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About Me

ParIllegal is the brainchild of singer, songwriter and producer Frosty Fortwenney. Calling on influences from rock and metal, and embracing the history of the Seattle scene, ParIllegal creates a kaleidoscope of sound on guitar, keyboard, drums, and anything else they can get their hands on.

The band has been a staple of the Toronto rock scene for six years, since frontman Frosty brought his signature throat rasping vocals and finger-bleeding guitar riffs from the East Coast in search of new inspiration. He’s been rocking audiences ever since at Yonge and Dundas Square, El Mocambo, and Stone’s Place, to name a few. Mayor David Miller is only the first of the high-profile supporters of ParIllegal’s music, he grabbed a copy of the debut EP in 2004.

Currently in production on their most ambitious effort to date - a full studio record called Suicide Fantasies, ParIllegal is ready to erupt into the spotlight with raw, dark lyrics; driving guitar; and powerful backbeats, complimented by melodic hooks and startling honesty. The songs have been carefully crafted and painstakingly rendered, the results speak for themselves: hair-raising, pure, and electrifying.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/11/2007
Band Members: Frosty Fortwenney: Vocals, Guitar,Bass, Keyboards,Drums/Percussion Former Members/Collaborators: Stony Richard: Drums Barry Murray: Bass for My Journey Alex Mine:Drums for So Cold and Feel It Pull
Influences: Nirvana, The Beatles (specifically John Lennon), Stone Temple Pilots, Foo Fighters, Alice In Chains, Soundgarden, Guns 'n' Roses, Lynrd Skynrd, Pink Floyd, Neil Young, Metallica, Motley Crue, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Iron Maiden, this list could go all the way down the page. speaking of page, also Led Zeppelin.
Sounds Like: Many different sounds and influences, inspired yet completely original. Paying homage to the greats but not ripping them off. Party music. bleeds for the tortured and caters to the rowdy.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Show @ Free Times: A complete success!

The show at Free Times was fuckin' awesome, I had a great time and rocked hard! Some friends came out to support the acts, and I also met some really cool new people, hawked some cd's, signed some aut...
Posted by ParIllegal on Thu, 29 May 2008 01:07:00 PST

Gig at Free Times Tomorrow

Hi Everyone Frosty here dropping a reminder to all my Toronto fans and friends, I am playing Free Times Cafe tomorrow night at 9, the address is 360 college street. I will have cds for sale and will o...
Posted by ParIllegal on Mon, 26 May 2008 11:01:00 PST

Kurt Cobain and Layne Staley: R.I.P.

Hey guys I’ve been offline for a while since I no longer have the internet at home. Well today in 1994 Kurt Cobain died, many say suicide but I beg to differ. So today we should all honor him. I...
Posted by ParIllegal on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 10:27:00 PST

Happy Valentine’s Day to all who choose to celebrate!

Yeah! So Happy Valentine's Day to all you happily spoken for, and Crappy Valentine's Day to all the lonely, miserable people! For the latter, I've been there myself in fact this is the first valentine...
Posted by ParIllegal on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:53:00 PST

Laugh acoustic finished...again!

Hey guys I left a bulletin/blog recently stating that the acoustic version of Laugh When I Drown was finished. I lied. Today I layed down some organ and another guitar and now I believe it's done, and...
Posted by ParIllegal on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:01:00 PST

Imagine Peace

From one bulletin to another, here we go! I js wanted to help spread the peace message. Any way you can, you can be an activist! I plan to writ a sog called Imagine Peace, plus get a sticker with said...
Posted by ParIllegal on Sat, 24 Nov 2007 07:53:00 PST

Video on Youtube!

Hello online world! I've been talking a bit about my new video for feel It Pull, a song I recorded a few years back. It's on my profile on view videos, it's on facebook, now it's on youtube! Tags incl...
Posted by ParIllegal on Sat, 24 Nov 2007 07:44:00 PST

A dumb smart rant

Hey all just wanted to spin a quick stupid yarn... Everyone else does it so why shouldn't I? Yay my girl's home from work. Orange monkeys and steam-fitted cockmuffins make good headrests I hear... Mad...
Posted by ParIllegal on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 06:27:00 PST

Songs for you!

Hello all I am Frosty Fortwenney of the band ParIllegal, and in this first blog I would just like to say that our profile now has kickass rock music of ours for you to hear. We're very intereste...
Posted by ParIllegal on Mon, 30 Jul 2007 03:08:00 PST