SA国际影视传媒淐lose your eyes and picture the most decrepit shed you can imagine,SA国际影视传媒� SA国际影视传媒楤ig BabySA国际影视传媒� Brian Weadick enthusiastically encouraged. SA国际影视传媒淲hat would liven it up? Punk rock. Think about punk rock rocking out the speakers in that decrepit shed. That is what we are doing.SA国际影视传媒�

SA国际影视传媒 sat down with three of four members of emerging new rock band Big Independent, self-proclaimed inventors of a new genre called SA国际影视传媒榮hed punkSA国际影视传媒� (think The Stooges or The Ramones within the confines of a basic backyard shed, they insist).

The band will make their debut at The Raven Pub on Dec. 9 on a bill with Gnarwhal and Frog Poison, presented by Funny Farm Music.

Made up of Weadick on lead guitar, Big Independent also comprises SA国际影视传媒楤igSA国际影视传媒� Mike Westwick on guitar and vocals, SA国际影视传媒楤ig Jesus DonSA国际影视传媒檛,SA国际影视传媒� or JD, on bass and SA国际影视传媒楤ig P.p.SA国际影视传媒� Peter Adourian on drums. The quartet pride themselves on being middle-aged men trying to, on one hand, simply make noise in the North with any local, familiar inspiration they can find while, on the other hand, revive a rock and roll scene that has been nearly non-existent in Yellowknife in recent years.

In an effort to make the case that rock and roll can be drawn from everyday Yellowknife culture, the bandSA国际影视传媒檚 name is a common reference to the Independent grocery store located on Old Airport Road. Additionally, the group has released a debut album of 10 songs which draw inspiration from everyday observations and experiences SA国际影视传媒� from posts on Yellowknife Rant and Rave to Yk Classifieds to Ramen noodles.

SA国际影视传媒淚 think our name came about somewhat haphazardly and there is kind of a double entendre to it in that there are a lot of local references in the songs we writeSA国际影视传媒� Westwick explained. SA国际影视传媒淭he name also sounds like we are big and important and independent and it is a pretty ballsy name if you donSA国际影视传媒檛 know the full context. It just rings off the tongue.SA国际影视传媒�

The band members hope to leave local audiences satisfied with a rocking good time.

SA国际影视传媒淧eople come to shows to have their faces shredded off and thatSA国际影视传媒檚 we are going to do,SA国际影视传媒� Weadick promised, with bandmate JD adding that the group is SA国际影视传媒渧ery dedicated to facilitating a high-quality dance opportunity.SA国际影视传媒�

Reviving rock

For months, the four musicians have been honing and tightening their performance skills on Thursday nights in undisclosed sheds around town with a messianic aim to revive Yellowknife rock. Much of the effort to corroborate, however, came about with a less-than-pleasant backstory toward the end of WeadickSA国际影视传媒檚 run with Big BrianSA国际影视传媒檚 Country Club SA国际影视传媒� a popular act in local establishments between 2016 and 2021.

SA国际影视传媒淭oward the end of Big BrianSA国际影视传媒檚 Country Club, we were putting on a lot of different kinds of workshops: songwriting workshops, two-step workshops and teaching guitar,SA国际影视传媒� Weadick recalled. SA国际影视传媒淎nother one of the workshops was that we put on a Tex Mex/country/south of the border down Mexico way workshop in my van.SA国际影视传媒�

That workshop, led by a former band member, drew the current Big Independent members together but resulted in disaster as all suffered from severe diarrhea from food ingredients afterward. Big BrianSA国际影视传媒檚 Country Club ended with the removal of a former band member but led to the formation of a new act.

SA国际影视传媒淲hat goes down must come up and that is how we all met and ended up talking music,SA国际影视传媒� Weadick said. SA国际影视传媒淔or quite a while, though, we had nothing to talk about other than the diarrhea experience and it took a long time to recover.SA国际影视传媒�

As the group was bonding, Westwick bought a new home. All members agreed its accompanying shed would make a great place to practice punk music and from there the band took form. Since then and as the weather has gotten colder, the group has found other sheds around town where they can hold jam sessions and build on the shed punk image.