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The wheel in the sky has been turning faster for acts like Journey in recent years as acts like them and jukebox heroes Foreigner reunite and fill arenas like it was 1983 all over again.

It seems if you used to get played on FM radio rock stations 25 years ago and you've got at least one original member still alive (see Lynyrd Skynyrd), the time is now to cash in on a nostalgia tour.

There's been one conspicuous absence from the reunion circuit, though -- Mississauga, Ontario power trio Triumph. In the last 20-plus years the band -- made up of guitarist/vocalist Rik Emmett, drummer/vocalist Gil Moore and bassist Mike Levine -- have only played two shows together, despite all of them being healthy and capable.

It's not like band behind such albums as Allied Forces and Never Surrender didn't want to follow in Journey and Foreigner's footsteps. They just, kinda, haven't found the right timing yet.

"We had those offers," Mike Levine tells Noisecreep, looking at the reunion tours his old arena rock peers have been doing. "And god bless Foreigner, but not even Mick [Jones] is in the band anymore. He got sick last year and they replaced him I think [Jones returned to Foreigner recently after taking a leave of absence to have aortoiliac bypass surgery]." ]]> foreignerjourneyrik emmettRikEmmetttriumph Aaron Brophy 2012-10-12T10:40:00+00:00 Triumph Nearly Surrender: Reunion Show Almost Didn't Happen Due to Migraine (INTERVIEW) http://www.noisecreep.com/2012/09/24/triumph-rik-emmett/ http://www.noisecreep.com/2012/09/24/triumph-rik-emmett/ http://www.noisecreep.com/2012/09/24/triumph-rik-emmett/#comments Filed under: ,


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When anthem rock trio Triumph decided to reunite for a show at the Sweden Rock festival in 2008 it marked the first time in 20 years that Rik Emmett, Gil Moore and Mike Levine played together.

Literal decades of feuding and acrimony between the three was about to get wiped away in one glorious return to the stage. But it almost didn't happen because of a headache. A very bad headache.

The whole story starts innocently enough with a question to bassist Mike Levine about the golf shirt guitarist/vocalist Emmett wore during the band's reunion set. Triumph were an act known for leading edge lighting and staging in the '70s and '80s, as well as "of the time" spandex rocker outfits, so Emmett looking like a soccer dad for the band's big comeback seemed like a peculiar oversight.

As it turns out, what shirt he was wearing was the least of the band's concerns. ]]> rik emmettRikEmmetttriumph Aaron Brophy 2012-09-24T16:00:00+00:00 Our Lady Peace Were Inspired by a Former Boxer on New Album http://www.noisecreep.com/2012/06/29/our-lady-peace-curve/ http://www.noisecreep.com/2012/06/29/our-lady-peace-curve/ http://www.noisecreep.com/2012/06/29/our-lady-peace-curve/#comments Filed under: ,


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It's no accident that Canadian rock band Our Lady Peace have a photo of former heavyweight boxing contender George Chuvalo on the cover of their eighth and latest album, Curve.

Chuvalo, a rugged Croatian Canadian, was once called by Muhammad Ali the toughest guy he ever fought. His claim to fame was that he could never be knocked down.

In much the same way, Our Lady Peace are starting to look a lot like rugged Chuvalo-like survivors. It's been a full 15 years since Canadian rock band Our Lady Peace released their breakout Clumsy album, which went Platinum in the States. Over the years they've switched band members, switched labels and weathered trends, but they're still fighting. ]]> George ChuvaloGeorgeChuvaloOLPOLP George ChuvaloOur Lady PeaceOurLadyPeace Aaron Brophy 2012-06-29T14:30:00+00:00 Lamb of God's Randy Blythe Slams SOPA Despite Benefiting From Bill: 'I'd Rather Starve' http://www.noisecreep.com/2012/01/18/lamb-of-god-sopa/ http://www.noisecreep.com/2012/01/18/lamb-of-god-sopa/ http://www.noisecreep.com/2012/01/18/lamb-of-god-sopa/#comments Filed under: ,


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This SOPA thing that everyone's talking about today? Even many of the artists it's purporting to protect, like Lamb of God singer Randy Blythe, hate it.

"A profit margin at the cost of liberty is never high enough for me," says the outspoken Blythe, beginning into a rant against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) through U.S. Congress, and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) through the Senate, which threaten to throttle the internet Big Brother-style.

"I believe it opens up too much corporate and governmental control and I think it would be a monopoly by corporations and governments who are in bed together on creative content and what does and what does not go on the internet," Blythe told Noisecreep's sister site, Spinner Canada. ]]> lamb of godLambOfGodpipasopa Aaron Brophy 2012-01-18T15:30:00+00:00 Nickelback Trade Insults Via Twitter With Atlanta Braves' Peter Moylan http://www.noisecreep.com/2011/12/05/nickelback-peter-moylan-twitter-insults/ http://www.noisecreep.com/2011/12/05/nickelback-peter-moylan-twitter-insults/ http://www.noisecreep.com/2011/12/05/nickelback-peter-moylan-twitter-insults/#comments Filed under:


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Embattled rock band Nickelback have found themselves in the middle of another sports controversy -- a Twitter fight with Peter Moylan, a relief pitcher for the Atlanta Braves baseball team.

Moylan threw the first high heater after attending the Foo Fighters' Dec. 2 show at AAMI Park in Melbourne, Australia, tweeting how much more he liked Dave Grohl's band than Chad Kroeger's.

"Note to @nickelback please attend a @foofighters concert. That's how's it should be done chad," he wrote.

Nickelback, who've been drinking their fair share of haterade lately on account of their unpopular football half-time shows, were quick to respond with kind words for the Foos and a baseball-savvy burn for Moylan. ]]> nickelback Aaron Brophy 2011-12-05T15:20:00+00:00 Cancer Bats: Indie Rockers Fleet Foxes Inspired Their Upcoming Album http://www.noisecreep.com/2011/11/30/cancer-bats/ http://www.noisecreep.com/2011/11/30/cancer-bats/ http://www.noisecreep.com/2011/11/30/cancer-bats/#comments Filed under: ,


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Toronto's Cancer Bats have just finished recording for their fourth album, tentatively titled 'Dead Set on Living,' and lead singer Liam Cormier says he's been looking outside the heavy music universe for inspiration.

"In a lot of ways we get really inspired by non-metal bands," Cormier, whose band has covered the likes of Tegan and Sara and the Faint, tells Spinner. "For me, I find I really like looking at other things because I just don't want to make a traditional hardcore record lyrically. So for me, I listen to a lot of indie rock and I've been getting super psyched on a lot of that, like the new 'Helplessness Blues' by Fleet Foxes..." ]]> cancer batsCancerBats Aaron Brophy 2011-11-30T14:15:00+00:00