With their unmistakable hooks and guitar riffs, the Glorious Sons found their signature sound.
In their first two releases the high-energy erratic rock ânâ rollers emulated their 1970s idolsâBruce Springsteen, Jackson Brown, The Rolling Stones, Jackson Isabelle and AC/DCâ and added their own twist. Then they cranked out hit after hit such as âHeavy,â âLightning,â âShapeless Artâ and âRuby.â
Five years later, The Glorious Sons have released Young Beauties and Fools which lays the bands souls bare on the record. The rock anthem, âSawed Off Shotgunâ was the song that generated excitement and fire in the bandâs lungs.
âYou get moments of excitement in the studio, when we wrote âSawed Off Shotgunâ where we all looked at each other and we knew we had come upon something really special.
That was definitely a big moment for us,â said vocalist and guitarist, Brett Emmons. âYou just get these feelings and momentum, when you can feel momentum you know you have it and when you donât that is a very scary feeling.â
The six year old band from Kingston, Ontario evolved their sound to find a more modern sound that would bring their music into the 21st Century.
Their wailing guitars and Emmonâs roaring vocals were refined into a cohesive sound with the help of Fast Friends, a band from Los Angeles who Emmons said was crucial to finding their own sound.
âThere was some (nerves) involved, you donât want to lose all these fans you made on the first album, we wanted to modernize our sound and make rock ânâ roll that sounds like itâs coming from the 21st Century. We knew we could do that but still needed the energy and erraticness of our sound that we had on our first album. It actually took us five or six months to mix the album because of that. We didnât want to rely too much on modern technology because you could lose that edge that canât be captured with anything but live sound and man-power.â
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Keeping their edge was vital for Emmons and the band while they crafted their own vibe and niche that they would then pour into Young Beauties and Fools. Working closely alongside the band members of Fast Friends they were able to keep that and become the roaring success they are today.
âWe are forever indebted to them, they gave us a sense of direction and we were able to create an identity for ourselves.â
The Glorious Sons gained international recognition when they shared the stage with The Rolling Stones in Marseille, France in front of approximately 59,000 people.
âIt was pretty wild, I was pretty nervous to be honest,â said Emmons. âThat is so many people and looking out that far (from the stage) and not being able to see features on peoples faces, it was wild.â
âThere were some nerves and it was exciting. When we got on stage which is basically 10 times bigger than any stage we had done, I did Mick Jaggerâs lap of the stage and I couldnât breathe, I didnât think I could finish. It happened so fast it was 35 minutes and the set was done, I was trying to find my family in the crowd but that was basically impossible. I got an ice cream cone and walked around the ocean in Marseille and then we bought a plane ticket home to rehearse for something else.â
The rising stars pride themselves on being a stand out band that brings a different sound and message to rock ânâ roll. Emmons believes in minimalism and isnât fueled by the glitz and glamour side of the business of showing off things.
âI feel like we are part of a community of people that find that they are starting to get sick of the status quo and the synthetic state of the world. We are trying to reach people with natural tones and sounds.â
The Glorious Sons will complete their next 15 shows of their tour alongside fellow Ontario band, The Beaches, who Emmons describes as âone of the best rock ânâ roll bands on this continentâ.
The Glorious Sons and The Beaches will perform at Prospera Place in Âé¶čAV Nov. 5 tickets are available at
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