Acrpost: A Project of the Pacific Association of Artist Run Centres

Event Description

Our favourite Canadian psychobilly band THE MATADORS on SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21 AT THE ASTORIA! w/ Butch Haller and His Chesterfield Ramblers , Devil In the Wood Shack & more! Formed in 1995 in St Thomas, Ontario, THE MATADORS were originally a cover band, playing mostly classic country and 1950s rockabilly songs, being booked mostly for pig roasts, bush parties, weddings and pretty much any bullshit show they could find. But they became so adept at their craft that soon they were killing audiences everywhere they went. The Matadors were the kind of band that would come through town and immediatly bar sales were up as well as DUIs, fights, arrests for public indecency and the teenage pregnany rate. It was this time that Hooch was approached by a man acting as representiitive for The ... more...