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Crash Karma
Kool Haus
Toronto, Ontario
November 17, 2009
12 years after seeing I Mother Earth, Our Lady Peace and the Tea Party in their primes, I saw Frankenstein’s version of those bands open for the mighty Stone Temple Pilots at the Kool Haus in Toronto.
Crash Karma, made up of ex IME singer, Edwin, ex OLP guitarist Mike... Turner, ex Tea Party drummer Jeff Burrows, smokin’ bassist Emir Epstein and travelling guitarist Ron Bechard (Basia Lyjak, Sin Dealer, Patrizia, Edwin and the Pressure) is the closest thing to a “Canadian Supergroup” you’re gonna find.
Touring in support of their debut, self titled album, it appears as though Crash Karma is gearing up to take over, not only the airwaves here in Canada but a whole pile of stages from Bonavista to Vancouver Island. This band was made for you n me. Their first single “Awake” just jumped into the top 100 charts and for a band with no record label to speak of, that’s pretty impressive. Of course, between Edwin, Jeff and Mike, they could probably start up their own label through their own funding and knowledge of the biz.
With an original and instantly identifiable sound, Crash Karma provides enough punch to cause a mosh pit, yet enough grace n melody to slow things down to a bedroom pace. Edwin’s voice immediately rings through as one of Canada’s most respected and recognizable voices. This was proven when the band closed the set with one of Edwin’s oldies and one of the most well known Canadian rock anthems of the 90’s, “One More Astronaut”.
On the first note of “Astronaut”, The Kool Haus went ballistic. Everyone in that venue knew the words and was singing along at the top of their lungs including yours truly. I think we were just happy to see some of our finest back on stage after a long absence and with the sound of the band and the response they got that night, we definitely are gonna be hearing a lot more from this unit. The 3 big name members sounded like they never left the stage. Emir with his bass slung so high up I thought it was gonna choke him, proved to be a total kick ass 4 stringer. He can hang that thing wherever the fuck he wants if he can play like that.
I just hope the band realizes that ya gotta treat all your members as equals. Seeing Ron Bechard off to the side with no front lighting whatsoever made me wonder who’s fuckin idea that was. Not that Ron gives a fuck, cuz he’s just happy to be on a stage with some great musicians and good friends, playing rock n roll for a living. That boy has a legion of Toronto fans of his own made clear to me by how many people stopped him to say hi and get a piece of him as he made his way around the venue. I’ve seen bands do this to members before, for instance, the Trews with their integral keyboardist/backup vocalist/jack of all instruments master of most, Jeff Heisholt. Maybe Jeff n Ron should start a band and call it the Mushrooms.
That easily corrected oversight aside, Crash Karma proved themselves able to hold down an audience pumped to see one of the greatest bands ever, Stone Temple Pilots. If you can do that, you know you’ve got something extra special.
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Stone Temple Pilots
Kool Haus
Toronto, Ontario
November 17, 2009
On July 11, 2009 I took in the first show of the current Stone Temple Pilots tour at Bayfest in Sarnia, Ontario. Seeing them hit the stage with 10,000 other people in attendance was an absolute treat to savour. I’d waited a long time to see them and finally... here they were. To my enjoyment, they did not disappoint.
Fast forward a few months, Nov17, 2009, and I’ve got the opportunity to take in another of their shows on the same tour. Always great to be able to do that. Check out an early show and then take in a later one to see what’s evolved over the months.
Some bands are identical from the first show to the last of any tour. They do all their planning before stepping foot on the stage and that’s all you get for the whole tour. Maybe a slight or even drastic set list change but other than that, virtually the same show. The Pilots proved to be one of those bands who are throwing in a bunch of changes as they go along. The set list basically remained the same but there was a whole lot more improv going on this time around.
I’ve been hearing people complain that Scott Weiland, the normally synaptic wild man on stage, came across as, dare I say, boring in comparison. Myself, I’ve never seen the days of “half naked feather boa dancing” but I was stood up by the band because of a last minute admission to a rehab clinic during the 1996 Kiss Reunion tour in Toronto.
I was just happy to see the band on stage finally, as they have been and always will be one of my faves. I’ve said it too many times before that the brothers Rob and Dean DeLeo, bass and guitar respectively, are to me, the instrumental equivalent of McCartney/Lennon. When these guys get their ideas flowing, look the fuck out. There’s nobody in the business today who can write straight up rock n roll riffage like them.
