Brown Brigade at The Undedog - more photos...
photo by stewart stick - contributing photographer |
by clint gilders - clubkingsnake staff
Brown Brigade
The Underdog
Peterborough, Ontario. November 10, 2007
Also:
DieNoSystem
You know the story.... Dave "Brownsound" Baksh was in multi platinum, super gynormous
Sum41, became disenchanted with the music, the industry, etc. Brownsound left that other band in 2006 and got back to work with his cousin Vaughn Lal in, what had until then been a side project, Brown Brigade.
A myspace bulletin by promoter Robbie Veale tipped me to the November 10th show at the Underdog. Lucky, since there was little other promotion.
With James "Trash" Sampson on board for an interview and
Stewart "such a good photog it makes you sick" Stick along for some lighting and photo help we headed to the
Legendary Red Dog to meet Brown Brigade and learn what's what in their world.
What a cool bunch of guys. The interview went great. So great that it was hard to tell when the conversation ended and the interview began. I just started rolling video, and figured Trash would do some kind of intro. Check it out below. After that, Trash also did an interview with the opening act, and local up-and-comers DieNoSystem. They've been doing some cool stuff for charities and in movies, and did a great job with one of their first press junkets.
Brown Brigade at The Underdog - more photos...
photo by stewart stick - contributing photographer |
The show was great, if not a little bit late. I think DieNoSystem hit the stage a little before midnight. They're a tight trio playing hardcore leaning; pop tinged metal with good riffs and tasty guitar from Nathan.
Brown Brigade finally made their appearance a little before 1:00 AM. My hat's off to recent addition guitarist Chuck Coles. The chicken currie I bought him for supper didn't agree with him (Sorry Chuck!!) and he was combating a cold with enough Dayquil to fell a Rhino but he still played flawlessly. Every member of the band has been around the block a few times and the set was tight. I think they played every song from
Into the Mouth of Badd(d)ness and when Chuck decided he wasn't going to leave the stage just yet we got a bit of Reggae to finish out our night.
This whole night felt more like a house party than concert, and I hope we can party again with Dave, Vaughn, Cess, Chuck and Johnny. Cheers boys!
