Saturday, May 15, 2010

Nyet To The Neins - Homely Architexture

AB: Super special post for today...our good pal Aaron from the great plains decided he needed to get in on the festivities and sent us a little piece of Saskatoon rock history. More posts to follow from Aaron? Who knows.

It isn’t often easy to find a band who is truly dedicated to the spirit of rock ‘n roll in the most legitimate way. In order to truly be dedicated, one cannot afford to care about anything else nor can they compromise themselves in any way. Nyet to the Neins were a band from Saskatoon, SK made up of young men who understood this and as a result, became a force that was only concerned with rocking as hard as they fucking could. Live shows often caused injuries for the band and forced audiences into very uncomfortable social and physical situations. They refused to make compromises. They received up to three or four tickets in a week from police for noise complaints. They were kicked out of bars on tour after their first song because they refused to turn down the volume of their amps. This was a band that didn’t care about you or themselves or anybody. They only cared about rock ‘n roll.

They went through several member changes throughout the four years they were together, only did one poorly-booked west coast tour and released this unbelievable EP.

P.S. Make sure to listen during the song IT’S ESCAPE for when Craig yells, “My balls will see the sun!” Apparently that line became their mantra.
~AS

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