STRIFE - CANADIAN TOUR DAY 1

Here are some pics from the short Canadian tour my band Strife just did with Reign Supreme, To The Lions, and Fired Up.

We left Thursday, and flew from LAX to Buffalo. We were kind of sketched out because Rick realized the day before we left that his passport had expired! We made it across the border pretty much without a hitch, spent the night in Toronto and then began our long 12 hour drive to Quebec City the next day. I felt sorry for whoever was sitting next to us on the plane!



Our old friend Jeff from Up Front (this pic was from 89) surprised us and showed up to the shows! Fired Up's bass player couldn't make it to the show, so he was filling in on bass. We first met Jeff in 1990. He was singing for Up Front at the time, and we were doing some shows with them and Lifetime. We thought it was so funny that he had a mustache back then, but I guess is even funnier to see how things come full circle (see the pics of Rick below). Jeff has a striking resemblance to Scott Baio and is one of the most positive and up beat people I have ever met.



We were psyched to see Reign Supreme. Our friend Tru put out their record on his label. They play heavy hardcore in the vein of Hatebreed, Madball, and Terror. Check them out if you haven't heard them before.



We thought this graffiti was pretty funny... A weird one tentacled armed giraffe drinking a beer having sex with a lion! Can't you read the writing on the wall?



Rick saying "What's up Plaaaayaaaaaaa????"




Rick thought he broke his nose, so he called it quits! He was bleeding everywhere! I wish I had a pic to post! We still had 2 songs left. Our friend from Fired Up sang one, and I sang "What Will Remain" while Clint from Reign Supreme filled in on guitar.


All Strife pics were jacked from this dude's Flickr page.