Time; 9 p.m.

Cover: $10

On July 1st as we celebrate Alex's birthday and Deathbridge Disease being up and running for a year one of East Van's finest Spree Killers will make there Lethbridge debut. They will be joined by a couple of Calgary heavyweights in the Motherfuckers and Copsickle. Come celebrate and say fuck your stupid fireworks .

Spree Killers http://www.spreekillersband.com/

East Van Murder Punx!!! Formed in 2012, SPREE KILLERS are a female fronted punk rock band! In October of 2013 we released our first, self titled, album, produced by Brian "Who" Else in Crappy Jack Studios. We've had the honor of sharing the stage with The Brains, The Creepshow, The Phenomenauts, Bishops Green, Calabrese, The Motherfuckers, The Turrettes, Piggy, Alcoholic White Trash, The Golers, Royal Red Brigade, and so many others. We toured for the first time across western Canada, from Victoria B.C. to Kenora ON, in June of 2014 on our "Cleaver And Leave Her" Tour. We're touring Canada coast to coast this summer on our "Cross Country Carnage" Tour from June 20th - August 2nd. May 1st we'll be releasing our sophmore album "7 Bloody Inches" on Kick Rox Records. This 7in vinyl EP was recorded and mixed by Ry Somerton of Kick Rox Records@ East Van Dungeon Studios. Additional mixing and mastering was done by Rene D La Muerte @ The Brains Studio in Montreal, QB. Right now, we're back in the studio recording our next album. Check back regularly to get updates on tour, the new album, shows, new merchandise, and more! SHOW US YOUR CLEAVER!!!
Fanni Adams - Lead Vocals/Manager
Ry Somerton - Lead Guitar/Backup Vocals
Chad Sluys - Rhythm Guitar
G-Tone Bass - Bass
Steven Gervais - Drums

Fanni Adams

I was born July 26th, 1979 in North Vancouver B.C. (the bands only Vancouver native). I'm the novice of the group. Not only is this my first band, its the first time I've ever sung in public. I played several classical instruments when I was younger (piano, violin and for may years, the ukulele, jealous?), but never pursued any of them beyond adolescence. I didn't have the patience for theory. I've wanted to front a punk band since I was 6 and saw Joan Jett on TV. Brody Dale, Siouxie Sioux, Wendy O. Williams, Anne and Nancy Wilson, Debbie Harry, Patti Smith, Bif Naked, Donita Sparks and L7. These women were and are my hero's. I saw Ten Days Late perform here in Vancouver in the early to mid nineties. That was my first live experience with female fronted punk rock and I knew instantly that I had to get up on that stage. I had my son when i was 18, and that put me on a different trajectory for the last 15 years, but I'd always wanted to get back into music. In August of 2013, Chadwick Sluys and I formed Spree Killers. I wanted to write music that would make everyone stop dead in their tracks. Crusty punk songs about fucking dead girls and back alley sex changes. Then, when you thought you knew what to expect, BAM, political speed metal. I'm a complete spazz and write from so many influences and so many personalities, that I think we change with each song. And I like that. I can't imagine my life without music or my band family.

Ryan Somerton

I was born in Hamilton, Ontario on Dec 19, 1977. From age 2 until 18 I lived in St. Catharine's, Ontario. I came from a very musical family, my mother was a pianist, and my father a bassist. I grew up listening to old British invasion stuff like the Stones, Beatles, The Animals, The Kinks and the like. I got my first guitar when I was 13 and never looked back. Played on my first stage at 17 with a couple of my buddies from high school. After moving to Toronto and finishing an undergrad degree in engineering, I moved to Brantford and started playing bass in a band at 24. It was an indie/jazz sort of a thing called No Orchestra. I then formed a thrash/punk outfit called Myopic World View, playing lead guitar and singing lead vocals. In 2005 I moved out to Calgary, where I formed a punk band called The Duped. We played tons of shows all over southern Alberta and BC. In the summer of 2010 I left Calgary to travel in BC and ended up in Prince Rupert. There I met a few people from back home who convinced me to move back and play drums for their punk band Sexual Assault. I stayed home and played drums for 2 years before I decided to move out to Vancouver to go to audio engineering school. Here in Van I met up with Steve, who I knew from Better Off Dead. The Duped and Better Off Dead had played a lot of shows together back in Calgary. I joined To The End, Steve and Olegs thrash metal project, and he then introduced me to Chad and Fanni from Spree Killers. Accomplishments...I've played hundreds of shows all over Canada. Recorded albums with No Orchestra, Myopic World View, The Duped, Sexual Assault, and Spree Killers.




