Local Performers: Rock, Hard Rock, Metal, Punk

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We cover the following regions: Hamilton, Halton, Niagara, Guelph, Brant, Haldimand, Norfolk, Kitchener-Waterloo

Metal bands +.

Punk bands #.

Rockabilly bands *

A

• Admiral (St. Catharines)
• Adelleda (Hamilton) #
• NEW! Alexisonfire (Niagara)
• Almost Hip (Tribute)(Waterloo)
• Andrew Aldridge (guitar) (Hamilton)
• Among Millions (Guelph)
• NEW! Ancient Shapes (Welland)
• Another Crush (Hamilton)
• Astral Witch (Hamilton)+
• Atlas Let Fall (St. Catharines)+

B

• Back Road Bourbon (Hamilton)
• Badnew (Hamilton) #
• NEW! Mike Balonjan (Hamilton)
• Banananananana (Hamilton) #
• Banned From Heaven (Hamilton)
• Bare Blue Sea (Burlington) Canadian covers
• NEW! Barenaked Ladies (member born in Grimsby)
• Beach Bats (Hamilton)
• Beat Club (Cambridge)
• Beer Nuts (St. Catharines)
• The Beggars Banquet (Stones tribute) (Kitchener)
• Robin Benedict (Hamilton)
• Big Shiny Tunes (Niagara) 90's Covers
• Big Shiny Shoes (Brantford) 90's Covers
• Black Collar Union (Hamilton)
• Blue Flugen (Hamilton/Hagersville)
• Blue Rodeo (Hamilton's Colin Cripps on guitar)
• Built by Thieves (Hamilton)+
• Burnin' Ethyl (Hamilton)*
• Bypass Off (Hamilton) Prog Rock covers
• Adam Bowman (drums) (Guelph)
• The Boys & I (Kitchener)
• Brass Union (Hamilton/Burlington)
• Greg Brisco (Hamilton)
• Bob Bryden (Hamilton, Burlington)

C

• Joe Callura (Tom Jones Tribute) (Hamilton)
• Cannery Row (Hamilton)
• Caretakers (Hamilton)
• Evan Champagne (Brantford)
• Wayne Cheddie (Oakville)
• City and the Sea (Hamilton)
• Christopher Clause (Hamilton)
• City Tracks (St. Catharines)
• NEW! The Cocktails (Niagara)
• Coda Facto (Hamilton)
• The Commandos (Hamilton)#
• Bernadette Connors (Hamilton)
• Cootes Paradise (Hamilton)
• Corduroys (Hamilton)
• Josh Coulter (Grimsby)
• Crackers (Hamilton)
• Crank (Stoney Creek)
• Crazy Diamonds Band (Pink Floyd tribute)(Kitchener)
• Creepshow (Burlington) #
• Crosstown Traffic (Burlington)
• Colin Cripps (guitar - Junkhouse, Blue Rodeo) (Hamilton)

D

• Danger Deathray (Hamilton)
• Kirk Danuco (St. Catharines)
• Day Drunk (Hamilton)
• Days on Parade (St. Catharines)
• Daze Away (Niagara)
• Deacons (Hamilton)
• NEW! Deadroots (Kitchener)+
• NEW! Dead Tired (Hamilton, Niagara)#
• Death Perception (Hamilton)+
• Sonny Del Rio (Hamilton)
• John DeMarchi (aka Johnny Guitar) (Stoney Creek)
• Kim Deschamps (Hamilton)
• BB Deville (Hamilton)*
• Diamond Drapes (Hamilton)
• Dirt Dogs (Burlington)
• Dirty Jeans (Hamilton)#
• Dogmahound (ft Matty Simpson) (Hamilton)
• Bob Doidge (Hamilton)
• The Dominion (Halton Hills)#
• Done for Pleasure (Hamilton)
• Jerry Doucette (Hamilton) RIP
• Down for Anything (Hamilton)
• NEW! DRFTR (St. Catharines)
• Dubay Band (Hamilton)
• Duskwalker (Niagara Falls)+
• Thomas Duxbury (Hamilton)

