this video was uploaded featuring what appears to be a snippet of a music video for their song "A Flow Of Touch", which features project leader Jason Mills tapping the guitar in the forest while dressed in outdoorsy attire. Is it wrong to be reminded of Escanaba In Da Moonlight here? The full video has yet to be uploaded that I have seen, but what we see sounds good in the 22 seconds of video featured, so check it out below, and stay tuned for more from X's & Y's!
That's all for today, but stay tuned for this month's Defunct Local Band Profile on the site next! Thanks everyone!
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