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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Bluesfest Day 8: Papa Roach, Daughtry didn't totally suck
Saturday evening at Bluesfest was a night of tattoos and testosterone as two American bands, Papa Roach and Daughtry, delivered back-to-back slabs of pounding modern rock on the RBC main stage. In the headlining spot was Papa Roach, a nu metal outfit from the 90s, while warm-up duties went to Daughtry, the band formed around 2006 American Idol contestant Chris Daughtry. The combination of male-dominated acts from the turn of the century drew thousands of dads and dudes alike to the plaza of the Canadian War Museum at LeBreton Flats Park. Many of the older fellas sported plastic ponchos to ward off the light rain that started during Papa Roach's set. The younger ones, on the other hand, simply flung themselves into the melee. On stage, Roach singer Jacoby Shaddix was the spike-haired, foul-mouthed centre of a loud and powerful rock show. He spat lyrics into the microphone, bantered between songs and basked in the glory of the spotlight as his four bandmates cranked it out behind him. At one point, Shaddix wondered who had seen the Green Day show the previous night. 'You guys had an epic week of music,' he said, noting that his band and Green Day are both from the same area in California. 'We used to go see them back in the day. It's awesome to be on the same festival with a band as iconic as Green Day.' While I wouldn't normally mention Green Day and Papa Roach together in any capacity, I have to say that Shaddix and his crew rose to the occasion at Bluesfest, perhaps inspired by the buzz over Green Day's show. Whatever the rationale, they did a fine job on the big stage, demonstrating the power to impress even the stodgiest classic-rock fan. For Roach, the show was part of a tour celebrating the 25th anniversary of their breakthrough album, Infest, an occasion that called for tracks like Blood Brothers, Dead Cell, Between Angels and Insects, Last Resort and Infest to be played with maximum intensity. S haddix, who's 45, was relentless in enticing fans to crowd surf, mosh, scream, pump their fists and light up their phones. Those up front were quick to oblige, shoving each other around with abandon as the show progressed. The rap-rockers also showed a serious side, delivering a message of suicide awareness via prerecorded video and a song, Leave a LIght On (Talk Away the Dark) to remind listeners that the first step in dealing with mental health is to talk about it. 'Our band has talked about mental health since the beginning of our career,' Shaddix said, recalling the scores of young fans he's met over the years. 'There's no greater feeling than when somebody says, 'Your music saved my life.' He said the band intends to make a donation to a suicide prevention line in each city they play, including Ottawa. Plus, he hinted at a return appearance this fall. Earlier in the evening, following an energetic set by the Ottawa pop-punk band, We Were Sharks, Chris Daughtry embarked on a cathartic journey with his namesake band. The 45-year-old, whose chiselled arms were blacked-out in tattoo ink, sang with an emotional resonance that belied his macho appearance, displaying a voice that was capable of wailing in anguish or soothing with a warm intimacy. He revisited early hits like Home and It's Not Over, but the highlight was a duet with his 14-year-old daughter, Adalynn, that showed he wasn't much different than the other doting dads in the audience. lsaxberg@
Ottawa Citizen
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Ottawa Citizen
Bluesfest Day 8: Papa Roach, Daughtry didn't totally suck
Article content Saturday evening at Bluesfest was a night of tattoos and testosterone as two American bands, Papa Roach and Daughtry, delivered back-to-back slabs of pounding modern rock on the RBC main stage. Article content In the headlining spot was Papa Roach, a nu metal outfit from the 90s, while warm-up duties went to Daughtry, the band formed around 2006 American Idol contestant Chris Daughtry. Article content Article content Article content The combination of male-dominated acts from the turn of the century drew thousands of dads and dudes alike to the plaza of the Canadian War Museum at LeBreton Flats Park. Many of the older fellas sported plastic ponchos to ward off the light rain that started during Papa Roach's set. The younger ones, on the other hand, simply flung themselves into the melee. Article content Article content Article content On stage, Roach singer Jacoby Shaddix was the spike-haired, foul-mouthed centre of a loud and powerful rock show. He spat lyrics into the microphone, bantered between songs and basked in the glory of the spotlight as his four bandmates cranked it out behind him. Article content At one point, Shaddix wondered who had seen the Green Day show the previous night. Article content 'You guys had an epic week of music,' he said, noting that his band and Green Day are both from the same area in California. 'We used to go see them back in the day. It's awesome to be on the same festival with a band as iconic as Green Day.' Article content Article content Article content While I wouldn't normally mention Green Day and Papa Roach together in any capacity, I have to say that Shaddix and his crew rose to the occasion at Bluesfest, perhaps inspired by the buzz over Green Day's show. Whatever the rationale, they did a fine job on the big stage, demonstrating the power to impress even the stodgiest classic-rock fan. Article content For Roach, the show was part of a tour celebrating the 25th anniversary of their breakthrough album, Infest, an occasion that called for tracks like Blood Brothers, Dead Cell, Between Angels and Insects, Last Resort and Infest to be played with maximum intensity. Article content Article content Shaddix, who's 45, was relentless in enticing fans to crowd surf, mosh, scream, pump their fists and light up their phones. Those up front were quick to oblige, shoving each other around with abandon as the show progressed. Article content The rap-rockers also showed a serious side, delivering a message of suicide awareness via prerecorded video and a song, Leave a LIght On (Talk Away the Dark) to remind listeners that the first step in dealing with mental health is to talk about it.
