Author: Gruesome Greg

  • How I made it into issue number two of the Born Too Late doomzine

    So, last Tuesday I was checking my emails before calling it a nite, when I noticed a message from John Gallo via the Hellride Music Forum. He said he wanted my Top 10 doom metal albums for issue number 2 of his zine, and that he had to have it by the end of the…

  • Behold, the long weekend of DOOM!

    The closest thing to a stoner/doom festival we’ve had in Toronto was the 4/20 Sunday Stoner Rock Spectacular, a overambitious 10-band lineup put together by me and a buddy of mine. The lineup was all local, the attendance was mediocre, and the ElMo was pretty empty. Still, it was good times. So, when I heard…

  • Buffalo’s finest heavy rock band hitting TO this weekend…

    I know a guy who books a couple bars in Buffalo, and considers himself the king of their scene. (Well, he told me that in an email once, but I dunno if he was serious.) When I couldn’t get his band to play the Sunday Stoner Rock Spectacular last year, since it fell on a…

  • Farewell to the 3Tards…

    If you live in Toronto, and listen to any kind of rock music, chances are you’ve at least heard of the 3Tards. The ‘Tards are a local punk rock institution, gaining notoriety over the past eight years for (among other things) conducting an on-stage marriage ceremony between their bass player and singer–who are both guys–and…

  • WINO opening for CLUTCH!?

    I have it on good authority that doom metal legend Wino will be touring with Clutch in September, hitting London, Ontario on the 15th and The Phoenix in Toronto on the 16th.  Tickets go on sale this weekend, in the 25-30 dollar range. Needless to say, the news that Wino’s in town makes this a…