Steven Gervais

I've been around drums my whole life. My dad's a drummer. I tried to learn as a kid, but my attention span was non existent. I was born in Mississauga, Ontario, October 18th, 1978. Moved to Irricana, Alberta in 1980, and stayed there until i moved to Calgary in 1994. In 2003, I met Ryan Mac Gibbony (When Alls Been Said), bought my pearl from a friend, and started The Fucking Emptys with Dan Crowther and Darcy Rowlands. After some live experience and a few lineup changes (loss of Rowlands and addition of Greg "Dewey" Coles), we changed our name to Better Off Dead. Our first show, we opened for D.O.A. and met Brian ``Who`` Else. We recorded with him two weeks later at MCC Studios in Calgary. In total we recorded two albums with Brian. In March 2011, scheduling conflicts were keeping the band from touring, and Brian called to say that My Own Chaos out of Vancouver was looking for a drummer. So I moved to Vancouver and started one of two tours I did with My Own Chaos. Their guitar player, Oleg Za, and I formed To The End with Ry Somerton (The Duped) and Geezer (Living Deadbeats) in 2012. Brian introduced me to the Spree Killers in January of 2013, and I`ve been drumming for them ever since. The rest is history. My biggest accomplishments include recording three albums, write ups in Web Magazine, sponsored by Vator Percussion, Screamin Demon Screenworks, Vandal X Clothing and Calgary Beer Core. Music is my life and my life is music. I’ve shared the stage with DOA, SNFU, Agent Orange, The Varookers, Alcoholic White Trash and so many other amazing local bands across the country.

Gtone Bass
Born April 25/1978, Kenora Ont, Canada. To follow in Grandfathers footsteps i was given a six string acoustic guitar for my tenth birthday, how to tune and a few chords were quickly learned. At thirteen i purchased a three string no name bass for $25 and never looked back. In 1993 i co founded POWER TRIP with high school friends (Ryan/Brad) which ran till 1999 or so. DREADS OF FLESH and EAT MY AXE WOUND followed through the 2000's till i moved to Vancouver in 2010. Since relocating i have become involved with several projects including SHOCKLOAD, THE STRUGGLERS, ZENITH (doublebass) and of course the mighty SPREE KILLERS! Iv been living off grid in a motor-home since August 15th 2012, learning, practicing and waiting for the next show date.
 

Copsickle http://copsickle.tumblr.com/

Rob - mother guitar and Mouth
O.D - dad guitar
Morgan - Drums

 The Motherfuckers http://motherfuckerscalgary.com/

 "15 Years Kicking The Same Dead Sex Pistol"
- a brief history of the Motherfuckers

The Motherfuckers originally formed in 1998, with Sean Hunter on guitar, Roger Nilson on bass, Tim Bastard on drums, and Dan Izzo on vocals.
Hunter, Roger and Tim had already been jamming together for some time, but hadn't managed to find a singer.
Sometime in the Spring of 1998 Dan Izzo was brought in. Hunter suggested Dan about six months earlier (and has Tim as a witness to this...) but Roger was against it at the time, then forgot all about it until he thought he'd had the brilliant idea of getting Dan.
There was much rolling of eyes between Hunter and Tim on that day. Izzo was too scared to notice. These guys were OLD. and GRUMPY.
Nonetheless, the band started to come together, united by their lack of talent, and such notable songs as "Ode to Beer", "Jerk Around Queen", "E.M.O." and "Punk Like Skabby" were written in this time period.
Soon after, rumors of a show ran rampant, but it wasn't until Boxing Day 1998 that the band finally played its first show.
A few names had been tossed around, the most memorable being "Inside Joke" ("AND THE ALBUM COVER IS A PICTURE OF A PROSTATE!!!" Hunter cackled as he suggested it), and "The Butcher Boys."
Dan had jokingly suggested "Rowdy Roger and the Motherfuckers", and, unfortunately, had also started telling everyone who would listen that that was the name of the band. By the time the band played their first show on Boxing Day 1998, the name had stuck, and there was no turning back.
The original incarnation of the band only played 4 shows - two all-ages shows in Calgary and shows in Edmonton and Invermere,BC with Knucklehead.
During this time, Roger became the bass player of Field Day, and became increasingly unpleasant to be around, and disinterested in the band.
"Rowdy Roger and the Motherfuckers" fifth, and last, show was on May 22, 1999, the band's second show in Invermere. At the last minute, Roger decided he couldn't go, and Matt Young of Knucklehead was brought in to replace him.
Shortly after the band and Roger parted ways, and Dan parted for six weeks in Europe.
The band went into hiatus for about a year, but eventually set about rebuilding.
Scott Belton was brought in on bass sometime in 2000, and the band made a dramatic re-emergence into the Calgary scene. Once again, various names were tossed around (most notably "Sensitive Sean and the Pig Fuckers"), but in the end the band simply dropped the "Rowdy Roger" and became the Motherfuckers.
The Motherfuckers played a bunch of shows in 2000, and started writing more material.
In early 2001 Andrew McColl, top fan and former bass player of such Calgary bands as Sadistfaction and the Ex-Patriots, was brought in on bass, and Belton moved over to 2nd guitar.
This 5-piece Motherfuckers line-up went into Echo Base studios somewhere around April 2001 and recorded the six songs that would eventually become the classic "If It Ain't Puke, It Ain't Punk" CD ep.

