What an awesome night, I can’t even begin to explain how great that show was. There was hundreds of people packed into the Starlite Room ready to rock out to some wicked progressive hard rock, and they got exactly what they asked for. Being back on stage felt like I had just come home after a year long vacation. I remember when I got the … Continue reading The Living Illusion & ASHES dIVIDE Show

Edson Kinsmen Soft Ball Tournament – Edson, AB August 4th 2007 Just to give you a little back story on what this event is all about here is what their website has to say about it: “The Edson Kin Slo-Pitch Tournament is the largest of it’s kind on the planet, played at the worlds largest ball park “Vision Park” with 24 regulation sized diamonds in … Continue reading Edson Kinsmen Slo-Pitch – August 4th 2007

The Locker Room – Edmonton, AB – August 3rd 2007 The night before we had to play the Edson Kinsmen Slo-Pitch Tournament we decided it would be a good idea to play a gig and get our feet wet seeing as we hadn’t played for a live audience in a few months (It was essentially an extra practice). Luckily I was able to get a … Continue reading The Locker Room – August 3rd 2007

Starlite Room w/ Econoline Crush – Edmonton, AB – April 16th 2007 This was probably by far one of my most memorable experiences to date with being in a band. Between the simple email from Brent Oliver saying “Want to open for Econoline Crush” all the way to the actually experience of playing the gig itself, the whole thing kicked serious ass. Growing up in … Continue reading Starlite Room w/ Econoline Crush – April 16th 2007

Rock at the Ranch – Rangeton AB – Sept 2nd 2006 We we’re invited to play the “Band Ranch” event which happens every year and features a slew of bands. The event is organized and head up by Darryl Bowers. He saw us play at a show earlier in the year and invited us to come out. some of the other bands that we played … Continue reading Rock at the Ranch w/ Portal – September 2nd 2006

Kings Knight Pub (Jet Nightclub) – Edmonton, AB – Sept 1st 2006 This was quite the show. Why you ask? Because previous members of the first incarnation of Living Illusion were at show and it was tons of fun. Some friends from Vancouver Island were at the show, including Brody Slater, Stacy Mack and Christina Cholfi. So any way, we got the gig through the … Continue reading Kingsknight Pub (Jet Nightclub) – September 1st 2006

Edson Festival – Edson AB – August 18th 2006 What can I say…. So we got this gig through our friend in Edson Lee Freezen who was doing the sound for this event. It was the Carnival that was held once a year in Edson. When we left Edmonton to make the trek to Edson it was windy and grey skies were every where. Speeding … Continue reading Edson Festival – August 18th 2006

Sidetrack Cafe – Edmonton AB – Aug 15th ’06 – Past I got an email from Brent Oliver the former promoter for the Sidetrack (I say former because sadly the Sidetrack Café has closed down for good, and it will be missed, 25 years of serving the Edmonton rock scene). So I got an email, and it was Brent asking me if we wanted to … Continue reading Sidetrack Cafe – August 15th 2006

The Northern – Terrace BC – July 30th ’06 This gig should definitely be classified as a journey. Terrace, for those of you who don’t know, is on the east side of British Columbia, about an hour from the north pacific coast. Its closest city is Prince Rupert, which is a fishing/harbor town (at least that’s what I hear). The drive from Edmonton was long … Continue reading The Northern – July 30th 2006

Stripdown @ REDs – Edmonton AB – June 21st ’06 – Past Just a little back story first off here… Stripdown was a Showcase event put on by the radio station The Bear 100.3, the venue Reds (now the Edmonton Events Centre), PunkTV and The Sound Radio. In order to be in the event you had to receive online votes at The Sound Radio and … Continue reading Stripdown w/ Cold Driven- June 21st 2006