Uncle Sid
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | Established. Jan 01, 1999 | SELF
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There’s nothing more down to earth than
an Uncle Sid – unless your name’s John Smith
maybe. One of those friendly relatives with
whom you feel comfortably at home. As cosy as
well-worn slippers, you know where you stand.
It’s all in the name – maybe. The Canadian
version (there’s a reasonably obvious clue in
the close to Geddy Lee higher register of singer
Emerald Green – must be something in the
Canadian water) proudly declare “Uncle Sid
loves Rock and Roll and playing it live.”
A further tag line follows a similar
minimalistic lack of fuss, if with a slightly cheesy
rhyming couplet – “keep Rockin’ with Uncle Sid
– you’ll be glad you did”. A band whose line-up
changes in the past haven’t always done them
any favours, their self-professed head-banging
beats and dynamically composed tunage sees
new recruits Green and guitarist Frankie Scars
make an immediate impression on the stonking
stomp of opener ‘Devil With A Halo’ before
declaring ‘Horns Up!’ – something that again
seems to be another catchphrase to add to a
building collection of Uncle Sid-isms.
Musically, their brand of Melodic Hard
Rock will be instantly familiar to those in tune
with the classic Judas Priest, Scorpions, Led
Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Mötley Crüe, old Uncle
Tom Cobley and all upbringing. They portray
a confidence and bravado that crosses over
into their music, with a warrior-like battle cry
accompanying the stop-start gallop of ‘Let’s Go’
which also finds them falling occasionally into
the clichéd and seeing a slightly derivative trace
coming from their influences.
Where they do earn their marks is when they
aren’t necessarily heading into the inventive
but the admittedly conventional yet Sleazy
grooves of ‘The Optimist’, where Green moans
seductively like one of the old lemon squeezers,
and ‘The Road’ which follows ‘Devil…’ in a
similarly persistent and darkly atmospheric
venture. It’s a Sabbath-ian rich vein that they
mine well and one which reappears later during
‘Master Of Fate’. Combined with ‘Evilution’ (yes,
not ‘evOlution’), a high powered and energetic
four and a half minute Iron Maiden-speed thrillfest,
the album benefits from a strong finish
and one on which to build a reputation and
encourage some stability.
With plans for world domination, the
game’s afoot, Sidizens unite and prepare for
government.
Fireworks Mag - UK Issue #80”
Mike Ainscoe, Fireworks Mag - UK (Oct 09, 2017) - Mike Ainscoe
Discography
Up'n Atom (ep) - 2000
ROCK IN THE UNIVERSE - 2005
EYE ROCK! - 2010
ROCK GURU (ep)- 2013
UNCLE SID - 2017
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Bio
We are Uncle Sid! We are from the West Coast of Canada, in beautiful Vancouver B.C.
To begin we'd like to describe our sound a bit to you. We consider ourselves to be a melodic Hard Rock'n Metal band with a sound that we play with dynamic passion along with lots of classic and present day influences.
Emerald Green fronts the band on vocals and you can experience her high octane charismatic dynamic passionate energy every time we play live.
Combined
with Frankie Scars' righteous soulful guitar feel and Rockin
techniques, together melded with the solid backbone of the rhythm
section, which is made up of Kirk October on bass and Dale Salive on
drums.
This makes Uncle Sid one well rounded and incredibly tight
band to experience live.
With
our sights on touring new horizons in 2018, such as the UK, Germany
and the U.S.A., we are all truly excited about playing these places
because playing live is what we all really love to do!
Ending
2017 with a tour in Japan was especially exciting as it gave Uncle
Sid a chance to meet our loyal Japanese fans which we've only
communicated with through multi-media. We want our Sidizens to know
it's because of them, we continue to strive to create the best music
we can. Our Fans are the force that drives Uncle Sid, they are our
muse! We'd like to Thank all of them,
Sidizens You Rock!
Uncle Sid High Light Performances
From our debut gig at the Fabulous Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver B.C. opening for the iconic Uriah Heep to our present line-up, here are some of our High Lights.
• Debut Performance: Uriah Heep /Uncle Sid at the Commodore Vancouver, B.C., Canada
• April Wine/Uncle Sid
• Blue Oyster Cult/ Uncle Sid
• Nazareth / Uncle Sid
• Rock the Walk for Breast Cancer
• Benefit for Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre
• Alberta’s Own Festival 2012
• Canadian Tour 2014
• Ourfest - Nevis, Alberta 2016
• Japan Tour Sept 2017
Keep Rock'n with Uncle Sid, you'll be glad you did!!!!!
Uncle
Sid contact info:
Dale
Salive
Uncle Sid
Emerald
Green: Vocals
Frankie
Scars: Guitar
Kirk
October: Bass
Dale
Salive: Drums
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