Blogging is overrated, yet here I am.
Welcome to Evil Robot Parade, a blog serving all music lovers, may they love rock, rap, alternative, folk, electronic...in my book there are only two kinds of music : good music and anything that plays on commercial radio (i.e bad music)...ok ok so I'm getting a bit carried away, I'm a fan of pop music as much as the next 23 year-old, but I try to keep it on the dance floor...or in the shower, where it rightfully belongs.
So seeing as : 1) I'm currently living in Montreal and 2) I'm a medical student in his 2-month surgery rotation who is getting little to no sleep (mostly the latter), I'm going to be concentrating on the goings-on of the Montreal music scene in hopes that I will find more collaborators for the blog in the near future...so from here on end, I'm going to be injecting coffee and/or Red Bull directly into my veins!!! All for you guys!!!
Alright enough chit-chat, let's get to business :
Mark June 14th on your calendars people, 'tis be the return of Simply Saucer!!!
Who are Simply Saucer you ask? Only the best band you've (probably) never heard of. In the summer of 1975, four Hamiltonians unleashed their blend of balls to the wall psychedelic garage rock goodness from the rooftop of the Lloyd D. Jackson Shopping Centre in Hamilton, Ontario. Despite having such an incredibly original sound for their time, especially north of the border, they dwelled in relative obscurity until 1979 when the band broke up. Sonic Unyon released "Cyborgs revisited" in 1989 and it garnered relative success, being named "Best Canadian LP ever" by Alternative Press.
Led by singer/guitarist Edgar Breau, who channels equal parts Iggy Pop, Syd Barrett, Lou Reed with an energy so vicious, so raw that people who saw them back in the 70's probably still suffer from a bad case of socksblownoffatitis (definition : chronic foot inflammation following said person's socks being blown off with violent force). The most amazing thing about what Simply Saucer created is that years later, not only does it hold up to standards, it easily surpasses most 70's-early 80's revivalist bands out there today. 27 long years later, the core members of the band reunited for one set in December 2006 which turned into a full-on reunion, with a CD and many live shows in the very near future.
So let me repeat, June 14th 2007 @ Sala Rossa : Simply Saucer, The Besnard Lakes (another excellent reason to go) and Plastic Crimewave Sound...all for 15$!!!...I wasn't born the first time these guys were around, glad I didn't make that mistake twice! Hope to see you there!
Listen to a few songs here (thank you CBC Radio 3)