E-F

• Eaten by Sharks (St. Catharines)+
• Edge of the Bayou (CCR) (Hamilton)
• Educated Guess (Niagara)
• Electric Dead (St. Catharines) +
• Espanola (Hamilton)
• Fairmont Plains (Hamilton)
• NEW! Fast Break (Hamilton)
• Fast Times (Niagara)
• Fenian Raid (Ridgeway)
• Final Plea (Hamilton)
• Fla Factor (Hamilton)
• Flock of Seagulls (current guitarist is Gord Deppe of Spoons from Burlington)
• Dougy Flyswatter (Hamilton)
• Footbridge Road (Cambridge)
• Forgotten Rebels (Hamilton)#
• Fortunate Son (Hamilton)
• Freedom Train (Hamilton)

G-H

• Get Off the Cop (Hamilton)#
• Jeff Giles (Stoney Creek)
• NEW! Goddess (Hamilton)
• Steve Goldberger (Niagara-on-the-Lake)
• Go Ogopogo (Welland) #
• Go to the West (Hamilton)
• Gravely (Niagara)
• Roly Greenway (RIP)(Crowbar) (Guelph)
• Grim Fandango (St. Catharines)
• Groove Revue (Niagara)
• Joel Guenther (Hamilton/Beamsville)
• Hairy Mulligan (Brantford)
• Hank Gets Dusted (Kitchener)
• Hatcher (Hamilton)
• Ronnie Hawkins (RIP) (Hamilton)
• NEW! Kevin Hearn (Barenaked Ladies, Rheostatics) (Grimsby)
• Bobby Hebert Experience (Hamilton)
• Thom Hastings (Niagara Falls)*
• NEW! Heavy Hearts (Niagara)
• Heckle the Band (Brantford)
• Helix (Niagara)+
• Doug Hell (Hamilton)#
• Hell Bent Rockers (Hamilton)*
• Hey McFly Band (Niagara)
• Highnote Ramblers (Hamilton)*
• HWY 24 Band (Brantford)
• Hitmanbaz (Burlington)
• The Holdouts (Niagara)
• Honeymoon Suite (Niagara Falls)
• Charles J Hunk (Thorold)
• Hurtin Units (Georgetown)#

I-J

• Indebt (Port Dover)
• NEW! Innerface (Niagara, Oakville)+
• IN2U (Waterdown)
• Islands and Empires (Guelph)+
• NEW! Jasmine T (Beamsville)
• Archibald Jay (Hamilton)
• JBH Band (Hamilton/Waterloo)
• JIN (Niagara)
• Jonesy (Niagara Falls)
• Nick Johnston (Milton)

K-L

• Kane and the Redemption (Guelph)
• The Kaputniks (St. Catharines)
• KC and His Checkered Past (Guelph)
• Killin' Time Band (Burlington)
• King Jives (Hamilton)*
• Frank Koren (Dundas)
• Paige Kopp and Foolproof (Niagara)#
• Lakeshore Boys (Burlington)
• Chris Lamont - Drums (Hamilton)
• Joe Lavoie (Welland, St. Catharines)
• Lazer Monk (Hamilton)
• Last Retch (Hamilton)+
• Leash (Pearl Jam Tribute) (Hamilton)
• NEW! Levee Red (Welland)
• Terra Lightfoot (Waterdown)
• Life of Riley (Hamilton)
• Liteyears (Hamilton)
• Little Nerves (St. Catharines)
• Liverpool 4 (Beatles tribute) (Cambridge, Hamilton)
• The Lowdown Dirty Mojos (Hamilton)
• Buddy Love Band (Oakville)