CTV News
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- CTV News
What's happening in Ottawa this weekend: July 18-20
looks at things to do in Ottawa and eastern Ontario this weekend. Ottawa Bluesfest It's the final weekend of Ottawa Bluesfest at LeBreton Flats. Here is the look at the headliners for the final three days of the festival: Friday: Green Day, The Linda Lindas, Dwayne Gretzky and Los Bitchos Saturday: Papa Roach, Daughtry, Christone 'Kingfish' Ingram and JW Jones Sunday: Kaytranada, BadBadNotGood, Tim Baker and Darren Kiely Bluesfest runs until Sunday. For tickets, visit Atletico Ottawa Atletico Ottawa hosts the Halifax Wanderers on Friday night at TD Place. Game time is 7 p.m. For tickets, visit Ottawa Redblacks The Ottawa Redblacks host the Hamilton Tiger Cats Sunday night at TD Place. Game time is 7 p.m. For tickets, visit Ottawa Lebanese Festival Celebrate the very best in Middle Eastern cuisine this weekend at the Ottawa Lebanese Festival. The festival celebrates the diversity of the Ottawa-Lebanese community with food, Middle Eastern entertainment and heritage. The festival runs until Sunday at the St. Elias Cathedral. Thai Festival Ottawa Taste, shop and celebrate Thai culture on Saturday at Lansdowne. The Thai Festival runs from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. For more information, visit Ottawa ChamberFest It's the opening weekend for Ottawa Chamberfest. World-renowned artists take the stage during 10 days of chamber music at venues across Ottawa. This weekend's lineup includes: Friday: Montreal Horn Stars at the Great Canadian Theatre Company Saturday: Gryphon Trio, Music that Made the Movies with pianist Jenna Richards, Julie Nasrallah and Bytown Sea Shanty Collective Sunday: Canadian Guitar Quartet: Music of the Americans, Vincent Ho at 50, and the National Youth Orchestra of Canada For tickets and information, visit Festival Parasol Don't miss the Festival Parasol on Friday and Saturday at the Hotel-Casino du Lac Leamy in Gatineau. Friday is the Parasol Beach Party featuring Tropical Disco DJs and Paul LeBlanc on the main stage, while Saturday features the Piknic Electronik. For more information, visit Shenkman Arts Centre Here is a look at what's happening at the Shenkman Arts Centre this weekend. Saturday: Fetch Local Market Always a Bridesmaid The Ottawa Little Theatre presents the farcical comedy 'Always a Bridesmaid.' See the production by Jones Hope Wooten until Aug. 2. For tickets, visit NCC bike days National Capital Commission's weekend bikedays continue all weekend. The NCC will close the parkways and Queen Elizabeth Driveway to vehicles for active use. Here is a look at what's open for cyclists, runners, walkers and other active use: Kichi Zībī Mīkan (Vimy Place to Carling Avenue): 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday Sir George-Étienne Cartier Parkway (Aviation Parkway to St. Joseph Boulevard): 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday Queen Elizabeth Driveway (Somerset Avenue to Fifth Avenue: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday Touch a Truck Get up close and personal with industry vehicles and equipment on Saturday at the Nepean Sportsplex. The Touch-a-Truck event allows people to learn about different types of vehicles used in the landscaping industry. The event runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. FanaticCon FanaticCon Ottawa is Sunday. It's the ultimate day for all pop culture enthusiasts, with vintage toys, comics, retro games, unique art and more. The event is at the Ottawa Conference and Event Centre on Coventry Road. 613flea 613flea returns to Lansdowne on Saturday. Check out 150 vendors from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free. Lansdowne Farmers Market The Lansdowne Farmers Market is back at Lansdowne on Sunday. Connect with over 85 local vendors in the historic Aberdeen Square from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Main Street Farmers Market The Main Street Farmers Market is open for the season. The market is open Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Grande Allee Park. Carp Farmers Market The Carp Farmers Market is open every Saturday 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Metcalfe Farmers Market The Metcalfe Farmers Market has kicked off a new season. The market is every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Metcalfe Fairgrounds. Westboro Farmers' Market The Westboro Farmers Market is open Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The market is located in Byron Linear Park. Barrhaven Farmers Market The Barrhaven Farmers' Market is every Sunday at the Nepean Woods Park and Ride. The market is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Original Navan Market The Original Navan Market is Sunday on Navan Road. Check out vendors selling produce, breads, cheese, honey, jams, jellies, jewelers, soapers, crafters and more. Museums Click on the links for the schedule at museums in Ottawa and eastern Ontario: Parliament of Canada Tours Enjoy a free, guided tour of the Senate at the Senate of Canada Building, the House of Commons in the West Block and the East Block. For tickets and tour times, visit Parliament: The Immersive Experience Explore the main Parliament Building, also called