Bucket Truck is a six piece heavy-rock/alternative
group consisting of the usual guitars, bass, vocals
and
drums with an added feature of African, Latin, and
Eastern percussion instruments.
The Bucket Truck sound and live
show is highly energetic, aggressive
and most of all, original.
Bucket Truck travelled to Halifax
for the East Coast
Music Awards in late January, 1998. The band
was
selected as one of four Newfoundland groups
to
showcase at the conference. "Without a doubt,
their
performance was the most inspired of the weekend,"
said Randy Hutchings of The Herald. The band's
energy worked well for Bucket Truck - 15 interviews
in
two days; two concerts and a CD release made
the
band one of the most recognisable groups at
the
ECMAs.
Bucket Truck has been given
the opportunity to share
the stage with many great Canadian acts in
the past
year including The Monoxides, The Tea Party
and
Furnaceface to name a few.
In 1997 Bucket Truck made radio-headway
by
releasing a single on Newfoundland FM stations.
DYNAMO tore-up the airwaves all summer - an
impressive feat since the track had never been
released in stores and only appearred on Bucket
Truck's demo. DYNAMO maintained a presense
in the
OZFM Top Ten at Ten for over three months (all
summer), reaching as high as number four! on
many occasions.
While at the same time reaching number
one on CHMR-FM (July 28, 1997). Bucket Truck's
debut CD entitled "Mr. Hero" was released for
distribution in the maritimes at the East Coast
Music
Awards. The twelve song CD was recorded and
produced in St. John's and is a great representation
of
where the band is going. The CD is sponsored
by
NewTel Communications.
With media attention already
so high for Bucket Truck,
the band expects their CD to make a big splash!
Already receiving mention in a series of publications
and multiple television appearances on MuchEast
(MuchMusic) and NTV.
VideoFact recently awarded Bucket
Truck with a grant
to help the band create their first video.
The release
date is tentatively set for late July. Ad Vantage
Productions have been contracted to film the
video
based on concepts the band provided. With the
release
of the video their CD, "Mr. Hero" will be launched
nationally - a big step for Bucket Truck.
In March 1997, Bucket Truck
journeyed to Corner
Brook Newfoundland for MuchMusic's SnowJob
'97.
The band played in Corner Brook and made a
lot of
new friends and contacts.
In October (Œ97), Bucket Truck
was nominated for a
Newfoundland and Labrador Music Industry Award
for
Best Alternative Group Œ97. An amazing feat
once
again for a band's first year in exsistence!
1998 is turning out to be a year
of hard work for Bucket
Truck - recording, promoting, playing whenever
possible, more merchandise, bigger stages at
bigger
shows, etc. etc. etc. These guys work hard,
and it
shows in every song at every show.
Keep
on Bucket Truck'n!!!
nbarron@warp.nfld.net
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