Greeting everyone and welcome to
Tundra Army, a blog about the band
Lords of the North, as well as random oddities. This blog is just starting off, so forgive the look of it--it will get prettier as we go. :)
First,
Lords of the North is a stoner rock band I started with James Roche in the cat infested hell hole of his basement in the summer of 2007. It was awesome to play loud, crushing, doomness for the first time, but natural like riding a dog powered battle sled. Then we put an ad in
The Stranger and
Craig's List for a guitar player and were given a mighty riff god, Tony Tharp. (By the way, ask Chris Duryee from
Raz Rez about his experience with putting an ad out for a singer. Holy shit hilarious. He even has a actual recording of the guy trying out, singing "I'm so hot for you, I need a cold shower.." or something grunge like that.
Anyway, the next thing I know, we are a band and are putting out a record at the same time as our first show! March 22 by the way. That just kicks ass and is not the normal band path. "Normal" is play for awhile, then play out for awhile and get sick of your songs, and then record! Lords has been different and easier thankfully.
Also in green news, the whole marijuana persecution issue is starting to remind me about Republicans who bash homosexuality, and then get caught in a dirty ass stall. Or Democrats who bash prostitution and then get caught with a hooker. Marijuana needs to be decriminalized, period. Check out this interesting letter from
Rick Steves and the ACLU. The little Lords video below I made says it all. Talk soon
.-Pat