Before the recording was ever released, the band went through some more lineup changes. Hunter got stinking drunk one night and fired Scott. Andrew moved away to finish his college degree (he now holds a Masters in Biochemistry, or something), Dan moved briefly to Ottawa, Tim and Hunter were both playing with The Disrupters, and apart from filling in for The Disrupters on one bill, the band went into another extended hiatus.
In 2002, Rich "El Roach-o" Williams, formerly of the Uglies and Cheapshot, was brought in on guitar. Andrew was in and out of town at the time, and still jammed with the band occasionally, but Hunter ended up doing most of the bass playing.
Once again, the band was in need of a bassist.
Around this time Izzo had started a band called the Blotto Boys, with Jay Misery (Jay Riot, at the time).
Jay agreed to play bass in the Motherfuckers, "but only temporarily... I don't have time for another band!!"
The Blotto Boys didn't last, but Jay did become a full-time member of the Motherfuckers.
This lineup would stay together for the better part of four years, recording "Classless Society" and playing numerous shows along the way.

Eventually Jay moved to the Right Coast to take a break away from the rock 'n' roll lifestyle.
Hunter moved to bass, and several tracks which ended up on "The Mother of all Fuckers" were recorded at this time.
In Feb 2006, tragedy struck the band. The band had already been having issues internally, and a breakup looked imminent. Things really came to a head with the passing of Rich Williams, and it looked like the end of the band had finally come to pass. But during Rich's wake a conversation started amongst the remaining band members, and original bass player Roger Nilson, and the band decided to record some additional tracks (including the last song Rich wrote for the band) to add to those recorded with Rich, all of which eventually became "The Mother of all Fuckers."
Once that work was completed, the band rediscovered the drive that had been lost during the turbulent times.
So the Motherfuckers were reborn with the original line-up, if not the original name.

This newly revamped lineup played a few local shows, and made a couple short road trips to the Left Coast and Edmonton.
Once more the band headed into the studio to record 10 tracks, 6 of which would become the "I Wanna Be A Cop" 7".
Shortly after the recording was completed, the band returned to what it has always done best, change members, and Roger and the band were again parted.
Jay Misery, back from Halifax for a couple of years by this point, stepped back into the fold, taking up the guitar instead of the bass, and Hunter shifted back to playing bass.
This four-piece line-up managed to pull off a 2-week tour from Alberta to Quebec and played a (slightly early) 10-year anniversary show before Jay moved to Maui, and the band went into another extended hiatus.
In 2011 the Motherfuckers were invited to play a couple shows, and threw together a 5-piece lineup featuring John Hiebert (White Noise, Ninth Configuration, Field Day, and probably a few I'm forgetting) and Downtown Freddy Brown (the Browns). This line-up lasted only 3 shows, culminating in an explosive (and better forgotten) show at the Vent in Coaldale, AB.
This brings us to 2013. The Motherfuckers are back once again, this time with Matty Pissoff (The Pissoffs) on guitar. The band played three Halloween shows as "Die Shizen Pistolen", butchering Sex Pistols songs and talking in terrible accents. We'll be celebrating our 15-year anniversary with two Calgary shows - A bar show at Dicken's on December 21st and an all-ager at Tubby Dog on December 28th.
The Motherfuckers will be recording a new LP in early 2014, followed by an epic Canadian tour in the spring.

 The Scallywags https://www.reverbnation.com/scallywags

The Scallywags hail from Deathbridge Alberta Canada. Belting out classic Oi! "street punk" tunes, these guys are sure to make you either laugh or cry, perhaps simultaniously!

Bob Scallywag: Raspy voice and 6 Strings
Josh Scallywag: Not Very Loud Yelling and 4 Strings (Single) Very!
GG Scallywag: Quiet Yelling and Noise Makers
Brody Scallywag: Roadie