It all started when guitarist Nick Steckler started playing guitar in order to look cool while working during the midnight shift at a local gas station. He soon ran into Alan Cambell when the drummer stopped in to get gas and smokes. After discovering that they had a shared interest in becoming inebriated and making loud, raucous noise they decided to form a band. After consuming vast quantities of beer and going through many lineup changes Nick eventually learned how to play (somewhat) and Five Hundred Pound Furnace was born.
The lineup of Five Hundred Pound Furnace was finally rounded out with the addition of bassist Andy Ehlers and bassist-turned-vocalist Kyle Ellefson in the winter of 04/05. Since their debut on the Winnipeg scene in Aug 2005, Five Hundred Pound Furnace have been wowing audiences with their energetic stage antics and their own brand of punky, riff heavy, catchy, headbanger-friendly hard rock n'roll.
After a year of suffering terrible migraines, drummer Alan Cambell was forced to quit the band in Sep. '06. The Furnace knew they had found the perfect replacement in Bobby C when he showed up bearing 2 cases of beer. By miraculous coincidence he also happened to play the drums. Funny how these things work!
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A glimse of the chaos....June 16/07 CD release!!!
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www.soundsugar.net/500poundfurnace
www.famecast.com/500poundfurnace
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Radio Stations You Can Hear The Furnace On;
Winnipeg
Freq107 FM
www.freq107.com
DJ PUSH
scrubradio.com
Regina
91.3 FM CJTR
Scattershot Radio
Calgary
92.9Xfm Radio
Awesome Radio
www.awesomeradio.net
Lethbridge,Ab
www.metalnetradio.com
Kamloops,BC
Dolphin Radio
www.dolphinradio.com
London(UK)
Dark Compass Radio
www.darkcompass.com
Nevada(Fallon&Reno)
101.3fm Renegade Radio
www.renegaderadio.org
Mason, New Hampshire
www.highspeedradio.com
Michigan
Firestorm Radio
www.firestormradio.com
Australia
Indie Showcase
www.awesomeradio.net
Orlando,Fl
Gator Radio
www.gatorbrodcasting.com
Fort Bragg,Ca
107.7 FM KNYO
Los Angeles, Ca
1500AM
www.adviceradio.com
San Antonio, Texas
www.streetgrindentertainment.com
Alabama
WGAD AM Radio
www.wgad.com
Rice Virginia
Unsigned Rock Zone
www.insignedrockzone.net
Burbank, California
99.3 FM KCLA Radio
www.jiggajonesradio.com/
K-94 Rocks
www.k94rocks.com
Steele Cage Radio
www.wavestreamer.com
Bay City, MI
Uranus Radio
World Rock Radio
www.worldrockrdio.com
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