Some of you may or may not be aware that there has been a change in the appearance of The Stiff Wires, and we just recently did two shows with our new lead guitar player 19 year old Bryce Cody. It has been a few short weeks since he joined and has fit right in.
Bryce is a London, Ontario resident and has been performing in the local scene for several years now in such bands as No Strings Attached and more notably Bring Down Whitey. Bryce also plays several instruments and adds a real new intense dynamic to the band.
After shows in Guelph and The Legendary Horseshoe in Toronto it became clear to us as a band that Bryce wasn't just going to fill in as previously thought, but he would be a valued member to the band in replacing the recently departed Jamie Barber on lead guitar.
As a band still building and refining our sound and music there comes times when changes become necessary to ensure the future of the band and its potential success. This is one of those times. Although it's sad to lose our best friend and one of the last 3 founding members of The Stiff Wires, it was a move that needed to happen sooner rather than later to ensure the momentum of The Stiff Wires in a forward, and upward direction. A statement on Jamie's departure will be released shortly, as there is still some business to be finalized as it relates to Jamie.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Monday, January 11, 2010
BIG NEWS!!!
So we have some big news! Well as far as we are concerned it's huge news. We know that some of you out there may have thought we have been blowing smoke about looking for a studio and taking our time doing it, because we really didn't have any real plans to find one. Well actually we really needed to educate ourselves on what our needs really were, and then we needed to meet with some studios and engineers that had what we were looking for technology wise. With that in mind we are proud to announce that we will be doing our first recordings for our first official release with Siegfried Meier at Beach Road Studios near Goderich, Ontario on the shores of Lake Huron.
Mr. Meier has also agreed to help us produce our record and we are very excited about this! Mr. Meier brings a ton of skill and experience to the table having done records for bands like Kittie, Baptized in Blood, Thine Eyes Bleed, and good friends of ours Street Core to name a few, and that's just a few! With his background this gives us great confidence as we embark on this journey to put out the best we can for all of so patient fans that have waited far too long for us to release something.
We think though its better you wait and get good stuff than just have us release a bunch of merch table demos with no real work and effort going into them. Oh we are not above doing that either, but not on every single recording. It took us a lot of time and a few meetings but we think we have found our home and Mr. Meier really seems to get us and what we want to do, so we're happy with our decision and now we are chomping at the bit for March 3rd so we can hit the studio and get to work on what we hope you have all been waiting for; for some time now.
On another note and somewhat related topic we have come to realize that 2010 is going to be very busy for us. With this in mind we have come to the realisation that we are not going to be making a return trip to our hometown London, Ontario this September as planned, and it looks like we might not make it back until 2011 as we have a very busy year ahead. This saddens us as we have a few very loyal and dedicated fans in London who have been with us from the beginning and before we were even The Stiff Wires. However all is not lost!
The Creepshow is coming and we are going to play in support for them. Details coming soon!
Keep your eyes open for an announcment of our planned Canada wide tour hopfully starting in May.
The Stiff Wires
Mr. Meier has also agreed to help us produce our record and we are very excited about this! Mr. Meier brings a ton of skill and experience to the table having done records for bands like Kittie, Baptized in Blood, Thine Eyes Bleed, and good friends of ours Street Core to name a few, and that's just a few! With his background this gives us great confidence as we embark on this journey to put out the best we can for all of so patient fans that have waited far too long for us to release something.
We think though its better you wait and get good stuff than just have us release a bunch of merch table demos with no real work and effort going into them. Oh we are not above doing that either, but not on every single recording. It took us a lot of time and a few meetings but we think we have found our home and Mr. Meier really seems to get us and what we want to do, so we're happy with our decision and now we are chomping at the bit for March 3rd so we can hit the studio and get to work on what we hope you have all been waiting for; for some time now.
On another note and somewhat related topic we have come to realize that 2010 is going to be very busy for us. With this in mind we have come to the realisation that we are not going to be making a return trip to our hometown London, Ontario this September as planned, and it looks like we might not make it back until 2011 as we have a very busy year ahead. This saddens us as we have a few very loyal and dedicated fans in London who have been with us from the beginning and before we were even The Stiff Wires. However all is not lost!
The Creepshow is coming and we are going to play in support for them. Details coming soon!
Keep your eyes open for an announcment of our planned Canada wide tour hopfully starting in May.
The Stiff Wires
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
As It Stands
There is something that has been on our minds. It’s our history, as THE STIFF WIRES.
