EPK – Vinyl Hero – Sledgehammer (single) (2021)
Sledgehammer is a personal favourite of the band and has been part of their live set for a long time and through that time have really made it their own. “We’re a rock band, a power trio,” says Vinyl Hero’s bassist, Costa Siarlis, “and we wanted to make our version sound like a rock band wrote it, it’s more of a rendition than a cover!” Even as a 3 piece, Vinyl Hero manage to bring enough ambience from the intro to hard-hitting and sing-along choruses to make fans of the original and modern-day rock listeners alike throw some horns in the air!
For fans Queens Of The Stone Age, Stone Temple Pilots, Big Wreck, Shinedown
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Single Title: Sledgehammer (VINYL HERO version – Peter Gabriel Cover)
Release Date: March 26, 2021
Label: Self-Release
Distribution: Distrokid
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“‘Seven Days On A Train’ was released to great acclaim “Glam stomping, bratty tear away, excellent musicianship, ragged glory and scarves trailing all over the script” (Steve Swift – PowerPlay magazine UK)
“They crunch about that gravel path of theirs like there is no tomorrow.” (RockmusicRaider, Newsflash).
“Low and slow riffage from a Montreal three-piece that’s been making the rounds for the past five years or so. Good for fans of stoner rock. If Chris Cornell were still with us, he’d get a kick out of these guys. The singer kinda reminds me of former QotSA dude Nick Oliveri (except with his clothes on).” – Alan Cross
Single Title: Sledgehammer (VINYL HERO version – Peter Gabriel Cover)
Release Date: March 26, 2021
Label: Self-Release
Distribution: Distrokid
Track Listing:
1. Sledgehammer (single) (4:29)
Single Credits:
• All songs performed by: Vinyl Hero
• All songs written by: Vinyl Hero (rendition of Peter Gabriel’s original version)
• Produced by: Dave Traina (Freq Shop Studios) Tiburce Perlau
• Mixed by: Dave Traina and Tiburce Perlau
• Mastered by: Harry Hess (HBomb Mastering)
• Album Artwork by: Tiburce Perlau
• Members of SOCAN
• Canadian Content (MAPL)
Recording Line Up:
Ray Howard – Lead Vocals/Guitarist
Costa Siarlis – Backup Vocals/Bassist
Tiburce Perlau – Backup Vocals/Drums/added Percussions/added Sample tracks
Marco Favaro – Additional Back Vocals
Live Band Line Up:
Ray Howard – Lead Vocals/Guitarist
Costa Siarlis – Backup Vocals/Bassist
Tiburce Perlau – Backup Vocals/Drums
L-R – Costa Siarlis (Bass/Vocals), Ray Howard (Lead Vocals/Guitar), Tiburce Perlau (Drums, Vocals)
Ray Howard, lead vocals/ lead guitar Master Mind/Batman
Tiburce Perlau, drums/ back vocals Visual-Sound Production/Expert Craftsman
Costa Siarlis, bass/ back vocals Social Media guru /Super Foodie
Heavy and gutsy rock riffing served alongside palpable and unmistakable lead vocals!
The feeling you get when headbanging to a Vinyl Hero tune is best described as a Symphony of Synchronicity. Three different individuals with one main goal. Ray Howard and Costa Siarlis (founding members) had a couple of years to curate their songs and sound with different members and once drummer Tiburce Perlau was added to the lineup their overall sound hit a level that has become Vinyl Hero’s trademark sound!
No strangers to touring, Montrealer’s Vinyl Hero have been hard at work tilling the soil along the Quebec/Ontario’s 401; headlining venues in Montreal such as Club Soda, and playing important support slots to blues legends like Pat Travers, Stu Hamm, and Alex Skolnick at the towering Le National Theater. The band has been a fan favourite at Mont Tremblant’s Blues Fest and by way of consistent, steady, touring has built a vibrant and reliable following in Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Kingston, Kitchener, even as far away as Victoria B.C. along with numerous markets in their native province of Quebec. Vinyl Hero has graced Major Canadian Festival stages including Toronto’s Indie Week (three years running) and Nappanee’s VoodooRockFest. FM Radio spins include CHOM 97.7’s show Montreal ROCKS, and Oshawa’s the Rock 94.9 FM who have been ambassadors for the band in the greater Toronto area. Vinyl Hero was also nominated for Canada’s best independent Rock Video in 2018 by Dropout Entertainment and was named Montreal’s most popular vote for CBC’s Searchlight.
Their 2016 E.P. ‘Seven Days On A Train’ was released to great acclaim “Glam stomping, bratty tear away, excellent musicianship, ragged glory and scarves trailing all over the script” (Steve Swift – PowerPlay magazine UK)(Pure Grain Audio) “They crunch about that gravel path of theirs like there is no tomorrow .” (RockmusicRaider, Newsflash).
In 2020, Vinyl Hero released their single “VULTURES” recorded at Montreal’s #churchofrocknroll recording studio The Freq Shop ran by Dave Traina (The Damn Truth) and multi-instrumentalist Derek Orsi.
With influences drawing from Queens Of the Stone Age, Stone Temple Pilots, as well as fellow Canadians Big Wreck, Vinyl Hero has not placed its cross-hairs on adhering to a particular sound or bandwagon. The Montreal power trio is best described as Deep, Honest, Powerful, and True. Their ethos; to embody in music, humanity, living emotion, and the organic nature characteristic of music during the vinyl era, all while delivering smart arrangements with impactful dynamics and deft akin to power trios such as Nirvana and The Tea Party.
Discography:
2021 – Sledgehammer (Peter Gabriel cover) (single)
2020 – Vultures (Single)
2016 – Seven Days On A Train (EP)
2010 – Self-titled EP
Past Features:
– Big Shiny New Track on the Week – CHOM 97.7FM – Montreal, Qc
– 5 songs you must hear this week: June 1st, 2020 – Alan Cross – Corus Radio
Shared Stage with: Pat Travers, Stu Hamm and Alex Skolnick, The Damn Truth, Double Experience, Trampa (Brazil), The Motorleague, CeVilain, Hommage a MUSE (Muse tribute band)
Tours and Festivals:
2019 – Simcoe – Peterborough, ON
2018 – VoodooRockFest – Napanee, ON
2018 – IndieWeek – Toronto, ON
2018 – The Atria – Oshawa, ON
2018 – Rainbow Bistro – Ottawa, ON
2017 – Indie Week – Toronto, ON
2017 – The Moustache Club – Oshawa, ON
2017 – Lola’s Pub – Cornwall, ON
2016 – Indie Week – Toronto, ON
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