Centre Block, in this innovative experience. Parliament: The Immersive Experience at 211 Sparks Street includes an exhibition and a 360-degree multimedia show that takes you on a tour through Centre Block, which has been closed since 2019. The self-guided tour is 45 minutes. Tickets are available at no cost at visit Stewart Park Festival Downtown Perth comes alive this weekend for the annual Stewart Park Festival. The three-day festival includes music, a marketplace, a kids area and other activities. Musical performances include Blackburn Brothers, Lloyd Spiegel, Great Lake Swimmers, Joel Plaskett, Night Sun and Buffalo Rose. For more information, visit Little League U13 Canadian Championships The best under 13 little league baseball teams are in Kingston until Wednesday. The Little League U13 Canadian Championships will take place at Cricket Field. Cornwall Pride Parade and Festival It's the 10th year of the Cornwall Pride Parade and Festival. The parade departs the Cornwall Aquatic Centre at 11 a.m. on Saturday and ends in Lamoureux Park. The festival features 50 vendors, bouncy castles, a BBQ and live entertainment. The event is free. Brockville Ontario Speedway Saturday night is race night at the Brockville Ontario Speedway. Racing starts at 7 p.m. Cornwall Motor Speedway Sunday is race night at the Cornwall Motor Speedway Enjoy racing around the quarter-mile dirt track, with the first race at 6 p.m.
The Guardian
11-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
‘It fully altered my taste in music': bands reflect on the awesome power of the Tony Hawk's Pro Skater soundtracks
When millions of parents bought their kids a Tony Hawk's Pro Skater game in the late 90s and early 00s, they couldn't have understood the profound effect it would have on their children's music taste. With bands from Bad Religion to Papa Roach and Millencolin accompanying every failed spin and grind, these trick-tastic games slyly doubled up as the ultimate compilation CD. While the Fifa games have an equally storied history with licensed music, those soundtracks feel impersonal – a who's who of whichever artists EA's associated record labels wanted to push at the time. Pro Skater's soundtrack, by contrast, felt like being handed a grubby and slightly dog-eared handmade mixtape, still battered from its last tumble at the local skate park. 'Most of the bands were chosen because I heard them growing up at the skate park. I would say most of the original punk stuff – even the early hip-hop – that was my soundtrack to skating in the 80s and 90s,' Tony Hawk says. 'I never imagined that I would be a tastemaker but, that was really just a byproduct of staying true to the culture.' 'Tony was very involved in punk rock,' says Chris DeMakes, frontman of Less Than Jake, before his set at this year's Slam Dunk festival. 'Ultimately, he had to approve the bands on his soundtrack … So that always kind of made me feel good about it.' The band's Roger Lima adds: 'The culture of skating and music is so meshed, it made sense for them to have a real soundtrack to it.' For the bands that made it on to these games in those years, the impact was immeasurable. 'I remember playing earlier versions of THPS and hearing some of our contemporaries … I hoped we'd get an opportunity like that,' says Hunter Burgan, bassist of AFI. 'But I don't think I really understood how big the impact was until after we actually were on the soundtrack. I can't tell you how many people have come up to me over the last two decades and told me that THPS3 was their first introduction to AFI.' 'Tony Hawk's Pro Skater made All My Best Friends Are Metalheads a hit – as big a hit as if we would have been on 60 major rock stations in America … Probably bigger,' says DeMakes. 'I talked to John Feldman [of Goldfinger] about this recently, and with Superman it's the same thing for them. That wasn't a worldwide hit, but it became a hit for them because of that game.' When the original Tony Hawk's Pro Skater came out in 1999, those grey PlayStation discs served as a punk rock Trojan horse, sneaking a killer introduction to the world of alt and punk music to millions of unsuspecting kids. A quarter-century later, new artists are featuring on modern remakes of the Pro Skater games, alongside the bands that shaped their taste. 'Those games fully altered my taste in music!' says Sammy Ciaramitaro, vocalist of hardcore band Drain. 'They brought punk rock (and a lot of other incredible music) to my childhood bedroom.' Drain are now one of a handful of new artists that were chosen to be added to the soundtrack for the remakes. 'I think our inclusion represents the growth of hardcore,' says Ciaramitaro. 'I'm honored that we now get to be a part of this with Turnstile and End It, too. I hope that maybe some young kids will hear our songs while playing and it will motivate them to do a deep dive into punk rock music, like we all did when we were younger.' Other bands who weren't quite big enough to get on Tony's radar at the time, such as the Ataris, spent their careers dreaming of making it on to the next Pro Skater game. 'We were coming of age the same time that Pro Skater was,' says bassist Mike Davenport. 