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Our
Lady Peace
Shades Apart
Date: July
9, 2001
Doors: 8:30 PM
Show: 9:00 PM
Tickets:
On Sale Now
$15 General Admission
Age Restrictions:
6 and over
Kitchen:
Limited
Seating: Limited Seating |
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Shades Apart is reputed
to be a high-octane power trio with a knack for catchy melodies and
punchy rhythms. Their modus operandi is combining the new wave, poppy
stuff they listened to as early teens with the energy and rougher
guitar sound of punk. "Give Elvis Costello a crunchier guitar
tone and that gives you a pretty good idea of what we're shooting
for", states suspect#1 Mark V. It's a stripped down, hit-and-run
approach, and their aim is true on all twelve tracks of "Eyewitness."
But we know there's more to the story. There always is...
Somewhere down the line, Shades Apart
fell into cahoots with underworld legends, The
Descendents. You know how it is with that crowd - cranked-up
amps, machine-gun drums, vocals straight from the gut - everything
pushed to the breaking point. Hungry students could pick up a lot
hanging around these punk rock revolutionaries! Apparently so! "Working
with The Descendents in the studio on our last two records, plus touring
with them, really forced us to be the best band we could be,"
recalls suspect #2 "Midtown" Ed Brown, "Like boot camp!"
Shades Apart took it on the lam between the fall of '95 and
summer of '97. Hitting clubs and "all-ages" halls across
the U.S. and Canada, their cult of followers grew with each crime
spree (and so did their rap sheet). They teamed up with a string of
independent record labels to distribute their propaganda, most recently
Revelation Records in California, known for its hardcore /
punk roster. Suspect #3 Kevin Lynch is on the record as stating, "The
best part of Revelation was the way they embraced our sound for what
it was...even if it didn't fit the typical punk or hardcore template."
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