Is there a unique dynamic to your band because it is compromised by two sets of brothers? Challenges, closer bond I definitely think there is a closer bond between all of us. After 7 years, we are all brothers. We've fought about important things and things that don't matter. This band is a family and our parents and friends look at it that way too. Your band started off by playing some big time covers such as Jimi Hendrix - who are or what are some other influences in your music?
We're influenced by all music. We try to keep an open mind and listen to everything from rock, to pop, to whatever we come across through radio, TV, friends, and family We change the music we listen to all the time but some standbys are U2, Sevendust, Zeppelin, and John Mayer. Our surroundings are also a major influence. Issues people have and what is important in life. Good or Bad. Sometimes it seems like it comes from nowhere, and it just writes itself like "You Would've Liked it".
We don't write about things we don't know about. Keep it as real as possible because that's what people will relate to.
Some of your songs could be said to speak beyond your years of experience. What are some of the messages you hope to convey to your audience? Those came from the people who believed our band would never go anywhere, but can translate to so many other situations. In songs like "Bitter Soul" we try to say what other people may not know how, or are too afraid to say.
But the majority of our songs I think people can relate to and that's what it is all about. Different songs reach different kinds of people. We do have a strong teenage audience but in saying that, their parents can throw in the CD and love some of the songs too. Your first single "Small Town Dead" has taken the radio by storm. What does small town mean to you? Since becoming "big" how has your perception of "small town" changed?
Do you miss anything? Do you appreciate small town living? We love small towns! A small town is a place with family restaurants, one or two places to go on the weekend where everyone is out for a good time. Not being able to go out without seeing someone you know. And we love visiting all these small towns across Canada that are just like our hometown of Orillia. So many places are so much alike. I think that's what we've realized.
We're not alone in this. What advice would you offer a young adult struggling with the trapped, terminal feeling often felt by someone living in a small town? Start making little changes in your life.
Get out of your routine day or week. Connect your Spotify account to your Last. Connect to Spotify. A new version of Last. Orillia, Ontario's Bleeker Ridge had a good seven years of dedicated rehearsals, songwriting and gigs before landing a dream record deal with Roadrunner Records Canada and cutting an album, Small Town Dead, with legendary producer Bob Marlette Shinedown, Default, Seether, Airbourne , chockfull of hooky hard rock anthems.
That kind of woodshedding might not seem unusual, except the band formed when they were kids. The melodic hard rock quartet is comprised of two sets of brothers — lead singer Taylor Perkins 21; guitarist Cole Perkins, 19; guitarist Dan Steinke, 19; and drummer Dustin Steinke, 20 — who met in at a local jam night in Lagoon City pop.
They went from playing Joe Walsh and Jimi Hendrix covers to writing originals, which they released on two independent CDs. But the songs on their label debut, Small Town Dead, recorded at Henson Studios in Hollywood and Bob's home studio in Woodland Hills, California, shows a band whose musicianship and songwriting skills belie their years.
Radio and arena ready, they include the riffy soulful title-track; confrontational opener "Easier Today;" heavier groove, "Sixteen Hours;" searing power ballad, "In Our Hands;" and sentimental stunner, "You Would've Liked It. We're all about trying to come up with rock 'n' roll songs that can still be melodic and heavy and touch people with the lyrics.
The song charted on the Canadian Active Rock Charts, reaching the top Jetzt kostenlos Anmelden! Die Banddatenbank. Bands nach Alphabet. Bands nach Land. Bands nach Genre.
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