'In 1999/2000 was when we really started to take off as a band and we didn't even feel as if we belonged with the bands that were featured [on the games].' The Ataris' track All Souls' Day eventually made the soundtrack for 2020's Pro Skater 1+2 remake. Davenport says that the band used to play Pro Skater constantly on tour in the back of an RV – even, once, in the middle of a car accident. 'My merch guy and I were playing in the kitchen nook one night when we heard the driver yell 'look out!' and then the TV flew at us, and we both literally batted it down with our hands so as not to have it smash us in the face,' he remembers. 'Sadly the TV and PlayStation were killed, but luckily not us.' Even though Less Than Jake reaped the rewards of being on the game back in 2002, returning with a different song on the Pro Skater remake decades later still felt like a badge of honour: 'We're a band that's been around for 33 years, so we love anything that can propel us and get us in front of a new audience,' says DeMakes, 'Everybody has social media. Anybody can upload their song to YouTube or Spotify or Apple Music now, it's a different playing field. So how do you get noticed? Getting asked to be in a video game is perfect.' 'As long as there are people playing video games there will be an avenue to connect them with music,' says Burgan, 'Skateboarding, punk rock and video games were a huge part of our lives growing up and were inextricably connected, so it seems like a natural continuation of that. For bands, I think the cultural impact is far more important and lasting than any financial benefit.' Such is the lasting impact of the Pro Skater soundtracks that there are cover bands dedicated to playing it live – among them the 900. 'We were really annoying when we first started the band, just tagging Tony Hawk in every story and Instagram post,' frontman Harry Shaw tells me. 'When he followed us [on social media] we thought: 'That's it, we've made it.' We never imagined that he'd actually come on stage with us.' In a video that's since gone viral on Instagram, Tony Hawk hopped on stage unannounced with the 900 in east London, covering Bloodstains by Agent Orange and Superman by Goldfinger, to a rapturous crowd. '[We're] eternally grateful for him doing that show, and also just not being a dick about bands covering songs from his game, either,' says Shaw, 'He doesn't have to do this stuff, his name is so big within pop culture – like Ronaldo or Messi – he's almost like a living meme.' 'There are five bands that only play covers from our video game series, and I've sang with three of them. But that one [the 900] was really fun,' says Hawk. 'My appearance was a surprise, and they were kind enough to choose songs that I was more into. Yes, I'm proud of the soundtrack, but I can't sing every song nor could I remember the lyrics!' In the decades that have passed since the original Pro Skater games, their soundtracks have been the gift that keeps giving for the bands who make it on. 'I actually just met Tony a few weeks ago at a music festival,' says AFI's Burgan. 'He is a true music lover and that makes being included in THPS even more special.' While Pro Skater has gone down in legend, Less Than Jake believes that it could have very easily gone the other way. 'How many stars do we know that have made products or endorsed things that weren't good?' laughs DeMakes. 'But in Tony's case, he had a really cool game that kids embraced and loved.' 'Pro Skater could have been a flop, it could have just not really worked out in the long run,' agrees Lima. 'But every element of it was just super effortlessly cool and it was huge for us … I can't count the amount of times someone has said: 'I found out about you guys through Pro Skater.' Just look at the YouTube comments … thousands and thousands of fans that probably never would have heard of us otherwise.' Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 is out now
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
15 Really Freaking Funny Signs That Will Cure Your Terrible Day
Welcome to another weekly roundup of Reddit's funniest signs. They're the best cure for making you forget about all the stress you had this week! Last week's was hilarious, and today's won't disappoint. Here we go: business who decided honesty was the best policy: this business that found a clever way of expressing to people that they need to keep their hands off: church that should have possibly went with another choice of words on Mother's Day: same with this fast food place: person who decided to give the breastfeeding room a fitting code that everyone should remember: McDonald's sign where you know what they were trying to do, but it just doesn't work: obvious sign, and the person who added a fitting DIY one below it: motivational sign that got cut off in the worst possible place: sign about autocorrect that is too accurate: Papa Roach-loving Pizza Hut employee who made this sign: business who did not hold back about their meat: sign can't believe either: public restroom sign that may leave you scratching your head: this restroom sign, where you'll also be left questioning things, like why the quotes were used: another restroom sign that may truly leave you baffled beyond belief: Which one made you LOL the most?! Let us know in the comments, and be sure to check back next week for another hilarious roundup!
