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Member Since: 7/22/2004
Band Website: thewakingeyes.com
Band Members: Rusty: Guitar, Lead Vocals Matt: Guitar, Lead Vocals Steve: Drums
Joey: Bass
Influences: The Beatles, Radiohead, Ween, Nirvana, Wilco
Sounds Like: "I took all my painting out. They were not pleasing to me.I could pick out, well, I did that one to please so and so, and that one to please so and so.So I put them all away and began over again, for me."-Georgia O'Keefe
Record Label: Warner/Coalition
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Canada Day Show

We'll be playing a show on Canada Day at Assiniboine Park's Lyric Stage.  I believe Canada is turning...a hundred and...thirty-something?  Help me out here.  We should be hitting the ol...
Posted by The Waking Eyes on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 12:44:00 PST

No News Never? New News Now!

Hey everybody, Just drinking some White Russians on a porch in Wolseley and thought it was high time to post some news. So here's what we're up to these days: in late May we finally started recordin...
Posted by The Waking Eyes on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 10:27:00 PST

Uncle Jesse

Alright, so I know it's been a while since our band has done...anything. But rest assured we will be back. Some day soon. Doing things. In other words, we have not broken up. Nor have we pulled a...
Posted by The Waking Eyes on Tue, 24 Apr 2007 01:34:00 PST

Photo Blog!

And so, our time at [CLASSIFIED INFORMATION] Saint [CLASSIFIED INFORMATION]'s Road in [CLASSIFIED INFORMATION] Vital comes to an end. Here's what it looked like: Alright, I've tried to arrange thes...
Posted by The Waking Eyes on Sat, 03 Mar 2007 05:34:00 PST

The Big Move

So basically Steve's a big fat liar. We were never in Arizona or anywhere else outside a two foot radius of the nearest space heater for that matter. We've been battling minus three hundred degree t...
Posted by The Waking Eyes on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 08:37:00 PST

New Song, Article, Yuletide Cheer

Rather than take the time to report on the current state of the band myself, I'll let my cousin, Aaron, do it instead. Check out this article he wrote on us for The Uniter, University of Winnipeg's s...
Posted by The Waking Eyes on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 11:30:00 PST

NEW SONG - Stupid Names and Simple Songs

Hi,Enjoy our new song, "Stupid Names and Simple Songs," and then swing by our blog for tea and danties! Also, thanks to everyone who came out to see us and Sam Roberts in Thunder Bay and Winnipeg t...
Posted by The Waking Eyes on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 03:00:00 PST

All Tha Girls In Tha Club

Gosh but there are a lot of female R&B singers with one-word names out there these days. Every time I turn on Much Music there's a new one: Cassie, Ciara, Rihanna, Shareefa, Rasheeda, Stickamareeda,...
Posted by The Waking Eyes on Mon, 20 Nov 2006 02:15:00 PST

NEW SONG - Sound of Your Voice

The Song of the Next Few Weeks is "Sound of Your Voice."  Matt wrote it.  I play a pretty sweet bass line in the verses and then rock out in the chorus.  And then get to play disco bass...
Posted by The Waking Eyes on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 08:36:00 PST

Winnipeg, Thunder Bay Shows

Hey guys. Got three shows coming up within the next month or so. Firstly, on the 21st in Winnipeg as part of the WCMA festival and secondly and thirdly supporting Sam Roberts in November. Check tour d...
Posted by The Waking Eyes on Sat, 14 Oct 2006 05:57:00 PST