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This article was published 03/05/2007 (6907 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The gig: Bobnoxious, at the Royal Albert, Saturday. With Krotch Rawket.
The goods: Bobnoxious are more than just a heavy rock band with a severe case of metal tendencies — they are a travelling party. Fronted by Razor vocalist Bob Reid, the band is making its first trek west to support its debut album, Rockaholics, which doubles as a drinking game and earned the group best metal and best rock act honours at the 2007 Jack Richardson Music Awards, which honour the best of London, Ont.’s music scene. Reid explains.
Why did you make the album a drinking game? “When you hang out with the guys, a lot of things seem to happen. It always seems funny to the guys, but everyone on the outside thinks, ‘What the hell is up with that?’ We were drinking a beer each song while listening to a CD and said, ‘Let’s throw in a shot here or there.’ We tried it as a game and it was fun. If people are looking at us like we’re trying to be a logical band, sorry, dude. Wrong party.”
You can get a diploma for finishing the game (seven beers and five shots in 40 minutes). How many people have them? “So far only one guy has contacted me who has been able to do it, and he didn’t even want a diploma — he just wanted to tell me he did it. I’ve had lots of e-mails from people saying, ‘Me and my buddy tried but didn’t make it, so we’re going to try it again next week.'”
What’s the story about your online enemies? “There’s a group on (social-networking site) Facebook called Bobnoxious Makes Me Nauseous. I went there and it’s all this heckling and bitching about how we suck and this and that. That’s great. It’s an ultimate compliment. We must be doing something right.”
Is Razor still going? “Yes. We’re slow to do things. We are extremely opposite of how we play: we play blistering fast and work really slow. We’ve been recording some new tunes, though.”
How fast to you play in Bobnoxious? “I play drinking speed. By the way, does that bartender Quentin [Towns] still work there (at the Albert)?
He’s mostly at the Collective now, but he works the occasional show at the Albert. “Awesome. Tell him I’m coming and to get his drinking game on.”
The damage: Admission is $7.