Farewell to a great Canadian rock band

[GBV]

Headstones, you'll be missed.

What a fucking band, through and hugh.

[rocky]

So what has happened GBV? I thought that they had a new CD due out soon. These boys sure could rock, they will be missed, too bad, sooo sad.

[GBV]

Their website says "personal and professional" differences.

A fucking shame, they rocked like no other. Five pure kick-ass rock albums and incomparable live shows.

[Tidyman]

That and a starring performance in perhaps the finest Canadian rock n roll movie ever made - Hard Core Logo. That is news, GBV. Somebody play a pretty little death song for the Headstones!

[GBV]

I love my pretty little death songs, think i like it too much. too much. too much.

Yes, hard core logo is my favourite movie ever. And gotta love that Billy Talent band name, eh?

Few years back I got to see Danko and Headstones on the same stage in Dunville.

Unfortunately, "Never again!"

Let's drink to headstones this weekend.

"Billy's got a phd and sarah she's the teacher. they love to rock n roll and blow their brains out on the weekend"

[rocky]

Headstones earlier bio from muchmusic.com
Hugh Dillon - vocals
Trent Carr - guitar & vocals
Tim White - bass & backing vocals
Dale Harrison - drums

Like all naughty pleasures in life, the Headstones are addictive. Arising from humble beginnings as a three-piece, playing at the Blue Moon Saloon in Toronto late 1990, the intense foursome now blow away masses of rock-aholics across North America... and the fans are hooked on them. "When you play to 10,000 people and they're all jumping up and down, it's pretty cool. You can't deny that it's a big rock show," says guitarist Trent Carr enthusiastically.

After three undeniably authentic and aggressive rock'n'roll albums -- PICTURE OF HEALTH (1993), TEETH & TISSUE (1995), and SMILE & WAVE (1997) -- the Headstones are poised to rock your world with their fourth release NICKELS FOR YOUR NIGHTMARES.

"The songs may be dark and cynical," says charismatic frontman Hugh Dillon, "but they generally have a realistic bent; there is humour in it." And humour extends to the super-tight rhythm section who, naturally, describe the sound succinctly. "Angst!" says bass player Tim White emphatically. "It's nutty!," laughs drummer DALE HARRISON maniacally.

But, in all seriousness, the Headstones have taken their fans by storm since their debut release in 1993. They have had numerous cross-Canada tours, tons of video and radio play ("Unsound" from TEETH & TISSUE charting in the top ten), releases in Australia and several European countries, television performances, Juno nominations, countless interviews, feature film roles, a song on a soundtrack, a myriad of cover stories, and their own personal anecdotes that they have collected from town to town. In 1996 they whacked Mexico over the head with a dose of rock'n'roll not often see in that territory, and were also invited to the London Music Festival April 1997.

Another person worth quoting is Hugh Dillon, but before getting to those cynically lovable words of wisdom, consider his enviable acting career. He gets to play roles close to his heart - as villain extraordinaire in Bruce McDonald's highly lauded "Dance Me Outside", and as a faded, but loved, punk-rock singer/guitar player on a last chance tour in the critically acclaimed McDonald film extravaganza "Hard Core Logo".

Dillon has even met with filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, whose film company will be distributing Hard Core Logo in the U.S. (with more good news expected on that front).

As Tarantino features himself in his films, Dillon (more logically and necessarily), contains himself in his lyrics. By way of example: in "Cubically Contained" he says "Now I can only do so much / And I will never deviate / I hear myself take a deep breath/ And I think I might have wanted it this way". Says Dillon, "I think because we've matured as songwriters and as players, the songs are more challenging to write. Once we write them, we try to think how we could make them more interesting or give them more texture or other art-words like that. We're older, we've been at it for a long time, and there is more depth to it - if there wasn't, it would be kind of a hack way to write."

Now for another challenge... How would you sum up the philosophy of four such incredibly rocking guys? "Just do what you want. Don't compromise your vision," says Carr. Laughs Dillon, "We've kinda been outta line since the beginning."