Siksika Reserve based punk band No More Moments are excited to open for Mortillery at the Slice, Sept. 26. But drummer Carlin Blackrabbit encouraged everyone to stop by the Moose Hall first for No Coast Hardcore’s last show.
“That’s what we’re going to be doing. It starts early, so we’re going to see them. No Coast Hardcore are awesome dudes and we really support Alex (Currie, organizer of many Lethbridge punk events). He really supports us and other bands,” he said, adding the show at the Slice will begin at 9:30 p.m.
No More Moments, who have opened for punk icons like D.O.A., The Dayglo Abortions and SNFU in their six years as a band, are excited to open for Edmonton metal band Mortillery. While the band has been together for six years the band has undergone a few line up changes. Black Rabbit is joined by guitarist Brandyn Darko, vocalist Quarthon and bassist Dallas.
“ We had a vocalist and a guitarist who quit for religious reasons right before we had a big tour booked in 2013. So I ended up singing and playing drums. I’ll never do that again, but there was no way we were going to cancel that tour,” he said.
The new lineup is solid so Black Rabbit is looking forward to their first show at the Slice.
“ We always play shows at the hall, but it really great to play the Slice and get in with some of the cool venues,” he said.
“And I hear they have great pizza,” he continued adding they are especially excited to open for Edmonton metal band Mortillery.
“We love Mortillery. They’ve toured around the world and opened for Sepultura,” he said, adding they formed the band in order to do something similar.
“ We play a lot around Calgary and all over Southern Alberta,” he said, adding they don’t think about themselves as role models, but they also bring punk and metal music to the reserve to introduce youth to the music and show them there's a way out.
“Our goal from the beginning was to play music, be professional and get off the reserve,” he said, adding they are working on a new full length record they hope to have released by early 2016.
“We started with zero resources, so everything we have — our instruments and everything, we’ve worked really hard for,” he said.
“Our most notable show was in Lethbridge actually at Studio 54, a couple of years ago when we opened for D.O.A.. As punk rockers, those guys like D.O.A. Dayglo Abortions and SNFU are guys we really look up to,” he said.
He agreed a lot of First Nations youth are more into hip hop music than metal and punk, but he was drawn to punk music because the scene was more inclusive.
“It was more accepting. Punk music is very real and it’s very supportive,” he said.
“Hip hop is so violent. There's all the feuds in hip hop,” he observed.
Advance tickets are $15 (Available now) or at the door for $20
Doors are at 8 pm, with the show beginning at 9 p.m.
