Toronto, ON
http://radio3.cbc.ca/artists/Endsville
ENDSVILLE is a roots based rock band that will move you from the gentle
delivery of pastoral whispers to the urgent call of city soaked screams
in the space of 4 minutes. While weaving the tales, and taking out the
trash of our lives, ENDSVILLE produces a sound that is familiar, yet
original, with traces of influences like Elvis Costello, Iggy Pop, Ron
Sexsmith and REM all wrapped up in a powerful and emotional delivery.
Endsville is a band that multiplies the energy in their music tenfold
when they hit the stage. Whether it’s high energy acoustic rock like
“Paranormal Sunrise” and “Bartender Song”, or full on, full out
electric rock anthems like “Ants” and “Room”, or Keith busting out a
harmonic solo and thrusting out into the crowd while the band rocks the
stage in “Get Away”, their shows are enthusiastic, entertaining and
charged with energy.
The secret to their sound and their philosophy on stage is ensuring the
audience is having as much fun listening as they are playing – and
walking off stage having given everything to the performance and to the
audience. The sum of all these parts culminate in one of the most
talked about new bands in the Toronto this year.
PERFORMANCE / BAND HISTORY HIGHLIGHTS:
Nov 29/05 ENDSVILLE's debut at The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern
Dec 9/05 - Second live show won 1st place in round 1 of the Emergenza Music Festival. …
ENDSVILLE is a roots based rock band that will move you from the gentle
delivery of pastoral whispers to the urgent call of city soaked screams
in the space of 4 minutes. While weaving the tales, and taking out the
trash of our lives, ENDSVILLE produces a sound that is familiar, yet
original, with traces of influences like Elvis Costello, Iggy Pop, Ron
Sexsmith and REM all wrapped up in a powerful and emotional delivery.
Endsville is a band that multiplies the energy in their music tenfold
when they hit the stage. Whether it’s high energy acoustic rock like
“Paranormal Sunrise” and “Bartender Song”, or full on, full out
electric rock anthems like “Ants” and “Room”, or Keith busting out a
harmonic solo and thrusting out into the crowd while the band rocks the
stage in “Get Away”, their shows are enthusiastic, entertaining and
charged with energy.
The secret to their sound and their philosophy on stage is ensuring the
audience is having as much fun listening as they are playing – and
walking off stage having given everything to the performance and to the
audience. The sum of all these parts culminate in one of the most
talked about new bands in the Toronto this year.
PERFORMANCE / BAND HISTORY HIGHLIGHTS:
Nov 29/05 ENDSVILLE's debut at The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern
Dec 9/05 - Second live show won 1st place in round 1 of the Emergenza Music Festival.
Jan 11/06 ENDSVILLE has the honour of sharing the stage with Danko Jones
March 12//05 Emergenza Music Festival (Round 2) - ENDSVILLE won and
advanced to the Semi-finals, we didn't end up going to the finals, but
we had fun...and that's what's important (right billy?)
May 18/06 ENDSVILLE launches ROCK4AREASON. The first ROCK4AREASON was
in support of The Toronto Child Abuse Centre (www.tcac.on.ca). The
press reacted positively (unfortunately none of it was print or we'd
have it here...), including a feature by Hannah Simone from MuchMusic
who attended the show and several mentions on Toronto's Edge102
In the fall of 2006, Endsville was asked to play the Belfountain
Salamander Festival (our first outdoor festival!) - The organizers
remarked afterwards "Your music was truly fantastic and we were blown
away by how good your group is. Thank you for a great show; I wouldn’t
have missed it for the world.... ...We will keep in touch and if you
are available next year we would love to have you back."
NEW BAND MEMBERS
In the later part of 2006, Endsville grew to 5 members with the
addition of Matt Bartram on keyboards and Paul Butters on Guitar and
after a couple of months of rehearsals Endsville played it's first gig
as a 5 piece at The Degrassi House (Toronto), and since then has been
building momentum with gigs at The Savannah Room, The Charlotte Room,
and the El Mocambo.
ENDSVILLE is:
Vox/6-String: Keith Jolie
Keith is a seasoned singer and songwriter, and somehow with all his
many talents has managed not to develop the “Rockstar” ego. His lyrics
are taken from real life experiences and enveloped in guitar tones that
scream conviction. To his credit Keith has also released a solid solo
album called “City so cold” in 1998, which is available at
www.cdbaby.com/keithjolie or itunes
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playListId=65428333,
and 2 other limited releases.
Skins: Minas Hatzigiannatzoglou
If you’re counting, yes it’s 18 letters long. Minas developed his
technique from years of learning from the masters of rock. If it’s
filed under ‘classic rock’, he can play it. His philosophy is simple -
if you are going to play a rhythm, then make sure everyone is going to
feel that rhythm. You’ll always see a grin on his face, when the kick
drum drops and the stage comes alive.
6-string : Paul Butters
As a teenager, Paul's parents threatened to take away his guitar if his
school marks didn't improve, since he practiced instead of doing
homework. Little did they know the guitar was going to get him a degree
(music at U of G), a job (music teacher) and a wife (met her at a music
store). Who's had the last laugh now! For the past ten years Paul has
been living the true hard-core rock n' roll life: Teaching classics
like "Little Rabbit Foo Foo" and "Fuzzy Wuzzy Wuz a Bear" to Elementary
school kids. Anyone would agree that pace of that sort cannot be
maintained without going down in a fiery crash ala Bonham, Hendrix and
Morrison, so nice relaxing late nights playing with Endsville is just
what this guitarist needs. He cheerfully admits to a wide range of
influences, including Van Halen, Joe Pass, Leo Kottke and, of course,
Raffi. Mostly he just likes to play; genre be damned! He also lives by
the credo "Move when the spirit says move", so don't be surprised if he
bounces around on stage a bit!
Tickling the Ivories - Matt Bartram
Since deserting from the French Foreign Legion after a minor
misunderstanding with three of the commander’s five wives, Matthew has
worked to blend into society by losing his six-pack abs and pretending
to work at several companies whose names will remain confidential to
protect the innocent. He has been playing piano for longer than he can
remember and thanks his parents for forcing him, teary-eyed, to
continue music lessons throughout his adolescence. Musical influences
are varied and include The Grateful Dead, David Bowie, ragtime and
jazz, Pink Floyd and a one-eyed leper that he met in Calcutta who
played La Bamba on the harmonica.
| Name |
Role |
| Keith Jolie |
Singer/Guitar player guy |
| Minas Hatzigiannatzoglou |
Drummer |
| Paul Butters |
Guitar |
| Matt Bartram |
Keyboard |
| Morgan Phillips |
Bass man |
Blue Rodeo, Green Day, Neil Young, Ron Sexsmith, U2, Rush, Greatful Dead, Joe Pass, Leo Kottke, Van Halen, David Bowie, Pink Floyd, Leonard Cohen, Nick Drake, Jeff Buckley, REM, The Alarm, Bob Dylan, Garnett Rogers
| FANS |
PLAYLISTED |
TOTAL PLAYS |
| 0 |
1 |
75 |
Posted by keithofendsville on Mar 21, 2008
It's done - finally! and we're not even that far off on the release date. We originally planned to have our recording out by April....2007. We were half right.Sidewalk stories has 9 tracks and over the course of its creation, some really neat things happened as a band … READ MORE
