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Title:
The Brains, Hypnophobics and Phantom Creeps
When:
Sun, Nov 7
Where:
The Slice - Lethbridge
Category:
Alternative

Description

Time: 9 p.m.

Cover: $10

 www.myspace.com/thebrains 

More Brrraaaaaiiinnnsss!!! Canada’s most insanest, undeadest and bestest psychobilly horror-punks are back with a vengeance and an unquenchable thirst for new blood.

Since the release of their third self-titled full-length in early 2009, The Brains have been on a never-ending tour, steadily tearing a bloody swath across Canada, the US and Europe garnering an ever-faithful throng of rapt and adoring minions. Their two video singles for “Gone” and “Turn Around” enjoyed tons of airplay on Much Music, Much Loud and Musique Plus. They won “Punk Album Of The Year” from GAMIQ (Quebec indie music awards), were voted “Punk Band Of The Year” by the Montreal Mirror and had several songs featured on the top-selling x-Box, PS3 video game WET.

Recorded over several months deep underground in a Montreal bunker, ZOMBIE NATION is by far The Brains’ best work to date. Rene D La Muerte’s dirty Gretsch twang melds seamlessly with newcomer Colin The Dead’s blistering stand-up bass stylings all the while held together by Franck O’ Brains who pounds harder and faster than a crackhead’s heartbeat after a fix. Some of the best and biggest names in psychobilly and rockabilly lent their unique talents on the recording, including Stein, Matt and Andy from the legendary Mad Sin, Dan Deleon from Rezurex and Richy from Blood Sucking Zombies From Outer Space. ZOMBIE NATION is guaranteed to become a fast favorite for all fans of punk, rock, psychobilly, horror, metal and everything in between.

Don’t believe me? Let’s see what the fine folks in the press have to say:

“Speaking of intensity, The Brains are quickly becoming one of Canadian psychobilly's most revered exports….Such proof is evident on The Brains' latest eponymous effort, their third overall, which was recently released by Union Label Group. The band strived to expand on the country, punk and classic rock 'n' roll sound of their first two efforts, and the album is easily their most enjoyable romp through kitschy graveyard imagery, relationship woes and general debaucherous behaviour” – Chart Magazine

“You see, singer/guitarist René was once in Delta 666 and bassist John and drummer Franck were in the Ripcordz. Then they died, I guess, because now they're shambling, brain-munching zombies mixing the raw fury of punk with the sexed-up shake of rockabilly” – The Mirror

“The Brains are a killer, seven year old psychobilly punk band from Montreal, Canada. It's truly quite amazing how such a crazy sound can come out of just three instruments: the bass, guitar and drums. Though often classified as straight up psychobilly or rockabilly, The Brains are really more at the hardcore end of the rockabilly music scale; it’s like punk with a serious twist” – Pure Grain Radio

“The Brains come raging out of Montreal’s psychobilly scene to take over your stereos and chow down on, well, your brains.” – Exclaim

Read more: http://www.myspace.com/thebrains#ixzz13abLPBfP

The Hypnophobics www.thehypnophonics.com or www.myspace.com/thehypnophonics  

The Hypnophonics have been shaking up Montreal's local music scene for three years now and have managed to turn many a head with their high energy live shows and stage antics.
A combination of Angus' psychotic howling vocals, David Don't's twangy overdriven guitar, Charly's hypnotic thumping upright bass lines and Starbuck's primal drum beats truly give the Hypnophonics signature sound. Combining elements of Garage, early '80's Psychobilly and '77 Punk rock reviewer have had a hard time classifying the band under one particular genre, having been compared to everything from the Seeds, T.S.O.L., the Cramps, the Dwarves, the Kinks and the Dead Kennedys to name a few. But this sits just fine with the band.

At first glance, many people would assume the Hypnophonics are a straight forward Psychobilly band, with song titles such as Invasion, Children of the Atom and Scream combined with a look complete with greasy pompadours, upright bass and paper 3-D glasses give some people the impression that this band should not be taken seriously.
But more often than not, these impressions changing after viewing a live performance where most would say the band leanse a little heavier on their Garage/Punk influences with such songs as Dead Meat, Romance with a Rapist, Fucked Up, Maybe It's You and It's Alright. It is often made clear by the band that they have become very bored with what modern Psychobilly has become, plagued by all the tongue in cheek horror cliches and devoid of anything truly psychotic. They have vowed never to play any poppy, sugar coated songs about "Zombies who ride around the graveyard all night in their '57 Cadillacs looking for their undead girlfriends before they end up in a switchblade rumble with a gang of Vampires..."

The Phantom Creeps www.myspace.com/tpcthephantomcreeps or phantomcreeps.com

The Phantom Creeps are guitarist Jon Vornbrock, drummer Dean Wilson and stand up bassist/vocalist Tyler Brownfield

Venue

The SliceMap
Venue:
The Slice   -   Website
Street:
314 - 8th Street South
ZIP:
T1J 2J6
City:
Lethbridge
State:
AB
Country:
Country: ca

Description

403-320-0117

Not only do we have the best pizza in town, we are also the center of Lethbridge's NightLife.

We are the only bar in town featuring live music every day of the week. Canadian touring artists, local legends and new emerging artists, everyone stops here.

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