What people need to understand about our history, and all of the things it took leading up to who The Stiff Wires are now, is that we had a lead singer and songwriter for a long time, and he quit. The reason I emphasize he is to make it apparent to all of the people who seem to hold a grudge against The Stiff Wires, for something we had no control over.
He wrote great songs, he was an entertaining front man, and for a long time the main face of the Stiff Wires. During the months leading up to his departure, disagreements and conflicts with the direction of the band began to unearth themselves, creating rifts between us, which ended with him leaving the band.
He decided that he no longer saw what he wanted coming from this band, and decided that it was not the band that he wanted to be in anymore. He was not pushed out; there were no plans in The Stiff Wires becoming a 4 piece.
Now we understand why he felt the need to leave. We do understand that! What people need to understand is why we decided to keep on pursuing our goals after he left. We were always brothers, as far as we saw it, so one leaving was a shock, and we didn't know how to handle it at first. However as we talked about what had happened the day after we got the news, we decided that these things happen, people fall out of interest; but the remaining 4 STILL (and to this day still) LOVE to play music, and hang out with each other, and going on road trips to shows. Hanging out at shows at home, or just sitting around each others houses listening to records, is some of the greatest memories we have together. WHY would we throw that away?
Furthermore it takes a long time to find the band that works, to find the key guitarists, bassists and drummers, who make melodies and small parts you write alone in your room, turn into something you could have never loved more, it’s magical. Why would we throw that away? Why should we be asked to?
That is what we have as a band, and that is why we continue to do what we love with the people we love to do it with. (We totally fucking do!) We kept the name as any band that has ever lost just one member would do and has done, as the band did not stop functioning altogether. Punk bands are subject to go through several line-up changes, but still remain under the same moniker.
What people need to pay attention to is, that although we did keep the name we ARE a completely new band, we do not play the songs we didn't write as they don't represent us it's not our voice. Although we take pride in our past, that's not the band we are anymore. We have a full set of new and exciting songs that are our voice that we are VERY proud of, as they truly express how we’ve grown and how we feel! For so long as the back drop to the show, we are now a unified front. We have more pride and confidence in what we are doing now, than we ever have before. Our focus is fully in view of what we want. In addition we have a solid plan and are letting nothing stand in our way of taking charge and achieving our goals. Oh ya’ we have goals!
So as it stands, we move on, we won't back down, and we won't go away. If it makes your life more interesting to buy into the bullshit or hold a grudge and talk the shit, it's all Talk, Talk, Talk a shameless plug for a new song which will probably appear on our upcoming release, and written just for all of those who really don't have a clue.
So feed us to the lions if you must and we will come out unscathed. We still wish nothing but the best for our former front person and friend! Whether the feeling is mutual or not, we just don’t know. With the full expectation that he will come back out with another band, and write the songs that the people who hate us for carrying on with out him want to hear, we have nothing but best wishes for him.
There are no bitter feelings from The Stiff Wires, as there is nothing to feel bitter about. The whole situation made us realize why we had any interest to even join a band to begin with: Make the music you'd love to hear, with your best friends. We would never have it any other way.
So that’s the great question, if you had nothing to do with the band, what is there to be so bitter about?
What people need to understand about our history, and all of the things it took leading up to who The Stiff Wires are now, is that we had a lead singer and songwriter for a long time, and he quit. The reason I emphasize he is to make it apparent to all of the people who seem to hold a grudge against The Stiff Wires, for something we had no control over.
He wrote great songs, he was an entertaining front man, and for a long time the main face of the Stiff Wires. During the months leading up to his departure, disagreements and conflicts with the direction of the band began to unearth themselves, creating rifts between us, which ended with him leaving the band.
He decided that he no longer saw what he wanted coming from this band, and decided that it was not the band that he wanted to be in anymore. He was not pushed out; there were no plans in The Stiff Wires becoming a 4 piece.
Now we understand why he felt the need to leave. We do understand that! What people need to understand is why we decided to keep on pursuing our goals after he left. We were always brothers, as far as we saw it, so one leaving was a shock, and we didn't know how to handle it at first. However as we talked about what had happened the day after we got the news, we decided that these things happen, people fall out of interest; but the remaining 4 STILL (and to this day still) LOVE to play music, and hang out with each other, and going on road trips to shows. Hanging out at shows at home, or just sitting around each others houses listening to records, is some of the greatest memories we have together. WHY would we throw that away?
