Festa: GRADE (Only 2 Western Canadian Dates) w/ Torches to Triggers, Petrify, Fire Next Time - Friday February 27th, 2015

Festa: GRADE (Only 2 Western Canadian Dates) w/ Torches to Triggers, Petrify, Fire Next Time - Friday February 27th, 2015

GRADE (First show in Western Canada in over 10 YEARS)
Torches To Triggers (Calgary)
Petrify (Calgary)
Fire Next Time (Edmonton)

@ Nite Owl
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 27TH, 2015
9PM
18+
$18 adv/ $22 door
Tickets available NOW online at http://grade.zoobis.com
Hard copy tickets at SLOTH RECORDS (17th Ave)
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Grade
Grade was/is a Canadian hardcore/emo group. Grade's first release was the Grade/Believe split which was released in 1994 on a small Canadian label - Workshop Records. And Such Is Progress followed in 1997 and Separate the Magnets was released in 1998, earning them critical praise and high profile touring slots with groups such as Jimmy Eat World, Hot Water Music and Fugazi. In 1999, they signed with Victory Records and released an EP, Triumph and Tragedy. Later that same year they released a full length album, Under the Radar. In 2000, they released The Embarrassing Beginning, a collection of their older works, as well as rarities. In 2001, original guitarist Greg Taylor left to pursue Jersey full time, and was replaced with Brad Casarin. Chris Danner subsequently left, with Charlie Moniz joining for the release of the album Headfirst Straight to Hell. In their final incarnation, only Kyle Bishop remained, backed by members of the group Somehow Hollow. The band broke up in 2002.
In 2008, Alternative Press named Grade as a group of significant interest in its profile of "23 Bands who Shaped Punk, preceding that, and since Grade have set their place in Hardcore's hall of fame as the forerunners to many bands who embraced their style of melodic driving hardcore with singing and screaming vocals.
On July 1, 2009, they announced "On July 6th we're starting to record a couple of new songs for the At Both Ends Magazine final issue double 7" comp with our old friends from Bane. Shawn, Greg, Kyle and I have been jamming with our good friend Matt Richmond (from the Video Dead and Saint Alvia) for a little while now. What started out as getting together to jam for fun has produced some pretty awesome new songs and we can't wait to get in the studio and see what we can do with them. No plans for reunion tours or albums or any of that stuff right now, we're just having a good time playing together again and we'll see where it goes from here. "
On June 16, 2012, Grade announced plans to perform a reunion show on September 1st at the Guelph Concert Theatre in Guelph, Ontario.

Torches To Triggers
Torches to Triggers (TTT) formed in late 2011 with the goals to collaborate multiple styles of music
surrounding rock, alternative, melodic-punk and hardcore genres. The original lineup was comprised of
Corey Tapp (former bassist in This is a Standoff), Gavin Spate, Justin Stilwell and Phil Schumacher. Most
are EX members of Calgary's melodic-hardcore group Inventing the Wheel. Shortly after the amalgamation
of the instrumentals, lead vocalist - Chris Kreuger joined the collaboration to bring the sounds full circle
with a strong presence of melodic and heavy vocal ranges. In late December 2011, Torches to Triggers
recorded two album teasers This Moment and Countdown. The group re-entered the studio during the
summer of 2012 to record the debut album Doomsday in Douglasdale which was released throughout the
month of October 2012 with the help of PS Entertainment, Bells On Records (Japan) and Sums Records
(Europe). Canadian and European show dates followed in support the debut album with likewise melodicpunk
acts such as Guttermouth, Authority Zero, Strung Out, The Ataris and many more. May, 2013 saw
the original guitar player (Gavin Spate) depart the group for other musical endeavors which opened the
lead guitar position to Kyle Wilson, former band mate of Chris Kreuger from the Calgary based band Obey
the Fist.
With Kyle in the mix, the musical diversity expanded the genre range of Torches To Triggers which
prompted immediate writing sessions and recording of the 2nd full length album, Modern Day Monsters.
On January 20th 2014, Torches To Triggers released a teaser video for the song The Perfect Hero to kickoff
the album campaign with the primary album release of Modern Day Monsters which took place on
April 30th, 2014 with the help of Bird Attack Records (USA), Bells On Records (Japan) and PS Entertainment.
TTT quickly embarked on a Canada/USA tour from May to June 2014 alongside Mesa Arizona’s, Authority
Zero in support of Modern Day Monsters. Shortly after the cd release tour, the second video for Small
Town was released with one more video scheduled for release in early 2015.
2015-2016 will boast a busy schedule for Torches To Triggers with the writing and recording the 3rd full
length album a return to Europe and later tours through Japan, South America and North America.

Petrify
https://www.facebook.com/petrifyalberta
Chaotic Metalcore / Mathcore

Fire Next Time
Long dark winters in Northern Alberta have a way of tearing at your soul. Fire Next Time provide the soundtrack to cold, desolate landscapes, dark prairie nights and whiskey fueled nights at the local honky tonk. Their catchy choruses will have the saddest sap singing along, happy to have company in their misery. Now, that isn't to say that the bearded bards come across as another dreary emo band. In fact, Fire Next Time are the perfect live band, singing songs along with the crowd, creating a genuine performance that contains all of the energy and religious fervor of a Southern revival. The most cynical attendee will leave feeling rejuvenated, all of their darkest sins absolved by the church of FNT.

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