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Toronto's Quest For Fire got to be the psychedelic sandwich meat between the hardcore multigrain bread of Coliseum and Asile. I always like it when bands on a bill have a variety of sound, but I think a large chunk of the audience was a bit nonplussed by their presence. I was not one of those people, since the band's two albums are big favourites of mine.

I am intrigued by singer-guitarist Chad Ross's neck-thru custom Strat. Last time I saw Ross, he was playing bass with The Deadly Snakes.



Ditto for other guitarist Andrew Moszynski, though if I recall correctly he was playing drums and going by the name Andrew Gunn. Josh Bauman plays bass.



Drummer Mike Maxymuik comes from Cursed.



Chad sings!



Andrew and his amplitude.



Josh bends!



Andrew bends!



Mike hits!



Fiery action!



More Andy!



More pedals!



More bending!



Squiggly action!



Excess bending!



Extra hitting!



Pretty wicked.

• Show reminder: US Girls, Slim Twig, Rituals, Holy Cobras, Stale Cum and Knifemare rock McLoud House, a.k.a. 485 McLeod Ave.; Acres and Cedar play downstairs at the Clocktower Brew Pub; Wizard Party, Remember The Fire, Move Your Mountain, Tindervox and John Kerr perform at the Atomic Rooster;The Sound Technicians, Departures and And What Army? are at Zaphod's; Hands of the Few, W!nslow, Nummies, Kill City, The Valveenus and Gusto Fiasco roll into Maverick's; Raw Sugar hosts Laura Peek and Dog Is Blue; Garett Mason and Keith Hallett hit the stage at The Rainbow; Rudeboy plays Irene's; The Warped 45s release their new CD at The Elmdale with Still Winter Hills; Jime Mize, Dave Lang and Shannon Rose & The Thorns are at the Avant-Garde Bar.