Fallen Heirs

They’re the band you almost didn’t get to meet. Hailing from different corners of the world, the four-piece Fallen Heirs were jamming nightly almost literally next door to each other in an east-end Toronto neighbourhood without knowing it. Frontman, Tim Shaw, and drummer, Jeff Johnson, are Northern Ontario transplants, originally from Thunder Bay. Having played together with alt/classic rock band The Ryde, the two found themselves looking for a new project when that band saw its last days. Bassist, Eddie Silver, took the long trek from New Zealand to follow his calling. Local boy, Jay Sayne, on lead guitar met Eddie at an Aerosmith concert and quickly realized that they had a future in music together. When the two were looking for the best players to complete the package, along came Tim and Jeff. After repeated failed attempts at connecting over email, it seemed they would never meet. The unlikely union of these four artists would eventually come to life and Fallen Heirs seemed to form with ease. In their first jam session, each member found his creative energy feeding the next and two songs were written after only a few hours. Today, Fallen Heirs is a hard-hitting, hard-rock band whose organic sound is fresh and new.