No one should be held responsible for what we've done. Although rock/metal from the years between 1985 - 1992 deserves honourable mention.
Also see: Corb Lund, Fred Eaglesmith, Evan Dando, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, John Prine, Juliana Hatfield, Blue Rodeo, Union Station, Washboard Hank, Ryan Adams, Neil Young, the mama's and the papas,the radio, alvin and the chipmunks, the auger running, Ray Lamontagne, Cinderella (both the chick and the band), Christine, Toad the wet sprocket, Combine sprockets, Crashtest Dummies, chuck norris, John Deere tractors, the smell of used oil, esk no services, Jansen Services featuring Dale and Elmer, the michael kuzyk experience featuring homer, and countless others that done good.
Sounds Like
Nothing you've ever heard before. Sort of like a drunk cat in heat being beaten by a rockabilly twang stick.
This duo formed one night after the rock stars had gone to bed and the groupies had passed out.
With an aging repatoire and receding hairline, good n' ruined found comfort in the art of whiskey drinking and good song writing. With wee hours spent swapping the songs of Johnny Cash, Evan Dando, Willie Nelson, John Prine and countless less entertaing originals, good n' ruined decided it was time to record an album.
That was four years ago. Still living the rock and/or roll life, one late night acoustic session bore the brilliance that can only come from the logic of a good woman or the stupidy of excess. That's when the duo decided to combine the likes of eighties icon metal bands such as Poison, Guns n' Roses, Faster Pussycat and Cinderella, and cover them in a fashion normally suitable for tales of heartache, god, death and sin - country/bluegrass.
With several live shows at the much beloved sonic saturday series concerts, as well as countless ad hoc, often pantless performances, good n' ruined has established themselves as a fun, good timin, entertaining act, with a drive to release and perform only best songs, from cowboy to metal and everything in between.
Although tens and twenties of original songs sit collecting dust, their much anticipated, heavily discussed, soon to be condemned debut album - a beautiful disaster - takes the aforementioned metal classics and transforms them into country/bluegrass songs featuring acoustic guitars, mandolins, banjos, harmonicas and even an accordian or two.
This album is sure to generate discussion from all corners of the pasture as it spans genres and ages breaking new soil in the music world.
