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The Brigade started as project between four friends, Robert Haughey, Justin Myler, Adam Peterson, and Dave Molinaro. In the summer of 2007 the Brigade added a fifth member, Bryan Ward, who added a whole new dimension to the group, and helped complete the sound the Brigade was aiming for. They have prided themselves on a live performance that might just be the aural and visual equivalent to that final scene from the dystopian classic Soylent Green, when Charlton Heston’s character finally realizes that they’ve been eating each other all along.
Although the Brigade’s inspiration comes from an eclectic mix of
many artists and so many different types of music, their muse is more
abstract. It could be said that the drug induced children’s
programming of the early 1980’s, overexposure to video game
soundtracks, and the years spent partying in the bowels of dead end
suburban cul-de-sacs might have had an influence on their song writing.
The final result are songs that range from drunken art-rock sea
shanties, to juxtaposing moments of quiet contemplation with percussive
assaults akin to the sound of a small army of wild animals taking back
land that was rightfully theirs.
In December of 2007, the band gathered in the East end of Toronto to record their first EP with Ryan Mills at Sleepytown Sound (Born Ruffians, The Most Serene Republic, Fox Jaws) and was mastered by Ryan at Joao Carvalho Mastering. In their short time together BHB have played along side such internationally known acts as Handsome Furs (Montreal), Snowden (U.S), Forward Russia (U.K.), Ungdomskulen (Norway), and Land of Talk (Montreal). They have also played popular music festivals such as "Pop Montreal", "Canadian Music Week" and "North by North East".
Black Hat Brigade have just released the follow up to their 2008 EP. The newest installment, "Fathers", a collection of songs that meld tribal rhythms, nightmarish haunts, explosive dance parties and feel good shakers, embedded within the sound of today's digital landscape.
TO ORDER "FATHERS" VISIT - http://www.blackhatbrigade.com/music.php
"FATHERS" AVAILABLE MAY 29TH
KITCHEN PARTY
ZOMBIE CITY SHAKE
"FATHERS"
SIGNAL FIRE
CASTLEVANIA
LOST BOYS
VERA
TO ORDER THE FIRST "EP" VISIT - http://www.blackhatbrigade.com/music.php
Black Hat Brigade EP
Whale Falls
On Leave
Limbo
Pictorial History
Swords
Available at the following retail locales:
Criminal Records - 493 Queen Street West, Toronto http://www.crimedoesntpay.ca
Soundscapes - 572 College Street, Toronto http://www.soundscapesmusic.com/
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