The next big thing

This year marked independent radio titan CKCU's 35th anniversary. There were plenty of shows around town commemorating the event, including a shindig at the Rainbow corralled together by the folks who host Crossing Boredom every Thursday starting at 7 p.m. They managed to get a bunch of bands up from Toronto, including Sons of Otis who have never been up this way (barring a very early appearance by their precursor band Otis). The first bunch on stage were Gypsy Chief Goliath. GCG is comprised of a collection of scene veterans from such bands as Georgian Skull and Mr. Bones. Their taste seems to run to the classic side of things - they list bands like Thin Lizzy and Black Sabbath - garnished with some growlier vocals.

We can start the headbanging right here with bassist John Kendrick and guitarist Chris Coleiro.



Here's guitarist No. 2 Dana Ljubanovich, harp man Brodie Stevenson and singer Al The Yeti Bones.



More Chris! Behind him is drummer Adam Saitti.



I decided to switch to flash fairly early ...



More Dana and Brodie!



More Yeti Bones!



The whole lot!



More John!



More Chris!



More hitting!



Fisheye action! This is about the only one that worked out, apart from the one I used the day after.



The end!



They're coming back to town for a show with Muffler Crunch and Holy Divide January 14 at Mavericks.

• Show reminder: Kate Maki and Fred Squire perform at Raw Sugar Cafe; the Rainbow hosts Jeff the Fifth and Rusty Wilson. Tiger Suite and Brothers Through The Hill are at the Elmdale House.