They said it was too good to last and they were right! A mere year after announcing their formation, SNOWSHOE are announcing their dissolution.
Personality conflicts erupted on 2017’s Eternal Winter tour, and rifts could not be mended.
“The problem,” says singer/guitarist BILLY SOL HUROK, “is that IRVING COHEN is impossible to tour with. He eats the most foul shit, and then farts unrepentantly all over the tour bus. He doesn’t even care. He thinks it’s funny. JOHN (Y. SCHMENGE, drums) and I said ‘enough is enough’. We can no longer work with Irv,” said Hurok.
“It’s not like we didn’t try,” continues the guitarist. “When you’re on a bus driving from Puvirnituq, Quebec all the way to Thunder Bay and some guy is dropping toxic shitclouds everywhere, something’s gonna give.
“We stopped at some shitty convenience store in the middle of nowhere Ontario to buy the guy some fuckin’ Beano. At first he refused to take it. He actually said to my face, and I quote, ‘You’re just trying to take away my super power.’ Yes he referred to his farts as his ‘super power’. Eventually John got him in a headlock and we made him take the whole fuckin’ bottle of Beano. And it did nothing!
“Touring is hard,” concludes Billy Sol. “You’re living on top of each other in a bus, usually with broken heat or broken A/C depending on the season. Then some jackass decides to unload his colon in your bunk. By the time we hit Thunder Bay I knew this band wasn’t gonna survive. Amazingly, we finished the tour. All eight gigs. We came to blows in Thunder Bay. We were at soundcheck at the venue, Deke’s Palace. Well the fuckin’ owner of the place, Deke Williams, comes out of his office and says, ‘Who the fuck just farted in here?’ He said he wasn’t gonna pay us if Irv didn’t cut it out and that’s when I threw the first punch. Irv folded like a napkin. Then the opening band INUKSHUK jumped in just because they’re crazy. The cops had to come out to that one.”
Though the trio recorded an album Eternal Winter, it has been shelved indefinitely with no plans for release.
“I have no desire to revisit that record,” says Billy. “I wouldn’t be surprised if the farts soaked into the tape and dissolved it completely, and I don’t care.”
What is next for the three musicians?
“Well Irv can go fuck himself, that’s #1,” Billy chuckled. “Me and John might get into house painting next. He had a good business going up there in Churchill Manitoba and we’re looking into that. Fuck touring!”
LOL! That is such a shame. I would have loved to see them come to America!!
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April fool!!
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HAHAHAHA…everything implodes in TBay….The Gateway to the West or East depending which way u look at it claims another band….
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I hope they someday do a documentary on the legendary Deke’s Palace.
I love his slogan “Just ’cause it’s near the dump, doesn’t mean it’s a dump.”
Classic
Also, why does Puvirnituq get all the good bands?
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SNOWSHOE sounds fairly legit.
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Any band with “shoe ” in their name is in my good books. ‘Snowshoe’ that is the best and from Canada. This ones going to stick with me for a long time. It’s brilliant.
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Thanks man, and be sure to check out Aaron’s post on Inukshuk if you have not already!
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I seen that coming up on his place. I’m getting to it and now you got me curious. I’m still chuckling from the demise of ‘Snowshoe’. CB played hockey back when and I was part of a few mini tours on the old bus. We would have 24 hour watches on certain guys so they wouldn’t consume their favorite bus food. .
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That…is…hilarious.
Just watched an American Dad.
“Sorry I’m late. I farted in the car and I just wanted to enjoy it for a while.”
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Don’t get me going …
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