Toronto hipsters throwin' down!

Thanks so much to everyone that came out to the show at Sneeky Dee's last Thursday, and special thanks to Chris, Eric, Cancer Bats, Fever Out! and Whore for a Heart. Even though Sparkie had been telling us for weeks it was going to be good, I was still skeptical. I was firmly under the belief that weeknight 19+ shows in Toronto sucked, but damn was I proved wrong! It might have started slow but those Toronto hipsters were really throwin' it down!
Jess Baumung sent us some pretty cool photos showcasing Sparkie's camo New Balance, and sweet Puma belt. Thanks Jess.

NEXT SHOW: This Thursday, Feb. 2nd in Hamilton, ON (that's right, first time back in the Steel!) at Sonic Unyon with Blessed by a Broken Heart, xLiferuinerx, Battlecat and Straight Reads the Line.

and the next show...

Is our first Toronto show! January 26th at Sneeky Dee's (corner of College and Bathurst for the 905ers) with Cancer Bats, Fever Out and Whore for a Heart. We're pretty psyched for this show, Cancer Bats are amazing and the flyer is awesome. AND we'll have more free demos and a fresh batch of new shirts, so come on down.

This is how we rock it in the T dot

Last sunday night (January 8th) we were lucky enough to be asked to come and play live on CIUT 89.5, the U of T college radio station. Stephe Perry who hosts the show is an old friend it was really awesome of him to want us to come in. Anybody that knows Stephe knows he's the real deal as far as Toronto hardcore goes, he's been actively involved in the scene for the last 20 years, probably longer. When I first got into hardcore in the 80's I had some songs from his band "One Blood" on a tape with DRI "Dealing with it" and SNFU "If you swear you'll catch no fish". So to me he'll always be a bit of a celebrity, and he's also one of the nicest guys you'll ever meet.

We played a live 6 song set (with a couple of new songs thrown in), and then did a marathon 53 minute interview and had a total blast. Thanks so much to Stephe and Stu (and Fred?) for everything, and to the kids that showed up! It was all recorded so we should have the entire set and interview pretty soon and we'll post the whole thing on the site ASAP.

Humanity Is The Devil

I thought the old schoolers would enjoy this one. Here is a pic of The Spazman, Shawn Magill and the amazing frontman of Integrity, Dwid with his son in Cleveland circa 2000. There is no secret that Integrity is a big influence on me and this band.

Cheers

The Spazman

Lost Venues in Southern Ontario - CLASSIC STUDIOS

Directly across from the loonie bin and one of the most dodgy places to see a show when you were 16/17 yrs old is none other than Toronto's CLASSIC STUDIOS. Being your typical suburban youths, we had never been in the vicinity of schizos or run down houses or anyone with 'shifty eyes' as you walked by them. This was the case when in 1995 we all lied to our parents saying we were going to the adjacent town but were in fact riding the train into the city so we could go see Chokehold. Nevermind we had no fucking clue where this place was or how exactly we were going to get there, it was all in the name of hardcore and straight edge!
How this venue held people, I have no idea. Going to see it now it looks like it could hold maybe 20 people, and maybe it did. The only other show there I can recall was New Day Rising, BlueTip (winnipeg) and Jihad. In fact I seem to remember being totally freaked out by the neighborhood moreso than the bands that played there. Talk about white, middle classed youth! At least our parents didn't come pick us up in their mini-vans.
So there it is. One of Southern Ontario's lost venues in the heart of downtown Toronto. I'm sure there were many more shows than I listed so feel free to list them in the comments section. Let's never forget the great shows and itchy vagrants who were associated with this classic venue! (GET IT? CLASSIC!?!? HAR HAR The Jokeman strikes again!)

Merry Christmas Danner and a Happy Spazman to ya!!

So I hope everyone had a sweet ass holiday. I am currently unemployed so my holiday continues!! A lot has gone down since the last post. We have been working really hard on our full length. Songs are shaping up, but we are not rushing. We hope to have it out by summer 2006. I know that's a long time, but we want to make it sweet ass. We will announce sometime hopefully soon who will be putting out this fine product and I assure you it will not start with a V. In other news we will be performing live on air and being interviewed on CIUT in Toronto. So if you are in the local broadcast area tune in January 8th at 10:00 pm for a, hopefully kick ass performance and interview. In Rhino news we have won a game and tied a game since the last update so we are 1-13-1 now. Not bad. Unfortunately we lost 3 guys (including myself) for 2 game suspensions for throwing down (it was all the other teams fault, trust me). I think that is all for now. Come out to our show Jan. 26 at Sneaky Dees and say hello! We should have some new t-shirts by then and more free demos.

All Hail The Spazman.