Moonlight_Graham

Guitarman, I didn't realize the US dates were cancelled only a week or 2 before the shows. That is inexcusable. And I agree it was very likely done for sales/money reasons over political ones. Yeah if you take a political stance you should do it months out, not a week or 2 when hotels and trips are booked and days taken off work etc. Odd because it's not something I could have seen Matt doing 10 or 15 years ago. Between the new music being mixed quality at best the last several years and all sorts of nonsensical drama including this terrible marketing management and the fact that there's essentially zero online presence from him that isn't locked behind a paywall I've tapped out on the last couple of tours. I'll probably check out the new album out of curiosity and tradition. I hope everyone here is well and those going enjoy the coming tour and album.

I love the fact that he's trying some new things on these tracks, like the electronic sounds. And I like the return of the LOES type jazz sounds. Song impressions: 1. Lost and Found Kids - Amazing. 2. Triage - Meh 3. Tiger By The Tale - I think you mean Back of the TIger? Meh, it's ok, sounds a little "standard". 4. Daylight Actual - I like this song a lot 5. Corridor of Trees - It's ok 6. Hollis - Sounds like Hollis lol. Too much of a straight copy IMO. I think Daylight Actual is better, more "inspired by" than a copy 7. Victory is Free - The opening riff and drums sound like a subconscious direct copy of "Feeling Good" by the Sheepdogs. Probably heard it on the radio somewhere. They couldn't release this, someone in the band would catch this i think. Rest of the song I like, they can just remove the opening riff.

Good news. I hope he records more jazz type stuff.

Probably not going to happen.

It was just a bad, bad take by Matt. We know Canada isn't the DRC. But Canada has a government that announced DURING AN ELECTION CAMPAIGN that all federal public servants, meaning hundreds of thousands of Canadians across the country, were required to get vaxxed or else be put in indefinite leave without pay even if they still worked full-time from home and have never been to their office since the start of the pandemic. They recently dropped the requirement, but a lot of fed departments are still working from home full-time so a lot of people were coerced to jab a f**king needle in their arm and inject medicine for nothing or else lose their livelihood. These people have families and mortgages to pay for. And all Matt's faithful sheep followers yelling "Yeah!". I'm fully vaxxed, I believe in science, but nobody tells me what medical procedures I need to undergo or what medicine I inject inside my own body, so if I worked for the feds i'd be PO'd. Even if they worked in the office, nobody gets to coerce someone else to take medicine to make someone else safer. If you don't feel safe, stay home or quit. When your basic human rights and liberties are taken from you yeah that's tyranny. Yeah you don't block ER doors & border bridges to protest, but these kinds of smug entitled self-righteous comments can go right up their arses.

Listen to the interview. Wow awesome insights into the behind the scenes of the band. A must-listen!

Dave Genn has basically been MIA from the MGB fan community for 20 years. That's sad. We need Dave Genn.

This is the only guitar solo live i've ever seen Matt perform (Near Fantastica):

Should be an interesting trial run to say the least. Probably smart to limit shows, and stick to the not-as-feminist prairie cities east of BC.

I don't understand the purpose of an artist creating vague lyrics nobody can possibly understand, unless 1. the subject matter is so private you legit don't want people to understand it, or 2. you want to seem more clever than you actually are. I'd rather share something with the artist than be a code-breaker. I personally don't listen to music to solve puzzles, but to feel emotions. But some may be different.

Well if one party has been accused by quite a few members of the other parties in the business exchange of lying and manipulating them for sex, yes.

I ain't paying for shit until I get an explanation of his side of things and some sign of change and working on the self.

True fact: my dad thinks Bill Welychka is gay.

Dark for sure. Most men are born out of the womb with the instincts to fight and kill, and then at puberty the urge to fuck everything in sight. Civilization has been dependent on resisting these urges, and we don't always win.

That's quite the set list...speechless. I turned it on just to check it out, ended up watching the whole concert. This is the most legendary MG/MGB concert footage that's in existence. The quality of the video is simply breathtaking, and Travis seemingly framed every shot to perfection. A 17 year old kid first-timer doing this, what a legend. The audio is also incredible. Lots of low-end on the drums and bass, you can hear Geoff's notes well. The fact that this is such a special concert in Coquitlam just takes the cake. Thank you so much for posting this. You're doing some amazing work. We need to start archiving this stuff as fans, get it off our hard drives etc make sure we have it forever. A very special time in Canada's cultural history.