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Oh Snap!

About Me



Since a blurry chance meeting involving a red union-suit onesy and a smattering of instruments, Victoria’s Oh Snap! have been enthusiastically melding genres and learning to tolerate each other. The past four years have presented a veritable gauntlet of settings for creative expression. Through two moldy flophouses, a cramped bedroom, expensive jam spaces and an upscale noise-complaint-magnet, the rough ingredients of music have been sifted, kneaded and baked into their dynamic indie-rock debut album: Flap Harder, --and they have a decent jamspace now, too. Engineered and produced by Scott Henderson (who has worked with acts such as Atlas Strategic and Immaculate Machine) the album sweeps from melodic ambience to hard-driving rock and infectious dance-grooves.
On stage, this group of four deliver a big sound, executing sensuous vocal harmonies while flexing their instrumental talents with intense build-ups, smooth segues, and frictionless jamming. With engaging stage chemistry, Oh Snap! recreates the essence of their recorded music with precision and conviction, but don't be surprised if live versions of their songs are extended and built up to new exciting heights with spontaneity and abandon.
Currently the band is getting ready for a big cross Canada tour, and is honing the tracks of their upcoming sophomore album.
"Fresh, Original, and engaging, and that's before you see their live show!"
-Dave Sawchuk, Music Director, The Zone 91.3fm
"If “Heading for Nowhere” [Jets Overhead] isn’t tied with Oh Snap!’s “Dance like You’re Blind” for locally grown should-be-hit-single of the year, I’ll stop writing weekly articles for Monday."
-Greg Pratt, Monday Magazine
"Shades of soul, funk, country and punk all seem to make their way into the down tempo rock they've perfected;...the ability to defy categorization."
-Patrick Blennerhasset, VicNews!!! Start Code To Apply Top Banner !!!!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 09/12/2007
Band Website: http://www.ohsnapmusic.com
Band Members:

Gord McGladdery: Axe, Vocals
Mitch Vinet: Guitbox, Vocals
Darren Minifie: Bass, Vocals
Sean Rousseau: Drums, Soul-squeals


Influences: We're all influenced differently, though Your Mom has played an important role for all of us.
Record Label: Unknown Indie
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Tour Booking Strategies - A Lesson In Cunning

When I tell people that we're booking a (small) tour on our own, sans management of any sorts, I will occasionally receive looks that lead me to believe this is perhaps a fruitless task that can never...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:41:00 GMT

WTF was Mitch thinking when he wrote.....

Howdy everyone, it's Mitch here.  If you're like me, the thing that catches your ear when you first hear a song is the music, and if the song has great lyrics, then that's just gravy on top.  Gord and...
Posted by on Sat, 06 Jun 2009 18:10:00 GMT

Oh Snap! featured in Monday Mag - on vaginas and DJs

We were featured in Monday Mag, check it out!http://www.mondaymag.com/articles/entry/oh-sanijavSean & Oh Snap!
Posted by on Sun, 24 May 2009 17:16:00 GMT

The Life and Times of Oh Snap!: An Introspective Journey

To Whom It May Concern: It's been a busy week for Oh Snap!, and yet we haven't been playing instruments at all...  No, we've been talking to people about stuff instead.  Doing interviews is fun, bu...
Posted by on Thu, 14 May 2009 22:14:00 GMT

Won't Somebody Think of the Monkeys?

If you've been hearing on the RADio lately and are itchin' to come to a show to throw your ginch at us, well, itch no more I say! We are playing at Logan's Pub on Tuesday, April 14th as part of a bene...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:29:00 GMT

Oh Snap is 91.3 The Zone's Band Of The Month for April!

Have you ever been in your car, stuck in traffic, and unfortunately without your copy of Flap Harder (which you should all own by now)? Well, fear not, because Oh Snap! has been selected to be 91.3 Th...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:16:00 GMT

Oh Snap! In The Victoria News

Greetings!  As it turns out, we seem like good people to drink with.  Who knew?  We recently had a brief little chat with Victoria News about the band, and today they ran an article about our past, pr...
Posted by on Sat, 14 Mar 2009 12:19:00 GMT

Help Oh Snap! cure AIDS

Well, I just got my wisdom teeth out and they tell me it went very well. This is good, and I gotta say, these happy pills they gave me are good stuff! I have 4 holes in my face and it only kinda hurts...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:07:00 GMT

Debut Oh Snap! album Flap Harder available from CD BABY

So, in the fervor of getting the album all ready here at Oh Snap! we've been internetting like mad trying to keep up with thewild and crazy "tough economic" times (this is now a legality if you wish t...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Feb 2009 18:27:00 GMT

We finally got our album art from Sweden! Oh Snap!

Well, we finally got our album art from Sweden.  It has beena long wait but I think it's pretty awesome!  Seriously who doesn'tlove flying lobsters? Anyways all the pieces have come together and Iexpe...
Posted by on Sat, 06 Dec 2008 14:46:00 GMT