M

• The Macinaws (Hamilton)
• Kenny MacInnis (Hamilton)
• Myra Maines (St. Catharines)
• Make.Shift (Guelph)
• Martin Brothers Collective (Hamilton)
• The Masquerade (Niagara) #
• Ray Materick (Hamilton)
• Matt Mays (Hamilton)
• Gavin McLeod (Milton)
• Ellis Meek (aka Jordan Paul) (Hamilton)
• Mercer (Niagara Falls)
• The Grant Michaels Project (Dundas, Binbrook)
• Stephen Michaels (Elvis Tribute) (Milton)
• Middle of Nowhere Band (Niagara)
• Midnight Hombres (Hamilton)
• Midnight Sons (Niagara)+
• Midwife Crisis (St. Catharines)#
• Mind Swell (Niagara)
• The Minimum Wage (St. Catharines)
• Minuscule (Niagara)
• Monty and the Crew (Erin)
• Moonlight Co. (Niagara)
• Jesse Murphy Trio (Port Dover)
• NEW! Mystic Highway (CCR/Fogerty Tribute)(Hamilton)

N-O

• The Naires (Hamilton)
• Nasser Victis (Hamilton)
• Night Shift (Hamilton)
• 905 Band (Burlington)
• NEW! The Noble Crabrat (St. Catharines)
• No Excuses (Alice in Chains Tribute)(Hamilton)
• No Show Smith Band (Oakville)
• North Shore Blvd (Burlington)
• No Sugar Tonight (Guess Who, Burton Cummings, BTO Tribute) (Hamilton)
• Michael J Offord (Hamilton)
• Off the Record (Grimsby)
• Otherwives (Welland)#
• Outlandos (Police Tribute) (Hamilton)
• Overplayers (Hamilton)

P-Q

• Pacific Estate (Burlington)
• Sebastian Paige and the Virginia Wolves (Hamilton)
• Pantychrist (Hamilton) #
• Pardis Gras (Brantford)
• NEW! Paradise Mayday (Hamilton)
• Pep Talk (Cambridge)#
• Perennials (Hamilton)#
• George Petko and the Soul Shifters (Hamilton)
• (Ph)authers (Guelph)
• The Plain Steel (Hamilton)
• Pocket Science (Hamilton)
• The Point (Kitchener)
• PopGunn (Hamilton)
• Postmen (St. Catharines)
• Powerhouse (Hamilton)
• Prior Convictions (Hamilton)#
• Prismind (Hamilton)+
• The ProCons (Brantford)
• Profaner (Hamilton)+
• Quarter in the Bag (Hamilton)+

R

• Radio Free Universe (Hamilton)
• Radio Merchant (ft members of Azalea) (Hamilton)
• Raf and Co. ft Raphael Keelan (Hamilton)
• Dave Rave (Shakers, Teenage Head) (Hamilton)
• Reality Denied (St. Catharines)+
• Real Kevin (St. Catharines)
• Reflexion (Hamilton)
• The RePeatles (Tribute) (Stoney Creek)
• Retro Party Groove (Hamilton)
• Revive the Rose (Welland)
• NEW! Rheostatics (member from Grimsby)
• James Richards (Hamilton)
• Road Waves (Niagara)
• Rocket 88 (Burlington)
• Rock Nation (Hamilton)
• Rolodex Darko (Hamilton)+
• Rolling Blackouts (Guelph)
• NEW! D(Welland)
• Romeo Sex Fighter (Kitchener)
• The Rockets (Hamilton)
• Roll Crew (Hamilton)
• Rooney Brothers (Burlington)
• NEW! Ryan Ruicci (Hamilton)
• The Rumble Wagon (Hamilton)
• The Rumblings of Spring (Hamilton)
• Jordan Rutledge (Oakville)

