The Mongrels
The Mongrels are hands down Montreal’s — possibly Canada’s — finest psychedelic blues rockin’ mother bitchin’ heavy metal band. Taking cues from loads of bands from all walks — Cold Blood, Humble Pie, the Allman Brothers Band and Dead Meadow are a few that come to mind — they attack with a seriously hard-hitting sound that’s got to be heard live to be properly experienced.
A project of Tricky Woo frontman Andrew Dickson, the Mongrels are a sextet that features no less than two drummers (Jason Tustin of Local Rabbits and Bionic’s Tim Dwyer dole out them phat pounding grooves), dueling guitars and the mighty Amy Dynamite on vocals.
I just gotta plug these guys. Saw them last summer with a few dozen people at Irene’s in Ottawa and it was seriously one of the loudest and best rock shows I have ever witnessed. The Mongrels need to be heard. Hopefully they’ll scrape together the bread to make a trip out west at some point.
Here’s a track of their debut LP Oshawa called “Contemplating the Wizard”
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