Music
Press
“Trole's music reflects his attitudes and experiences and he writes what is true to life and what he knows. Almost everyone can relate to something Trole has put down on CD. I know from the few times I've listened, that I'm diggin this stuff in a big way and this CD won't be ejected from my car, office or home stereo any time soon.” - Mike Forbes
“It's classic storytelling put to well performed music and tied together neatly with such style I only wish I could acheive in my music. Well, all I can say is that "Trole" has gotten it right, and I'll never listen to music in the same way again.” - Jonathan Sanders
“These veterans of the Canadian music scene have assembled a truly remarkable debut that makes one keep checking the CD player to make sure the changer hasn’t skipped to another disc. Songcraft that could knock almost any rival off the radio dial.” - by
“a sophisticated demo of a rock, jazz, folk shuffle hybrid that any fan of jamming can get into.” - Ric Taylor
“An affinity for Hendrix and Black Sabbath records as a teenager does not begin to explain Taylor’s natural soul and effortless meshing of rock and roll, bits of roots, funk, folk – and whatever else is handy. Taylor had a talent and an ear for numerious styles that he didn’t even know about, starting out.” - Gerry Krochak
Discography
Trole - Untitled debut album 2005
The Illegal Bootleg
Photos
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Bio
TROLE are a hardworking four-piece band from southwestern Ontario consisting of acoustic guitar, upright bass, electric guitar, drums and vocals. Their roots-oriented brand of modernized rock'n'roll combines some of the elements of blues, shuffle and swing with the energy of punk rock and rockabilly. Their energetic and entertaining live show has audiences coming back for more and this sweat spewing foursome has done over 650 live shows since forming in 2000. They have shared the stage with The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, D.O.A., Three Days Grace, Theory of a Deadman and worked with some of Canada's finest studio musicians such as Randy Cooke (Hilary Duff, Ronnie Hawkins, Sas Jordan), Juno winning saxophonist Richard Underhill (Shuffle Demons, Astrogroove), Pat Kilbride (Ian Hunter), Richard Bell (Janice Joplin, The Band), Fergus Marsh (Bruce Cockburn, Peter Murphy) and others.
TROLE released their untitled debut album in August of 2005 after struggling to find a record they were confident releasing. After selling out of their independent demo, The Illegal Bootleg Demos, there were two other recordings that preceded the current release, one at Metalworks and one at Firescape Recordings both in Toronto. The band pulled the plug on the Firescape recording but still plans to release the four-song Metalworks recording at another time. L. Stu Young, the working engineer for this record, has since taken up a full-time position with PRINCE but the band is still hopeful that Young will finish the record.
A Canadian tour is planned for the new record and the band is focusing on getting into the U.S. for the early part of 2006.
Current members:
J. Trole Taylor (vocal/guitar)
J. H. Taylor "The Fiddlybit Kid" (lead guitar/vocals)
STACK (upright bass/vocals)
Sultan Dhrum (drums/buckets)
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