Author: Gruesome Greg

A disgruntled Gruesome Greg bemoans the lack of guitar music at the 4th Annual Toronto Freedom Festival…

If you’ve got nothing better planned than some bong hits in yer buddy’s basement, you can come catch me spinning some tunes at the Hard Luck Bar this Tuesday…

Hey, didja here the one about Pentagram’s guitarist quitting the day before a big North American tour, and the band still touring, anyways? If not, then read on…

Rest on Sunday? Bah–I’ll rest when I’m dead. Saturday might be alright for fighting, but Easter Sunday’s just fine for some heavy psych. So sayeth the Weedian Nazareth… (Now yer messin’ with a sunnavabitch!)

If you missed me last week, it’s cuz I was too busy to blog due to staying up all nite–all weekend–checking out bands at Canadian Music Week.

With the Olympics in full swing, I didn’t wanna miss a gold medal performance by Canada to watch a black metal doc. (On the other hand, had they been screening Such Hawks, Such Hounds I woulda been seriously conflicted…) But as the Royal extended its run into early March, I started reading some of the…

Alas, tis not a piece of VANOC-unapproved poetry by Vancouver poet laureate Brad Cran, but rather, a song from another B.C. artist that wouldn’t be allowed within shouting distance of the Games: the Dayglo Abortions.

Last week, I talked about my Thursday trip to Cleveland to see the mighty PENTAGRAM in concert. So, what did I do on Friday? Glad you asked…

It’s been about a week since I returned from The Mistake on the Lake, with many memories of my stay. The wildly energetic performance of almost- 60-year-old Bobby Liebling, the massive collection of artifacts at the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame–the bitchy cab drivers who didn’t wanna break a 20, the prying border guards…

A couple years ago, I saw Blue Cheer at Sneaky Dee’s, in what turned out to be Dickie Peterson’s last performance in Toronto. (May he rest in peace.) Few musicians worshiped Blue Cheer as much as Bobby Liebling, the Pentagram singer who turns 60 this summer. In what could be another “last chance” gig, I’ve…