The rock before Christmas, Dec. 21 at the Slice included the cassette release party for a new local band the Mormon Girls, who are neither Mormons, nor Girls, but are Mick Hayward on guitar, Jon Vornbrock on drums and vocals, Tyson Wiebe on bass and Dave Banman on guitar.

 They played catchy alternative ’90s style Weezer tinged rock which sounded a lot like local band Planet Telex.

Before that, Edmonton’s Black Mastiff brought forth a bludgeoning stoner rock  groove of big, brutal guitar and bass along the lines of the Smalls and Black Sabbath.

Black Mastiff had a massive sound  of rumbling bass and thundering guitar riffs which lead to a lot of head-banging grooves.

While I missed Advertisement, I caught local ’90s rock influenced band the Void who played their usual set of upbeat Smashing Pumpkins influenced rock music.