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The Deadly Venoms

I do not like green eggs and ham.

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Member Since: 5/4/2006
Band Members: Matt Gerber: songwriter, vocals, guitar, tenor banjo, mandolin, harmonicas (A-G and in between), bodhran, ukelele, dan moi, miscellaneous percussion.
Influences: Johnny Cash, Jeff Buckley, Coldplay, Radiohead, The Walkmen, Elliott Smith, The Weakerthans, Elliott Brood, Justin Rutledge, Ron Sexsmith, Hefner
Sounds Like: Lots of different people.
Type of Label: None

My Blog

My Piano

The Piano Saga About 3 years ago, my girlfriend's grandmother was moving out of her house to a retirement home, and a number of her belongings were being sold in an auction.  The house was also ...
Posted by The Deadly Venoms on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 12:02:00 PST

New Song Posting!

I've just posted a home recording of one of my latest songs.  If you go to certain websites, you can read about the "Un-sung" Arctic Explorer, Dr. John Rae.  Well I decided to sing about him...
Posted by The Deadly Venoms on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 08:54:00 PST

Last show

Last night was a pretty good show at Wylie's.  Typically Mel and I serve up a zesty dish of cover tunes with our originals thrown in for seasoning with Bongo Joe providing beats on his home-built...
Posted by The Deadly Venoms on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 08:36:00 PST

Writing songs

I'm a member of the SAC (Songwriters Ascociation of Canada) and as such, there is an oportunity once a month for me to go to what's called a "Date With A Demo".  This is a session where two panel...
Posted by The Deadly Venoms on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 12:37:00 PST

Finally! First 3 Songs are done!

A big thanks to Vikas at FatLabs for producing 3 of my songs!  '91, Andromeda and I Like The Rain are now posted.  Also, a big thanks to all involved with my first project.  Mel and Bin...
Posted by The Deadly Venoms on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 02:37:00 PST

performance interuptus

Well, we had an interesting show this past Friday, what with having to move Christmas trees around, being told to turn down our music and on top of it all, myself getting paged and having to go into w...
Posted by The Deadly Venoms on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 07:50:00 PST

Old and new

Hello all, Last Friday night went pretty good.  Saw some familiar faces and met some new ones.  I hope everyone enjoyed the show and Mel and I look forward to seeing everyone out next Friday...
Posted by The Deadly Venoms on Mon, 04 Dec 2006 08:53:00 PST

songs

I've been posting some kids songs lately, mostly because I thought some of my friends might like to download them for their little ones. I'll probably keep mixing things up though, and each week I'll ...
Posted by The Deadly Venoms on Thu, 30 Nov 2006 07:39:00 PST

Past shows/upcoming shows

Well, last Friday night at Wylie's was pretty amazing.  A big thanks to everyone who came out and a big all embracing Happy Birthday to all the November babies! Come on out again this Friday and ...
Posted by The Deadly Venoms on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 06:24:00 PST

Introduction (finally)

Hello all, I've finally posted some of my songs.  I'll try to rotate other recordings as the weeks go by.  Feel free to stop by Wylie's Neighborhood Pub at 1234 Yonge St on Friday nights, w...
Posted by The Deadly Venoms on Sat, 18 Nov 2006 04:17:00 PST