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About Me

How do you describe a band? Most bands have difficulty trying to describe their sound and with so many varying influences inspiring dynamic complex imaginative song structures, The Courage of Being is no exception. Formed in February of 2003 from the remnants of Moncton bands Try Again and Self-Inflicted, The Courage of Being, from day one, wanted to do something new and innovative. Most importantly they did not want to confine themselves to musical boundaries. WIth styles ranging from progressive to ambient, from punk to jazz, the minds of Phil Flowers (guitar and vocals), Mario Gautreau(bass and vocals), Marc Landry(guitar and vocals), and Pascal Raiche-Nogue(drums) are busy crafting sonic ideas, in preperations to commit these sound units to binary data. They aim to start recording their first full-length to be named "Calligraphie" in early 2007. Merging their influences of bands such as Choke, The Mars Volta, Tool and The Deftones with funk, alternative and post-rock, their first effort will undoubtfully be an interesting one. If you have the opportunity to experience The Courage of Being live, you will witness raw energy and contrast: loud riffs followed by soft licks; screams followed by soothing harmonies; off-times and bass lines as well as unique drum work that will leave you scratching your head. Please turn on all transistor radios.

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Member Since: 2/27/2006
Band Website: tcob.bandpackages.com/
Band Members: Phil Flowers: Vocals/Guitar. Mario Gautreau : Bass Guitar. Marc Landry: Vocals/Guitar. Pascal Raiche-Nogue: Drums
Influences: Choke, Yes, Refused, At the drive-in, Sunny Day Real Estate, Mock Orange,The Mars Volta, Q and not U, Breach, Hot Water Music, Tool, Propagandhi, Moneen, Sigur Ros, Godspeed you black emperor, DoMakeSayThink, Aereogramme, Pearl Jam ...each member with his own taste - and we're ok with that! but the list goes on ad infinitum.
Sounds Like: -Abba being molested by Motley Crue, or a simmering stew of sound with herbs and spices.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Long overdue update

Hey one and all, Well, things have been quiet in the TCOB camp, but not in the camps surrounding it. Since summer, TCOB has taken things in the back seat, so to speak, and the band hasn't been ...
Posted by the.courage.of.being on Fri, 18 Jan 2008 06:45:00 PST

We now have shirts of ourselves!!!

Two styles. they look lovely. they would even look lovelier on you, fellow listener. throw us a yelp and a whisper if you're interested. we have pins too. m!
Posted by the.courage.of.being on Sat, 23 Dec 2006 03:51:00 PST

Half of us have a radio show - while the other half listens!

Hey there, Paco and myself (Mario) have started a radio show on our college radio. It's called B-Side..and deals with any type of canadian music. We're trying to expose the excellent musical talent t...
Posted by the.courage.of.being on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 07:30:00 PST

Currently booking shows for the Maritimes

Good afternoon fellow fellows. TCOB are currently booking shows for late-november, december and january shows...excluding the 9-19th of december. We have in mind to play Sydney, Halifax, Fredericton, ...
Posted by the.courage.of.being on Tue, 31 Oct 2006 12:28:00 PST

Whats cooking in courage kitchen.

Can you smell that? Yes. TCOB just finished their most productive period to date, playing a handfull of all ages and bar shows in Saint-John and Moncton. After playing many succes...
Posted by the.courage.of.being on Thu, 05 Oct 2006 11:09:00 PST

Hoorah for Hoorays!

Hey there guys and girls. Just thought we'd fill you in on what we've been up to lately. we've never been this busy. In the last month, we've played a handful of shows in Moncton, and two in St-...
Posted by the.courage.of.being on Mon, 18 Sep 2006 08:29:00 PST

The Courage Of Being: NEW SONG. GET YOUR LISTEN ON!

We have now added a new song on our myspace. Its from our July demo sessions. We hope you can take a minute to listen to it. Its called My Sources Say Yes. Sit down and enjoy TCOB...
Posted by the.courage.of.being on Sun, 27 Aug 2006 10:22:00 PST

TUNES COMMING SOON

If it looks like a duck, smells like a duck and walks like a pinguin, chances are it's a duck.
Posted by the.courage.of.being on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 12:41:00 PST

New Video and news...

Hey guys and gals. well, we played last night with good friends The Umph and newcomers Seconds Down. good show indeed. anyways, we got a short excerpt video from our song "Architects and Archetypes".....
Posted by the.courage.of.being on Fri, 21 Jul 2006 02:29:00 PST

Recording and Rehearsing

TCOB NEWSFor the last few weeks the courage of being have been recording demos in Snake's studio.We are currently recording demos of our songs as a means of pre-production for a full length album whic...
Posted by the.courage.of.being on Thu, 06 Jul 2006 01:57:00 PST