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To stamp a definitive start date on when Toronto-based punk/rock band Organ Thieves formed isn’t an easy task.
The abridged story goes like this: While the idea of the band had been ruminating for several years, it took a series of unexpected pushes forward for vocalist Chuck Coles to transform the band he started in 2008 – as a largely acoustic one-man side project – into the four member outfit it is today.
Detailing the road towards the Organ Thieves debut album Somewhere Between Free Men and Slaves (2012, MapleMusic Recordings) makes that origin story read more like a winding epic.
While Coles and bassist Mike Smith have known each other since childhood – where they grew up cutting their musical teeth together in Oshawa, Ontario – they each drifted towards their own respective projects. Coles bounced between a variety of musically diverse bands, ranging from punk rock to reggae, in an effort to gather a broader musical perspective.
“I grew up listening to everything from Creedence Clearwater Revival to King Tubby, and even hip hop.” Coles reflects. “I just wanted to experience as much different music as I could.”
Eventually, after a stint playing in alternative rock band Cauterize, Coles settled into joining Brown Brigade – the then-newly formed heavy metal/reggae outfit of guitarist Dave Baksh.
While playing with Brown Brigade, Coles began delving into the volumes of half-written material he had closely guarded since his early days as a musician. “I’d been playing music my whole life and had never really thought of myself as a songwriter,” Coles says. “I always felt like a musician helping other people accomplish their dreams.”
The abridged story goes like this: While the idea of the band had been ruminating for several years, it took a series of unexpected pushes forward for vocalist Chuck Coles to transform the band he started in 2008 – as a largely acoustic one-man side project – into the four member outfit it is today.
Detailing the road towards the Organ Thieves debut album Somewhere Between Free Men and Slaves (2012, MapleMusic Recordings) makes that origin story read more like a winding epic.
While Coles and bassist Mike Smith have known each other since childhood – where they grew up cutting their musical teeth together in Oshawa, Ontario – they each drifted towards their own respective projects. Coles bounced between a variety of musically diverse bands, ranging from punk rock to reggae, in an effort to gather a broader musical perspective.
“I grew up listening to everything from Creedence Clearwater Revival to King Tubby, and even hip hop.” Coles reflects. “I just wanted to experience as much different music as I could.”
Eventually, after a stint playing in alternative rock band Cauterize, Coles settled into joining Brown Brigade – the then-newly formed heavy metal/reggae outfit of guitarist Dave Baksh.
While playing with Brown Brigade, Coles began delving into the volumes of half-written material he had closely guarded since his early days as a musician. “I’d been playing music my whole life and had never really thought of myself as a songwriter,” Coles says. “I always felt like a musician helping other people accomplish their dreams.”
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| FULL TRACK Disaster | 4:29 |
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bunkrockent they decided to drop the "THE" in their name for unstated reasons, sorry for the confusion!
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HentaimanXT Why is it now Organ Thieves and not THE Organ Thieves?
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