The Creepshow
One of the more rockin’ and raucous bands in Canada
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Understanding that Burlington, Ontario, is one of the most important music towns in the country is something you probably have to be from Ontario to get. Without Burlington, there would be no Jersey, no Saint Alvia, no Grade and no Dead and Divine.
Being a Burlington band, the Creepshow understands that places including Burlington and Welland, Ontario (Rose City Hardcore represent!) have been vitally important to the country’s punk and hardcore culture.
But enough about the Burl; let’s get back to the Creepshow.
Somewhere between psychobilly and horrorbilly (yet without a member named anything near Billy), the Creeps are one of the more rockin’ and raucous bands in Canada. For the most part, though, the last little while has been wrapped up in resting after the various and sundry responsibilities attendant to late 2010’s They All Fall Down.
“We did a ridiculously long-ass tour for its release and almost lost sanity completely. Well, did lose sanity completely,” explains foxy frontwoman Sarah “Sin” Blackwood, who also has a burgeoning solo career.
So, what happened after losing their minds?
“We took a couple months off and didn't do anything but decompress. Then we did some more shows. Then we did an East Coast USA/Canada tour. And now we are in Ottawa.”
Ottawa is one thing; Montreal’s quite another. For years now, the Creeps have had a professional relationship with Montreal’s Stomp Records, as well as with Montreal bands like the Brains and the Hypnophonics. Some would suggest that Montreal is the band’s unofficial second home. Blackwood explains that as much as it is, it isn’t.
“We do love Montreal,” she says. “I almost moved there this spring but because of tour I can't be away until we slow down a bit. So maybe in the fall or [in] the New Year.
“We have family and friends and collaborators all over the world. Montreal isn't really a second home, but it is for sure one of our favourite cities ever. The crowds and scene there is amazing! It's always wonderful playing there.”
This is, we must assume, for reasons including the relationship the band has with Stomp Records. And, since we have started tiptoeing around Stomp, it feels necessary to stick our feet in it good and proper.
How would Blackwood describe the personal and professional relationship she and her band have with Matt Collyer and the rest of Stomp?
“It will probably be the only marriage of mine that will last forever!” she says. “We love those guys so much and they have been such a wonderful label. Even when the band comes to an end, we will always be family. And most likely in one way or another we will be working together till we are all old and wrinkly.”
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