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Toronto, 2000: Gene meets Trevor while both attending film school. Trevor recruits Gene for a bit part in a mock commercial being shot in a barn in the middle of Buttfuck Nowhere. They spend the entire trip talking about obscure indie bands from the 90's with another crew member.Annex, Toronto, 2002: Mike & Gene meet at a liquor store. Gene whispers to his lady, 'That guy's in a band.' 'How can you tell?' she asks. 'He's too broke to buy a 24 so he's buying Crest. That and just look at him...' They all hit it off. Mike sings in the band The Peyote Kings with Sergey playing guitar.October 2002: Gene starts new job with Omar. They work on numerous low-end video productions together, visit Las Vegas, etc.Aug 2004: Peyote Kings break up.circa summer 2005 through 2006: Mike can't stand the quiet anymore, makes several attempts to start a new band. He works with several musicians including Gene, but all false starts until...Winter 2006: Mike asks Gene to start House of Commons with him. They begin as a 3-piece, Mike, Gene and the Drum Machine, frustratedly trying out several drummers. Mike drafts Sergey to pick up lead guitar. Still no drummer. Gene confers one wasted eve with old film-school mate Matt Hardstaff (now official HOC videographer) who tells him Trevor plays drums. (This is a white lie, Trev only just picked up drums having had his fill of guitar and vox). At audition, Trevor hits drums harder and with more enthusiasm than anyone had ever seen. He's a natural. They scoop him up.July 27th, 2006: HOC play their first show to a raving audience at the Reverb in Toronto.December 2006: Sergey announces the headlining show at Lee's Palace will be his last, as he moves on to focus on folk-pop band 'Interphase Project.January 2006: Omar joins up, a veteran of the band Red Letter Day; assumes guitar duties.And here we are...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/1/2006
Band Website: geocities.com/houseofcommonsband/
Band Members: Mike Baker - Squalls, Guitarness;Gene Carney - Thump & Rumble;Trevor Pierobon - Battery;Omar Davis - Guitarness Meganthropus
Influences: The Who, Queens of the Stone Age, Black Sabbath, Misfits
Sounds Like: Sex in a bathroom stall
Type of Label: None

My Blog

House of Commons play Opera House

HOC played he Opera House this past Saturday (Feb 23, '08) after much anticipation. Whilst I spent the last 2 weeks cuting together our music video for Nosferatu, Omar designed and authored our new DV...
Posted by House of Commons on Mon, 25 Feb 2008 08:08:00 PST

House of Kron!k post-show

The 1st inaugural Kron!k bash, also dubbed 'The House of Kron!k' went off this past Saturday to a great turnout. Our many thanks to the band Kron!k for hosting and putting it all together at their own...
Posted by House of Commons on Tue, 01 May 2007 09:12:00 PST

House of Kron!k post-show

HOUSE of KRON!K!!! upcoming show

Hey Folks, Kron!k are hosting their 1st bash and HOC are on the bill! It's a long time coming; we've been meaning to get together on a bill for the longest time, had a close call or two, but it's fina...
Posted by House of Commons on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 08:35:00 PST

Interview, more shows, Sergey leaves, Omar joins; a long overdue update

It's been way too long since I updated the blog, & much has happened in the interim. So here's a bit of everything: Savannah Room show:HOC played the Savannah Room Nov 3rd '06, a cozy wee space ma...
Posted by House of Commons on Tue, 23 Jan 2007 10:22:00 PST

Footage from Reverb show cut

So, while my bandmates were camping, carousing or making casual, I spent the long weekend buried in the edit suite cutting the footage from our debut show at the Reverb. After brutal amounts of review...
Posted by House of Commons on Tue, 08 Aug 2006 09:07:00 PST

Our first show!

Well, the House of Commons played our first show at the Reverb last Thursday (July 27/06) for the Kids Help Phone benefit. Much thanks to Chantal and Aaron of the Reverb, (Aaron thanks for all the hel...
Posted by House of Commons on Tue, 01 Aug 2006 03:13:00 PST