whoa!
a blog! holy shit, i completely forgot about you…
i know we haven’t posted anything all summer, and seriously neglected you, but like the color of the leaves come fall, that’s gonna change. hah!
seriously though, im gonna make an effort to post on here more often. Mainly because were all kinda working, schooling, waiting for touring, and bored.
not like we don’t have a lot of shit to do in the gunsmoke realm….
Phil left the band not too long ago. I guess he’s gonna focus on his other band which can be found HERE.
soooo, we needed yet another drummer (4th in the last year…yikes…)
We found a strapping young lad named Tyler…a friend of ours and a very good drummer. be sure to welcome him next show by getting him a beer or giving him a hi-5. he’s really good at those.

so were just practicing as much as possible getting in shape for our next show at the dom with our friends, The Rookers on Rememberance day. A good time, for a good cause.

Other then that….new songs, unmastered mind you, from our second album are now posted on myspace HERE, and were booking a very long, very fun super tour for 2010…more on that later…

-sam

Artist Interview – Gunsmoke

“I first saw and met Gunsmoke at the Railway club in Vancouver BC, about 6 months back. It was for a homecoming Deadcats tour show that HitEmHi sponsored. A few weeks before the show, I had checked Gunsmoke out previously on Myspace. I liked what I heard-not too shabby at all. I had a feeling they’d be better live.

So I went to the show and I have to say, honestly, the bands’ MP3′s as posted on their MySpace, didn’t do them justice. They put on a good show, and had a tiiiiiight sound. I was stoked! I decided later down the road, I’d like to interview them and well, here we are!! Gunsmoke will be on tour around April-May of 2009 to support a new cd they’re putting out-if you get a chance to go see them-do it! I can’t wait to hear their new cd… ”

CLICK HERE TO READ THE INTERVIEW!

Gunsmoke worth staying up late on a Sunday

Some bands, well, they suck; others are the complete opposite. When the latter play, you hear “it.” The one ineffable quality making them stand apart form the crowd, like Ottawa’s Gunsmoke, who made staying up late on a Sunday worthwhile at the Slice, May 3 with local psychobilly/punk band The Phantom Creeps.
The Creeps put on an energetic and tight set. But Gunsmoke was in another stratosphere all together, winding up the last show of a three-week tour with a blast and a tight, hyperactive set of 45 minutes and 15 some original songs which would do the Ramones proud as far as speed and stealth goes.
Unfortunately, Sam Freeborn’s vocals were drowned out, as his brother Adam tore at his white standup bass like he was trying to strangle it. Lead guitarist Ben Hurlow’s fingers were ablaze while drummer Phil Lemieux was impressive on the skins.
“It’s always great,” Sam Freeborn said.
“We’ve played with a lot of different bands. Rockabilly band the Raygun Cowboys in Edmonton and lots of local punk rock bands,” he continued, adding the band, which started practising as a trio without a drummer in 2006 (Lemieux joined about six months ago), enjoys playing all-ages shows the most.
“Kids enjoy us a lot,” he said, adding this tour they hit everything from Legion halls to basements and even a place east of Nanaimo, which ended up being an old cottage.

The Lethbridge Sun Times.

So we didn’t actually get a chance to update the blog on the go this time around. My Laptop fucked up on us, so we we couldn’t post anything. Oh well. next time. In any case, we had an amazing time. 15 shows in 20 days, and we got to play some wicked towns. Winnipeg show didn’t happen, but we picked up two other shows on the way. One was in Nanoose Bay, check it up on Google…it’s a tiny place. But we played with some cool punk/thrash bands in the back of a library hall. The cops showed up and started hanging out…it was weird.

so anyways, we’ll post some videos and pics in the next week or so.

Saturday was amazing! We played a basement show with The Felines, Beach Blankets, Savage Crimes and Holy Cobras. I think there was probably around 60-70 people that showed up throughout the night. The place was in great shape after wards, so the cleanup was super easy.

Anyway, we’d just like to thank everyone for coming, specifically to Emmanuel and Ian for making sure everyone behaved! haha. cheers!

Make sure to keep checking this blog while we’re on tour. It’s been awhile since we’ve done much with this blog, but we’ll change that. We’re going to continue to post videos as we go as well!

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