Goodbye Beatdown combines hip hop with a lot of different influences and they will be bringing them all to the Blarney Stone, March 25 for a free show to wind up the Blarney Stone’s ‘Shred Night’ season.
“I think we are a  fresh form of music. There’s reggae, rock, hip hop. There’s so many different flavours,” said bassist Mark Luongo.
“We have some fast paced ska and some metal. At the same time we have a DJ. So if you want to dance, we offer that, but if you just want  to have an interesting sonic experience, we offer that too,” Luongo continued adding the core of the band turned a year old on St. Patrick’s Day.
We’re very hard working individuals. We’re fragments of  three different bands. A year ago all of us were in very different bands. I was in a band called Daniel Wesley. We were quite popular and they’re still going. (They have just released a new CD),” Luongo said.
 “I play bass  and am also also a classical piano player and Dustin Overhill is a former battle rapper. But he’s a white Canadian from the suburbs of Vancouver, so that wasn’t a viable career option,” he said.
“I like the fact that we take the lessons we’ve learned from other bands and turned them to this band,” he continued adding the band sounds different because of the different influences the band members brings to the table.
“It’s the fact we’re five completely different dudes,” he said adding they were last in Lethbridge in November at the University of Lethbridge
They are looking forward to releasing their first full length album in the summer.
The title track of last year’s EP ‘Whatchagwando,’ is already screaming up the charts in Vancouver thanks to winning the thirtieth annual Seeds  music contest with Vancouver rock station 99.3 the Fox. And the second single “The Grudge” is on regular rotation in radio station all over B.C. as well as Edmonton and Toronto.
“We’re working on the new record so on March 25 you’ll be hearing some of that,” he said.
The free show at the Blarney Stone begins at 9 p.m.