Black halos/Illuminati/Crash Kelly - Saturday in Kingston

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Rock Crew Productions and Kingston Punk Productions present The Black Halos, The Illuminati and Crash Kelly, this Saturday, October 22 at Clark Hall Pub. Tickets $8 advance Zap Records, Brian's Record Option, Destinations, Renaissance Music, Clark Hall Pub and www.rockcrew.ca

This show is 19+ (general public)/all ages (Queen's students only)

Ever since this beautiful nightmare began back in 1994, The Black Halos have always been an entity on its own comprised of 5 individuals who have united with the soul purpose of keeping the idiot savantness of the music we love alive at any cost. From taking on tours that even to the most experienced and die hard bands seem impossibly ridiculous consisting of some of the most legendary/highbrow theatres and ballrooms as well as some of the darkest shitholes and unknown venues no crowd has been denied or unmarked by our passion, insanity, and debauchery.

Throughout the history of rock'n'roll, punk, alternative or whatever the magazines are calling it now, too many bands could be given as reference points but even though we have studied the maps of the masters we still refuse to learn from their past mistakes and have chosen to seek our own uncharted course to glorious errors. It’s a rough road full of speed bumps and potholes with no breaks but after all we still call it rock'n'roll and we hope you'll join us for the ride!

The Illuminati are not a typical modern band. There is no gimmick. There is only the consuming roar of elegantly crafted rock music. Taking their name from the shadowy secret society purported to control the world, The Illuminati are the majority share of the now-defunct garage metal band Tchort.

They offer a refreshing return to musical virtuosity - conjuring wild spectres rock 'n roll's greatest legacies. Sneaky details like moments of metal-blues fusion and impeccably written noodley jazz codas recall a time before today's genre-bound constraints. It is time to expect more music. It is time to return to a sense of wonder. It is time for The Illuminati.

There was a magical time in music where one could turn on their favourite FM radio station and be rewarded for their efforts with a stream of truly classic rock n' roll. The sounds of T-Rex melding into Thin Lizzy… the Alice Cooper Group played back to back against a Cheap Trick album track. The 70's era of rock n' roll was a time when the purchase of an album was a sacred rite of passage, attending a concert equivalent to a mass religious experience, when the image and art of the rock n' roll performer merged as one. Crash Kelly wants to take you back... Ladies and gentlemen, please adjust your Hi-Fi players for the next rock n' roll transmission.

Crash Kelly is the soulchild of Sean Kelly, a Toronto session musician who has toured and recorded with some of the biggest names in Canadian music. After years of playing sideman to various and sundry artists, the Rock n' Roll animal in Sean could no longer be contained. In 2002, Crash Kelly was born. Crash Kelly comes by its influences honestly. Weaned on Aerosmith, the Rolling Stones, KISS and T-Rex, Sean quickly fell under the spell of the sound of twin guitars, slamming glam-rock beats and performance based rock n' roll courtesy of his older sister's record

collection.

Being a child of the 80's, Sean was able to separate the wheat from the chaff of the hard rock artists of the famed Sunset Strip. Early Motley Crue and Hanoi Rocks are considered essential listening in the Kelly household. It’s the combination of these influences filtered through the classic 70's structure and sound that forms the foundation for Crash Kelly.

Crash Kelly's debut album, "Penny Pills" was co-produced by Sean and "Killer" Ky Anto, of Robin Black and The Intergalactic Rock Stars fame. Ky's production expertise and shared love of classic production style resulted in an album that honestly represents the spirit of hook filled, swaggering rock n' roll. On stage, Crash Kelly has evolved into a well-oiled rock n roll machine with Sean Kelly on lead vocals and lead guitar, Allister Thompson on guitar and backing vocals, Jeff Pearce on bass guitar and backing vocals and Eric Michael Herrmann on drums and percussion. With their recent multi-album, worldwide signing to Los Angeles based rock n roll label Liquor and Poker Music, you can rest assured that the Crash Kelly onslaught will be global in nature. This is an act that thrives in the live arena. They're coming to your town, they'll help ya party it down...

You get my drift? Cool.

www.blackhalos.net

www.theilluminati.net

www.crashkelly.ca

engsoc.queensu.ca/clark

www.rockcrew.ca

www.kingstonpunk.ca

OTHER SHOWS COMING SOON:

Tricky Woo w/ Starvin' Hungry & Jack Kerouac Knapsack Band - Oct 20 at Elixir

Craig Cardiff w/ Stephanie Leah Gora - Oct 27 at Elixir

The Golden Dogs w/ Pelt - Nov 3 at Elixir

Serena Ryder w/ Frontier Index - Nov 5 at Grad Club

Danny Michel w/ Tomi Swick- Nov 10 at Elixir

Sarah Slean - Nov 12 at Sydenham Street United Church

The Road Hammers w/ Jim Patterson - Nov 13 at Stages Nightclub

Slaves of Spanky - Dec 1 at Philthy McNasty's (no cover!)