BeatRoute Magazine [AB] print e-edition - [April 2018]

BUFFALO BUD BUSTER
louder than the herd
Just east of the Rocky Mountains, a fourstrong
herd of sage shreddin’ bison are
turning the rolling Foothills of Alberta into
a desert rock wonderland. Roger “Captain
Red Beard” Reuser, Deano Robertson, Jake
Rogers and Danny Freeze are Buffalo Bud
Buster -- a distortion-heavy quartet that’s
every bit as loud and hazy as the name
suggests.
“Just get a buffalo, an Orange stack and
a guitar and just let ‘em rip! That’s what we
sound like,” laughs Robertson, who lends the
band his bass skills when he’s not hammering
out award-winning tattoos.
Bashing away at the hides and cymbals
is Shirtless Jake, whose late arrival offers a
unique perspective to Buffalo Bud Buster’s,
solid yet molten, sludge metal effusions.
“I got to see Buffalo Bud Buster play a
couple of times before I joined,” the concussive
percussionist vividly recalls. “I remember
being blown away, because they were so loud
and so fuzzy! They had this larger-than-life
kind of vibe.”
Butting into Calgary’s local scene, Buffalo
Bud Buster first ran wild a decade and a half
ago on their rock crushing 2003 debut, The
BY MATTY HUME
Fur And The Fuzz. Despite a few long winters
since that cathartic release, the band is far
from extinct.
“We’re probably looking at recording real
soon, but like buffalo we move at our own
pace,” gruffs Reuser.
“And, we don’t play any of the old songs.”
So, don’t even bother asking. Truth be told,
the foursome maintains some pretty high
standards, including having a brand new song
ready for every live show. Reuser promises at
least a few freshly inked tunes, the product
of weekly head-smashing jam sessions, will
emerge before Buffalo Bud Buster return
appearance at the upcoming 420 Music and
Arts Festival.
With shows planned well-into the summer
including stops at the Okanagan Tattoo Show
and Brewfest, Buffalo Bud Buster’s journey is
just getting started. Armed with a fistful of
riffs and spliffs, BBB are ready to reclaim their
natural habitat – the stage.
Buffalo Bud Buster performs with La Chinga,
Mendozza, Bazaraba and more on day two of
the 420 Music and Arts Festival, which takes
place April 20 at Distortion (Calgary).
This Month
In METAL
Stabmonton DIY Fest Round 4, the
best show offering of the month,
goes down on April 6 and April
7 at Bohemia (Edmonton). The grind/
powerviolence/hardcore oriented fest
will feature performances from Houston
based grindcore icons P.L.F., along with
Falsehood, Grimace, Sulfuric Cautery,
Sixbrew Bantha, and numerous others.
After being rescheduled from their initial
venue that shut down, the event is now
18+. The first evening is $10; tickets for
the second evening are $20.
The excellent dark hardcore/death
metal hybrid act band Feeding will perform
on April 8 at Bohemia (Edmonton).
The band released their new EP In Hell
on February 2; the four-track release is
available at https://feeding.bandcamp.
com/. The band will be performing with
Endless Chaos and Demise.
Head over to Dickens (Calgary) on
Friday, April 20 for epic symphonic
Norwegian act Sirenia, who channel
in gothic themes and juxtapose growls
against soaring wails. Columbia’s Valinor
Excelsior, alongside Threat Signal and
Dire Peril, will join them. Tickets are
$18 in advance. Sirenia will also perform
on April 22 at the Handsome Daughter
(Winnipeg).
Calgary death metal band Widow’s
Peak will release their new EP Graceless
on April 27 at Distortion (Calgary). The
band is playing alongside Path to Extinction,
Protosequence, Meggido and
Anti-Pattern. Tickets are $10 in advance
and $15 at the door.
Now for a band who’s not metal, but
helped shape the face of it: the almighty
prog/psych/rock icons Uriah Heep are
performing on April 30 at the Vogue
Theatre (Edmonton) and on May 1 at
the Palace Theater (Calgary). Head to the
RockPile section to read our feature on
the band, and revel in their ‘70s oriented
set list full of classic tracks.
Finally, head to Dickens (Calgary) on
May 2 to check out psychedelic technical
metallers GIGAN. They’ll be performing
with Minneapolis based progressive
death metallers Sunless, alongside local
acts Train Bigger Monkeys and Dethgod.
GIGAN will also perform on May 4 at the
Handsome Daughter (Winnipeg).
• Sarah Kitteringham
Sirenia perform at Dickens (Calgary) on April 20.
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