Sa-Sn

• Saint Alvia (Burlington) #
• The Sarcastic Onions (Kitchener)
• Saucy Jack (Niagara Falls)
• Scanazzi (Stoney Creek)+
• Dan Scruton (Hamilton)
• Scurvy Dogz (Niagara Falls)
• Selective Soul (Hamilton)
• Semi-Tone (Burlington)
• Septic Abscess of Putrefaction (Guelph)+
• Shakers (Hamilton)
• Shari and Jonny (Hamilton)
• Sideman (Welland)
• Silvertone Hills (Hamilton)
• Sky Caught Fire (Niagara Falls)
• Skydiggers (member from Guelph)
• Stephen Shelton (Burlington)
• Michael Shotton (Hamilton)
• Shyster (Hamilton, Niagara)
• NEW! Sinner AD (St. Catharines) +
• Siren Song (Hamilton)
• Slider (St. Catharines)
• Small Town Get Up (Hamilton, Grimsby)
• CA Smith (Mayor McCa) (Hamilton)

So-Sz

• Social Animals
• NEW! Solsic (Kitchener)+
• Sonic Snafu (Hamilton)
• Sparrow Lake (Hamilton)
• Squids (Hamilton)#
• Stand Against Fear (Guelph)#
• Rod Standish (Niagara Falls)
• Stardust (Bowie) (Hamilton)
• Steal Kitty (Hamilton)+
• Stereo Sunrise (Niagara Falls)
• Stand Against Fear (Guelph)#
• Mike Stevenson (Burlington)
• Avalon Stone (Kitchener)
• Stone Monkeys (Halton)
• Strada Armonia (Hamilton)
• Streets To Ourselves (Burlington)
• The Strother Martins (Fergus)
• Sugar Dali (Burlington)
• JP Sunga (Waterloo)
• Sven Gali (Hamilton/Niagara Falls)+
• Sweet and Lowdown (Hamilton)
• Sweet Crimson (Cambridge)
• Tomi Swick (Hamilton)

T-U

• Teenage Head (Hamilton)#
• Teeth (Hamilton)+
• NEW! Temple of Night (St. Catharines)+
• Tenfold (Hamilton)+
• Tewlips (Hamilton)
• Them Bones (Simcoe)
• Ian Thomas (Hamilton)
• Thompson Road Band (Brantford)
• TommyGunn (Hamilton)+
• Tone Deaf (Burlington)
• Tone Dogs (Halton)
• Too Much Clutch (Kitchener)
• Mat Toronto (Hamilton)
• Bruce Tournay (Hamilton)
• Toxic Valve (Hamilton)+
• Mike Trebilcock (Hamilton)
• Treblecasters (Hamilton)
• TrebleTones (Hamilton)*
• Trigger Warning (Welland)+
• Trucker Mouth and the Voodoo Curse (Kitchener)
• TV Freaks (Hamilton)#
• Mike Tyler Band (Burlington)
• UK-47 (British rock covers) (Hamilton)
• Un-Teens (Hamilton)#

V - Z

• Pete VanDyk (Hamilton)
• Varga (Hamilton)+
• Vegan Abortion (Hamilton)#
• Velvet Flesh (Hamilton)
• Martin Verall (Hamilton)
• Vile Creature (Hamilton)+
• The Village Joke (Georgetown)
• The Wasagas *
• Chris Wheeler (guitar)  (Hamilton)
• NEW! Chris Wheeler Band (Hamilton)
• Wheelers (the Original) (Niagara Falls)
• Gary White (guitar) (Hamilton)
• Wicked Ways (Woodstock)
• White Ostrich Farm (Cambridge)
• JJ Wilde (Kitchener)
• Mike Williams Band (Hamilton)
• Windchilfacter (Hamilton)
• Randy Wizzo (Hamilton)
• Mike Woods (Dundas)
• Wormwood Scrubs (Waterloo)
• Astrid Young (Norfolk)
  
• Youthinasia (Brantford)#
  
• Zero Fire (Hamilton)+
• Zoon (Hamilton)
• Zyla (Hamilton)

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