Furthermore it takes a long time to find the band that works, to find the key guitarists, bassists and drummers, who make melodies and small parts you write alone in your room, turn into something you could have never loved more, it’s magical. Why would we throw that away? Why should we be asked to?
That is what we have as a band, and that is why we continue to do what we love with the people we love to do it with. (We totally fucking do!) We kept the name as any band that has ever lost just one member would do and has done, as the band did not stop functioning altogether. Punk bands are subject to go through several line-up changes, but still remain under the same moniker.
What people need to pay attention to is, that although we did keep the name we ARE a completely new band, we do not play the songs we didn't write as they don't represent us it's not our voice. Although we take pride in our past, that's not the band we are anymore. We have a full set of new and exciting songs that are our voice that we are VERY proud of, as they truly express how we’ve grown and how we feel! For so long as the back drop to the show, we are now a unified front. We have more pride and confidence in what we are doing now, than we ever have before. Our focus is fully in view of what we want. In addition we have a solid plan and are letting nothing stand in our way of taking charge and achieving our goals. Oh ya’ we have goals!
So as it stands, we move on, we won't back down, and we won't go away. If it makes your life more interesting to buy into the bullshit or hold a grudge and talk the shit, it's all Talk, Talk, Talk a shameless plug for a new song which will probably appear on our upcoming release, and written just for all of those who really don't have a clue.
So feed us to the lions if you must and we will come out unscathed. We still wish nothing but the best for our former front person and friend! Whether the feeling is mutual or not, we just don’t know. With the full expectation that he will come back out with another band, and write the songs that the people who hate us for carrying on with out him want to hear, we have nothing but best wishes for him.
There are no bitter feelings from The Stiff Wires, as there is nothing to feel bitter about. The whole situation made us realize why we had any interest to even join a band to begin with: Make the music you'd love to hear, with your best friends. We would never have it any other way.
So that’s the great question, if you had nothing to do with the band, what is there to be so bitter about?
Get over it.
KISS KISS HUG HUG FOREVER.
THE STIFF WIRES.
Family!
Friday, December 4, 2009
Introduction to The Stiff Wires
In a cycle of constant growth, with no interest in silent complacency within the confines of a preconceived idea of who they should or shouldn't be, THE STIFF WIRES hide behind no walls and refuse to allow any social, political or musical barriers TO hold them down. Based out of the Speed City (London, ON) the boys in the band; Jamie (guitar and vocals), Brandyn (guitar and vocals), Dan (bass and vocals) and Jesse (drums) choose to have no front man, rather they come together as 4 unified equals, to eradicate any sense of self righteousness: as a family they stand as one, and as a family they fall as one.
Politically agitated, socially alienated and hopelessly romantic; fast, raw and shambled melodies: Lyrically intellectual and musically instinctive, their blend of punk rock and classic pop, echoes of the past, but modern underground flexibility and era ambiguity cast a strong, unrelenting point to the future. Live they can only be described as energetically powerful and aesthetically unique, having shared the stage with such legends as: the Misfits, DOA, SNFU, Forgotten Rebels, Queers, The Business, Real Mackenzie's and many more.
With no one to answer to but themselves, in their pursuit of a life of art, THE STIFF WIRES musically and socio-politically are and will forever remain the product of four individuals with an undying need to push themselves and their music as far as it can go, with no patience for those who can't or refuse to understand. In whichever direction they go, they will always be who they are, the STIFF WIRES
http://www.myspace.com/thestiffwires
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Stiff-Wires/5938888038?v=wall&ref=ts
Politically agitated, socially alienated and hopelessly romantic; fast, raw and shambled melodies: Lyrically intellectual and musically instinctive, their blend of punk rock and classic pop, echoes of the past, but modern underground flexibility and era ambiguity cast a strong, unrelenting point to the future. Live they can only be described as energetically powerful and aesthetically unique, having shared the stage with such legends as: the Misfits, DOA, SNFU, Forgotten Rebels, Queers, The Business, Real Mackenzie's and many more.
With no one to answer to but themselves, in their pursuit of a life of art, THE STIFF WIRES musically and socio-politically are and will forever remain the product of four individuals with an undying need to push themselves and their music as far as it can go, with no patience for those who can't or refuse to understand. In whichever direction they go, they will always be who they are, the STIFF WIRES
http://www.myspace.com/thestiffwires
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Stiff-Wires/5938888038?v=wall&ref=ts
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