It’s been 1,5 years since the break up of Hamilton’s raw hardcore punks BORN WRONGย and we’ve been really missing their edgy sound that made them a great listen! Now, it turns out thatย the band has reformed playing noisy power pop jams in retirement and… they areย already soon-to-be-extinct entity! We caught up witht hem to find out who’s who, ask what’s up and find out about their possible futureย moves.
Although these Canadians still play in local acts like BLACK BARON and SCRAPHEAP, and all previously worked together in the recently defunct but well renown BORN WRONG, No Blues draws influence from past and contemporary power pop sizzlers like THE NERVES, RADIOACTIVITY and LOVE TRIANGLE, also offhandedly mentioning โโฆbands like TENEMENT and DARK THOUGHTS but a bit less punk a little more TONY MOLINAโ. /ย Blow Blood Records
Who’s in the band? Are all BORN WRONG members involved?
The backing band is the majority of Born Wrong. I wrote and recorded all of the tracks but the Born Wrong dudes dug them and wanted to do it live with me โฆas for members of the live band…
There were way to many bass players to actually count in the initial band! Brandon is back on drums and John on lead guitar. Kyle – a dude from Brandonโs other band Scrapheat- is on bass now and I play guitar and sing.
What promped you to launch this lighthearted sounding project
Iโve always wanted to do something more melodic and I recently became absolutely infatuated with a womanโฆ i had no choice but to write as many love songs for her as possible.
Will you ever come back with a heavier sound?
Not on lead vocals everโฆ i recent had another project where i recorded everything called โBarbโs Childโ between that and No Blues, I will be leaving the โlead vocalโ realm after this is finishedโฆ and all of the No Blues recordings are done and at the pressing plant soโฆ i guess technically Iโm already done haha.
So what’s the plan with NO BLUES? Any live shows you guys have planned for the coming months?
The band has a beginning and end trajectory alreadyโฆ we released a 5 song demo on Blow Blood Records out of Australia earlier in the yearโฆ and SPHC out of Baltimore is putting out two 7โ singles that have 5 total tracks combinedโฆ and then finally SPHC will be releasing a โCollection LPโ with the original demo, 7โs and 5 unreleased songs. Well do a couple shows for the release of each and then call it a day!
As for showsโฆ were playing Buffalo March 29th with the Bugg and Facility men at electric avenue then happy dog west in Cleveland with fascinating and Sammy Slims the next nightโฆ Facility Men is coming up to Hamilton for our SPHC 7โ release at the Dawg Pound with Love Serum and the Drips May 12th.
Lastly, what’s up in Hamilton’s alt / underground scene these days? Any cool initiatives or artists you’d like to recommend for our readers?
I mentioned Barbโs Childโฆ a bunch of tapes/digital releases I did that have been compiled into a collection LP by GTTG recordsโฆ
Black Baron is still kicking around, coke jaw, anything from Barton Street records in terms of โon pointโ noise stuff. I love a new band that formed out a band i was drumming with a while back called X45โฆ they are called Gilded Ageโฆ just caught their first show last week and they were really great. Get off the Cop out of Hamilton is really cool and often overlookedโฆ not Hamilton but check out Paul Jacobs and in the same vein โpretty Mattyโ from Montreal and โthe sightโ from Cleveland! wool
