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Who Needs Shoes
“Chin Up Kid” Tour 2005
June 30 Foundation Nightclub w/ 811, Livingstone, Holy Down, Makeshift Memory
July 2 Collingwood Music Festival
July 6 2nd Last Call Orillia w/ Makeshift Memory
July 17 Woodbridge w/Makeshift Memory Pandemonium Tour
July 18 Sudbury w/Makeshift Memory
July 20 Brampton w/Makeshift Memory Pandemonium Tour
July 22 Kingston w/Makeshift Memory Pandemonium Tour
July 26 Ottawa Maverick Bar w/Scream Unheard
July 28 Quebec city Warped Tour
July 29 Montreal Warped Tour
July 30 Toronto (Barrie) Warped Tour
Aug 19 The Edge Indie hour
Aug 20 Alliston w/Frydaze
- Vortex Magazine
Local Youth Band to stage benefit concert in Barrie with proceeds to an area Homeless program
Who Needs Shoes, a local Barrie rock band will be staging a benefit concert to raise money and awareness for the Homeless. The concert will take place at The Foundation Nightclub in Barrie on Tuesday December 21st starting at 7pm. Tickets will be $7 at the door with a toonie from each ticket going to the charity. Non-perishable food items will also be accepted at the door. Joining Who Needs Shoes will be another local band called, “Makeshift Memory“ along with Faethon and Future’s Past from Toronto.
Who Needs Shoes have come straight out of the Barrie Ontario punk scene and are popular playing shows wherever and whenever they can. One of our upcoming performances will be one of the main act for the Edge 102 Indie show at the Steamwhistle in Toronto and a benefit concert called “Shoes for the Homeless” at the Foundation Nightclub, At “all ages shows” the Band have been creating quite a buzz with audiences of approximately 250 to 300 people.
Voted 2nd most popular Independent Band in Canada on a recent poll with Supernova Music ( www.supernova.ca )
Won Bell Sympatico Solo Music National Basement Band contest. www.alexisonfire.sympatico.ca
They have played with bands such as: GOB, The Marble Index, The Waking Eyes, Winter Sleep, Fallen Year, Wheels On The Bus, Boys Night Out, Fight Like Gentlemen (@ the Foundation). We have played the Opera House on Queen St as well as the Kathedral.
Who Needs Shoes currently have a repertoire of 15 original songs.
WNS are under the Stout Label with The Stoutcompany Concepts-Promotion-Management. SOCAN registered.
The Band: Scott Roy -Lead Guitar/Backup Vocals, Rob Sipprell - Rhythm Guitar, Manny Hamilton – Bass, John Stoutenburg - Vocals, & Evan Dwinnell - Drums.
- Barrie Examiner
Discography
Loser Heroes (EP, 2002)
Self-Titled (EP, 2004)
Chin-Up Kid (EP, 2005)
Who Needs Shoes' streaming audio can be found in one of three locations:
www.whoneedsshoes.com
www.myspace.com/whoneedsshoes
www.purevolume.com/whoneedsshoes
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Bio
Who Needs Shoes
2006 Canadian Music Week showcase artist
Nominated as Best Punk Band Toronto at the 2005 Vans Warped Tour 2005 in Quebec City, Montreal & Barrie on the West49/Kevin Says Stage.
Toronto Independent Music Awards -TIMA's
Showcased at the 2005 Toronto Independent Music Week
Placed 5th out of 10 bands in October West49 Much Music Battle of the Bands
They've played with bands such as: Alexisonfire, GOB, The Marble Index, Blue Skies At War, The Fullblast, The Fully Down, Shotgun Rules, Wintersleep, The Waking Eyes, Boys Night Out, The Reason & Summer Hero.
In 2005, after the re-entry of Kyle Irwin (drums), Who Needs Shoes began to work relentlessly at creating a larger fan base for themselves in surrounding areas (such as Orillia, Toronto, London, Peterborough, Sudbury, etc.)
Now, with 2006 on the horizon, the band continues to connect with more and more people, and they are working as hard as ever to give themselves a name on the Canadian music scene.
Who Needs Shoes are a progressive rock punk band that sounds like the Incredible Hulk having sex with Batgirl with a used condom.....we play our own music - our way, high energy- in your face stage act, we wear shoes, well, except our drummer ...that's our story
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