The set list was pretty well identical to the last time with a very heavy representation of the first two albums and a little smorgasbord of their other faves. Every song was like a trip down memory lane. I love being at a show where at least half the crowd knows ALL the lyrics and everybody sings along. The Hip are like that. Kiss, Motley, a whole whack of em. But have you ever heard the whole crowd sing along to the likes of a band like Tool? Not I.
With the fragility of mom’s finest crystal, the Stone Temple Pilots seem to be holding it together pretty for now so get your tickets, brush up on “Interstate Love Song” and go see Mr. Weiland and the brothers DeLeo do their thing to the beat of original drummer Eric Kretz before another of rock music’s finest bands comes to an unexpected screeching halt.
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Stone Temple Pilots
Kool Haus
Toronto, Ontario
November 17, 2009
On July 11, 2009 I took in the first show of the current Stone Temple Pilots tour at Bayfest in Sarnia, Ontario. Seeing them hit the stage with 10,000 other people in attendance was an absolute treat to savour. I’d waited a long time to see them and finally... here they were. To my enjoyment, they did not disappoint.
Fast forward a few months, Nov17, 2009, and I’ve got the opportunity to take in another of their shows on the same tour. Always great to be able to do that. Check out an early show and then take in a later one to see what’s evolved over the months.
Some bands are identical from the first show to the last of any tour. They do all their planning before stepping foot on the stage and that’s all you get for the whole tour. Maybe a slight or even drastic set list change but other than that, virtually the same show. The Pilots proved to be one of those bands who are throwing in a bunch of changes as they go along. The set list basically remained the same but there was a whole lot more improv going on this time around.
I’ve been hearing people complain that Scott Weiland, the normally synaptic wild man on stage, came across as, dare I say, boring in comparison. Myself, I’ve never seen the days of “half naked feather boa dancing” but I was stood up by the band because of a last minute admission to a rehab clinic during the 1996 Kiss Reunion tour in Toronto.
I was just happy to see the band on stage finally, as they have been and always will be one of my faves. I’ve said it too many times before that the brothers Rob and Dean DeLeo, bass and guitar respectively, are to me, the instrumental equivalent of McCartney/Lennon. When these guys get their ideas flowing, look the fuck out. There’s nobody in the business today who can write straight up rock n roll riffage like them.
The set list was pretty well identical to the last time with a very heavy representation of the first two albums and a little smorgasbord of their other faves. Every song was like a trip down memory lane. I love being at a show where at least half the crowd knows ALL the lyrics and everybody sings along. The Hip are like that. Kiss, Motley, a whole whack of em. But have you ever heard the whole crowd sing along to the likes of a band like Tool? Not I.
With the fragility of mom’s finest crystal, the Stone Temple Pilots seem to be holding it together pretty for now so get your tickets, brush up on “Interstate Love Song” and go see Mr. Weiland and the brothers DeLeo do their thing to the beat of original drummer Eric Kretz before another of rock music’s finest bands comes to an unexpected screeching halt.
Rebel Reviewer Dot Com Tuesday nite! Stone Temple Pilots @ Kool Haus!! Who's going??!!!!
Rebel Reviewer Dot Com Who Made Who packed em in and rocked the fuck out of em!!!
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Who Made Who
Cowboy Bar
Guelph, Ontario
November 13, 2009
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z12IQr6hz
Just a quickie... thinking of buying in on the full version and showing a lot more....
Rebel Reviewer Dot Com Tonight in Guelph!! Killer AC/DC tribute band, Who Made Who tonight at Cowboy Bar (former Club Denim), whether you missed the real thing or not last tour, get yourself out to see one of the best AC/DC tribute bands going! Friday 9pm, Cowboy Bar, Guelph, ON.
Rebel Reviewer Dot Com bummed that the Megadeth n Slayer show is postponed!! Oh well... Stone Temple Pilots is up on deck!!! Krash Karma opening at the Kool Haus. That's the one I want.
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Girl went missing at Metallica show: http://www.roanoke.com/news/nrv/breaking
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Updated: 5:25 p.m. Police continued to seek help Monday in finding a Virginia Tech student from Roanoke who went missing during a Metallica concert in Charlottesville on Saturday night.
