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The Prefect

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About Me

The combination of a tight-knit, driving rhythm section powered by bassist Alex Holmes and drummer Mike Yantha, melodic-yet-progressive guitar riffs provided by Fraser Holmes and Jordan Rutledge, and the energetic stage show of front man Grant Gooley are the Five musicians now recognized as The Prefect.The Prefect was formed in November of 2006 when Grant parted ways with his former group, Ottawa rockers 'Fluid', who then joined forces with Alex, Fraser and Mike as their Renfrew-based band ‘Makeshift’ had disbanded a few months prior.With inspiration stemming from a wide variety of musical backgrounds, The Prefect strives to create a sound that grabs and doesn’t let go. With a self-titled 8-track mini album already under their belts, the guys didn’t waste any time on putting the next one together. With the help of a thousand monkeys on typewriters, the band is busy writing like madmen for volume II, with hopes of releasing something totally eargasmic in second quarter of ’08.This is shaping up to be a big year for the band and they want all of you to be a part of it with them, so keep your eyes & ears peeled for upcoming shows and try to catch as many as you can...
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/20/2007
Band Members: Grant Gooley - Lead vocals
Fraser Holmes - Guitar, backing vocals
Alex Holmes - Bass guitar, backing vocals
Mike Yantha – Drums

Influences: All types of bands.
Here are some bands that we've shared the stage with:
Econoline Crush
Faber Drive
Marianas Trench
Sick Puppies
Magni, Dilana and Storm Large from Rockstar Supernova
April Wine
Iconoclast
Channel One
State Of Shock
Hail The Villain
We Are The Take
GOB
Hello Operator
Brian Melo - Canadian Idol Winner
Kim Mitchell
Sounds Like: Some of the bands we've been compared to are Billy Talent, Incubus, Protest the Hero, 30 Seconds to Mars, Finger Eleven, Idle Sons, Simple Plan, and Three Days Grace. Whether you agree or disagree, we'd love to hear what you think!
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

New News

Hey amazing fans, Just wanted to share some good news with you all, and that would be that The Prefect made its way into the Top 100 Canadian Rock charts this week with our new single Programmed Lives...
Posted by The Prefect on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:21:00 PST

The new songs...

Thanks to everyone who made it a point to give us props on the new tunes; we're glad you all like them so much! If you have a favorite of the two, let us know which one it is!
Posted by The Prefect on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:28:00 PST

T-shirt Contest...

Hey everyone! First off, a big thanks to all of you who submitted your design for the T-shirt contest; you’ve given us a lot to work with, and because of this, it’s going to take us some t...
Posted by The Prefect on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:35:00 PST

Gavin Brown!??!?!

Hey all, it’s been a while, lots of stuff going on in our world. Firstly, we are recording with Gavin Brown in mid April on our new stuff. In case you don’t know who Gavin Brown is: he&rsq...
Posted by The Prefect on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 05:58:00 PST

UMM Magazine Press Release

Check out the latest issue of UMM (Urban Male Magazine) for an article featuring The Prefect!...
Posted by The Prefect on Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:04:00 PST

Big Money Shot finals.

Hey everyone, I just wanted to write a quick note to let you all know how the show went on Friday night. Unfortunately, we didn't come out on top with a quarter of a million dollars in our pockets but...
Posted by The Prefect on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 02:08:00 PST

UPDATES AND EXCUSES

Hello all, sorry about the lack of updates lately, we've been quite busy. So, firstly, the reason we've been so busy is because we are writing a new album and we have some really good stuff ...
Posted by The Prefect on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 06:59:00 PST

WE WON!!! $40,000 IN THE BIG MONEY SHOT ROUND 2 FINALS!!!!

Wow, I am speechless. It's 10 in the morning and I'm sitting at work still in shock. The Prefect won the round two finals last night, pocketing themselves $40,000 and a place in the grand finals playi...
Posted by The Prefect on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 07:37:00 PST

SEMI’S THIS FRIDAY!!!! plus other news.

The Semi Finals for the Live 88.5 Big Money Shot are THIS FRIDAY! Hopefully we'll see all of you out! Some other stuff coming up, Sept 7th we are playing at Cafe Dekcuf with our friends Channel O...
Posted by The Prefect on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 11:00:00 PST

We won! Bring on the semis!

Well, we came out on top at the first round of the Live 88.5 Big Money Shot. The bands were very good, and we feel very priveleged to have been chosen that night. Our friends, To The Rescue, ...
Posted by The Prefect on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 07:05:00 PST