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About Me

The Get Down were formed literally from the ashes of legendary Edmonton Rock Assasins, Les Tabernacles. Their first show was to raise funds when guitarist/vocalist Pat Bourne's house was burned to the ground due to a random act of arson . Bourne, bassist Ken Eisenbarth and guitarist/vocalist Ted Wright lost over $10,000 in gear . Drummer Scott Davidchuck was thrown into the mix, and the Get Down was born. The sound that developed is a monsterous blend of grimy , noisy rock with shades of seventies icons, the Stooges, MC5 and Black Sabbath. and they are ready to blow your eardrums. They have toured with Sir Ian and Câ€™MON, and shared the stage with Whitey Houston, Twin Fangs, Huevos Rancheros(who reformed just to play the benefit show that spawned the Get Down!!), the Vertical Struts, Hot Live Guys, and Spread Eagle . The Press is beginning to take notice as well, with feature articles in the Edmonton Journal( a feature article on hearing loss - haha!), and Exclaim magazine. Theyâ€™ve already blazed across Western Canada a couple times leaving dropped Jaws and blown eardrums in their path. One such stop in Winnipeg led to the band being invited to join the Happily Dysfunctional rock juggernaut known as Transistor 66 Record Co. The boys' are currently in pre-production for their debut release on â€™66 this Fall. Youâ€™ve â€˜bin warned!

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Member Since: 4/6/2006
Band Members: Ted Wright - guitar/vocals, Pat Bourne - guitar/vocals, Kenny Eisenbarth - bass/vocals, Scott Davidchuk - drums/percussion
Influences: Hearing your shitty band and knowing we could do better.
Sounds Like: yr mum squealing in delight
Record Label: Transistor 66
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Pre-production Round1

Just finished our first round of pre-production on our yet untitled record yesterday and fixed all the crappy parts from 6 songs! Ted's going on tour with theJames T. Kirks so we are gonna take a litt...
Posted by the Get Down on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 11:56:00 PST

We got a record deal!!!

We are pleased to announce that we have signed on with Transistor 66 Records!! They are a fantastic label operating out of Winnipeg and are home to a bunch of our good friends, Hot Live Guys, American...
Posted by the Get Down on Wed, 18 Jul 2007 06:29:00 PST

Mini Tour with C'MON

We are doing a few dates of C'MON's Prairie tour and it's got a few exciting things happening during it. 1) We are playing the Sled Island Music Festival Opening night at the Ship and Anchor in Calgar...
Posted by the Get Down on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 08:31:00 PST

New Year's show reviewed in Exclaim!

YOYOYO,We's gots a review in Exclaim for the New Year's Rock-Off with our friends the Fat Dave Crime Wave! Check it out!!!!http://www.exclaim.ca/index.asp?layid=266&csid1=107&c sid2=33&fid1=23581cheers...
Posted by the Get Down on Wed, 28 Mar 2007 12:35:00 PST

He likes ... he really, really likes us!

Check it out! Ian Blurton likes us better than the Hellacopters, the Datsuns, Peaches and the Black Crowes.We are in awe.Cheers to US! We rule!10 live shows that kicked my ass recently: 1. Bible of th...
Posted by the Get Down on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 08:28:00 PST

TOURING

We are gonna be on the road promoting our own personal brand of fuck you! Watch for us in Vancouver(Nov.18 Pub 340 on Cambie Street) , Edson(Dec. 3 Hall Show Drunkfest), and a Prairie Tour of Regina(D...
Posted by the Get Down on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 01:23:00 PST

Tune up Now

So we finally got 'round to putting up some songs! We recorded for 12hrs with Bryan Kulba(of the Wolfnote) and now have a 5 song masterpiece in our hands. Check out the tunes then come buy the disc fr...
Posted by the Get Down on Thu, 03 Aug 2006 02:51:00 PST

Tunes up ASAP

We just finished laying down three tracks with Jason Pratt, he did Whitey Houston's record and is Corb Lund's live sound engineer, and they sound fan-fuckin-tastic! We're pretty stoked to get them up ...
Posted by the Get Down on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 11:50:00 PST