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Speed Kings News > February 2008
Well, we've got some updated Abatoirs demo stuff for you. In fact, Twitch likes it so much we've taken down the stuff we had previously loaded up here. You can also check out a couple of live videos, embedded below! Not to mention a couple of snazzy shots of Matt and Eddie!
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Speed Kings News > October 2007
Here it is! The long awaited Abatoirs demo material! Three songs linked below for your listening pleasure. * All three songs can be heard in better quality above, we've removed the lower quality ones to protect your ears! * Keep in mind that these are rough demos and aren't complete. Yes, they are the entire song and yes, you can download them and play them if you feel the need to. Just keep in mind that Twitch will also be selling the proper, completed versions once they're done! Also, check out the live pics (below) taken at The Cadillac Lounge in Toronto. For more pics, head on over to the Twitchcraft page as there are some new Chopper shots!
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Speed Kings News > July 2007
After an incredibly long wait, and more technical difficulties to talk about, we have some new stuff for y'all! Twitch has recovered some great video footage of the band, which we are now making available for you to check out! For now, I've embedded the videos below and as the library continues to grow (there's some Abatoirs footage that we can't wait to get going for you!) we'll add a seperate video page. If you have any questions about the footage, feel free to email Twitch at: twitch@look.ca. I'm sure he'd love to talk to you and maybe even sell you some merch! The band is going through some reconfiguring and Twitchcraft has kept Twitch hopping (not to mention the 3 million other projects he's got going) but he assures me there will be lots of news coming very soon.
Any of you folks Myspace junkies? Well, I've got two links for you immediately, The Speedkings and Route 666 Radio . The first link is pretty obvious, the band has joined the crazy world of Myspace and wants you all as friends! The second is a radio show (hosted by yours truly) out of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. The show focuses mostly on old time Rock N' Roll, The 'billies (Rocka, Horror, Psycho) and roots rock. I think you'll dig it (if I do say so myself) so tune in Fridays 10-11am EST. There's a link to the station from the Myspace page. Alright, without further ado, here's the videos that we've managed to get up on the web for your viewing pleasure! Make sure you email Twitch and let him know what you think!
My apologies for my lax attitude to the website of late; it's difficult to generate news if you don't do anything! This summer has been a bit boring, frankly the scenes getting kinda worn out, and being a true music fan, as I am, it's a bit depressing. But I've re gained my energy and we're back in the racket. As they say, "you lead by example" so I feel the need to rock, roll and rock some more. As Bo Diddley says," you're never too old to rock and roll". But man I do feel old these days!
My musical home "monumental
sound" sadly had to relocate thanks to a greedy landlord. This hampers
the completion of the new Speedking c.d. for a few months, we hope? We're
tracking the last few guitar parts for the debut c.d. by "The Abatoirs"
at padded cell tentatively titled "produced
for consumption". As well the solo acoustic project I started last September
at hart house is back on track again. I've just mentioned three projects on
the go and as you can imagine each one costs a lot of money to finish. I unfortunately
am not a wealthy man so getting the job done is
always a strain. Did I say three projects? Actually I have a few more projects
than that; and I'm determined to finish 'em all, be sure of that! Also we
have a show! That would be the "Abatoirs" debut with "The Swinging
Blackjacks" at The Cadillac Lounge: 1296 Queen West at Dufferin. Thursday,
December 7th at 10 pm. All proceeds to benefit the Toronto Humane Society.
(see poster below)
It's interesting to sit back lately and watch the music business continue to devolve. Whether it's more payola or the sycophantic behavior of wannabe "idols" singing their little black hearts out, I believe the new business mantra is gonna read lean, mean and independent for the future. Bandwidth is increasing; soon we'll be able to play live on the internet without massive costs. Our audience through-out the world can join us wherever we choose to play. The prospect is exciting, though promotion will always be a challenge. Unfortunately music publications these days are more interested in advertising revenue than content so if you can't afford their inflated ad rates you get ignored. Majors buy their lousy acts to the top. But even at the top boys, a pile of shit still stinks! There's an old saying in politics, 'People always get the government they deserve'. I think the same is true with art, if you accept mediocrity that's all you'll receive in return. Proponents of digital radio brag about the content being superior to analogue radio. But all they have are more channels of regurgitated material and whatever the major labels pay them to say and play. College campus radio is still the last bastion of independence but it too is being infiltrated and corrupted by "corporate music" the sound track of our demise.
Lastly I've been corresponding with a cat from Argentina named "Bat Mario" he's got a great rockabilly band called 'Los Salvajes Rockabilly'. All the vocals are in Spanish but it's a beautiful fluid language, and nothing gets lost in translation. Check 'em out!
And lastly, really; a quote from the deceased Hunter S. (the 'S' is for splatter fest!) Thompson:
'The music business is a cruel and shallow trench, a long plastic highway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men lie like dogs. There is also a negative side'.
Cheers,
Twitch
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(Some new photos in the Twitchcraft section as well!)
Speed Kings News > March 2006
Well spring has sprung folks at least we're damn close. Actually here in Toronto winter bypassed us so far....
Work is nearing the end on the "just another nobody" project, as well as a kick ass cow punk c.d. by a talented group of guys called "The Abatoirs". I haven't been this stoked about a band since I discovered "The Supersuckers" though they don't sound a thing like 'em (but the spirit's the same). Hopefully it'll be done late summer.
All the writing for the next Speedking c.d. is done and it promises to be a killer! A real step forward for sure. Recording is expected to start in the fall at monumental sound studio in Toronto with "Blood, Sweat and Primer" producer Joe Dunphy.
I'm charging the battery on the old el Camino this weekend and getting' ready to burn a hundred bucks a week in high octane fuel thanks to the good folks who brought you the war in Iraq (the 4:11 gears don't help either!), Driving's not much fun anymore, gotta get my bike finished. Anybody got a shovel head motor cheap????.
We'll be setting up pages for all the projects on the Speedking record label shortly so you can get acquainted with the cast of characters, as well as get some mp3's up soon.
There was one more thing i had on my mind what was it? Hmmm… what the hell was it? Oh Ya!!
Fuck George Bush!!!
Coming Soon From Speedking Records!!
