May 17th

  My ticket stub from the time I saw this excellent triple bill of C'mon, Pride Tiger and Whitey Houston play the Pawn Shop here in Edmonton.

Seven Inch Saturday (C'mon/Pride Tiger)

Today's seven inch single is a split seven inch with two great Canadian bands. The two are C'mon and Pride Tiger and sadly neither band is still together.

This single came out in 2009 and was first available while both bands toured together in may of 2009. I saw this double bill at the Pawn Shop here in Edmonton, which is where I picked this up. This single came out on Yeah Right Records! in a limited run of 600 copies and features a silk screened cover art, mine is number 193 of 600 on black vinyl. Only 200 copied were released on black vinyl while the other 400 were orange vinyl.

Side Yeah features the Toronto band C'mon which is led by Ian Blurton, of whom has been in such bands as Change Of Heart, Blurtonia and C'mon. Ian has also produced a lot of albums in between his own bands. Ian is now in a band called Public Animal.

The song is called Stealing Seconds which is a great garage rock n' roll song.

Side Right features the Vancouver band Pride Tiger who was led by Matt Wood on drums and vocals, something you don't see very often. Matt now drums for the metal band Bison. Pride Tiger only released one full length album which was called Lucky Ones, a great album by the way.

The song by Pride Tiger on this release is a song called No Distractions which reminds me of a mix of Deep Purple and Thin Lizzy.

You can listen to these two songs by clicking here. Enjoy!!!

18 Years Ago Today...November 22nd

It was eighteen years ago today that I saw Lester Quitzau's side project A Love Supreme play a record shop Blckbyrd Myoozik here in Edmonton.

And it was nine years ago today that I saw Gwar play Red's in Edmonton.

As well it was five years ago today that I saw Pride Tiger play the Pawn Shop in Edmonton.

8 Years Ago Today...May 17th

It was eight years ago today that I saw the great double bill of ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead with The (International) Noise Conspiracy at Red's here in Edmonton.





And it was also on this date four years ago that I saw another great double bill of two awesome Canadian bands C'mon from Toronto and Pride Tiger from Vancouver at the Pawn Shop here in Edmonton.

Concert Shirt/Poster Of The Day May 9th (C'mon)

Today's t-shirt is from the first time I saw Toronto band C'mon play live. This show was a triple bill of some great Canadian rock at The Pawn Shop in 2009. The other bands on the bill were Vancouver band Pride Tiger and local band Whitey Houston, all three bands kicked ass on this evening. I went to this show with Hurl and A-Bomb. Good times!!!!

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Concert Shirt/Poster Of The Day Apr.21st (Pride Tiger)

Today's t-shirt is from the time I saw Vancouver band Pride Tiger play The Pawn Shop in Edmonton in 2008. Pride Tiger were touring for their awesome debut album "The Lucky Ones". This band kicked ass, with a old school rock sound reminiscent of 70's rock. What really impressed me about this band was drummer and lead singer Matt Wood, the guy play the drummers like a motherfucker and always looked like he was having the time of his life. Unfortunately the band is no longer together. Opening bands for this show were local acts The Get Down and Raptors. I went to this show with my buddy A-Bomb.

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Whitey Houston,Pride Tiger and C'Mon @ The Pawn Shop

Sunday night was a good triple bill of all Canadian music at The Pawn Shop. While Monday was a holiday, I have to say that Sunday isn't a night for all out partying to some great bands. I must be getting old, it just didn't seem to be as happening as I thought it would be.
The night started with local duo Whitey Houston rocking the venue, they sure make a lot of noise for a bass player and drummer and of course the hot lady playing the maracas in the background. The place was quite full for these guys.
Next up was Pride Tiger from Vancouver with their 70's influenced Thin Lizzy sound, they rocked the joint. I have to say the drummer/lead singer is a lot of fun to watch perform, he seems very happy to be doing what he does, always smiling,banging away and the woo's here and there, fun band, good tunes. Second time I have seen them in the last year and wasn't disappointed.


Headliners C'Mon (from Toronto) lead by Ian Blurton formerly of Change Of Heart were next. For a 3 piece band they play some dirty rock n' roll with no letting up during their hour long set. But you could see the place emptying out as the night went on. I wasn't the only one not quite ready to rock out on a Sunday. Kind of a shame actually.
All and all, not a bad night of music, just wish it had been on a Friday or Saturday. I give this show a 7 out of 10. I went to this show with A Bomb and Earl.