Live performance from Sparky’s 10 year anniversary show which happened on Sept. 30th 2011 at the Cosmo Senior Centre in Saskatoon, SK Canada

Camera by 
Matthew Garand http://twitter.com/mattz
Stephen Hunt http://twitter.com/hunt4
Ryan Lalonde http://twitter.com/ryanmlalonde

Edited by Mattz http://mattz.ca

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Live performance from Sparky’s 10 year anniversary show which happened on Sept. 30th 2011 at the Cosmo Senior Centre in Saskatoon, SK Canada

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Camera by 
Matthew Garand http://twitter.com/mattz
Stephen Hunt http://twitter.com/hunt4
Ryan Lalonde http://twitter.com/ryanmlalonde

Edited by Mattz http://mattz.ca

http://twitter.com/sparkymusic
http://sparkyband.com

inmytimeline:

Sparky “Champ” live at the Odeon

April 6th 2012 

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inmytimeline:

Sparky performing at the Odeon, Saskatoon, SK on April 6th 2012

photo by Mattz

Sparky April 6th Show Trailer (2012) by @mattz

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inmytimeline:

@sparkymusic April 6th show trailer is coming soon. #Sparky #trailer #april #yxe (Taken with instagram)

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Get yo tickets to the next SPARKY show with Soulfly at the Odeon Event Centre.

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Soulfly Persist & Sparkymusic April 6th 2012 at Odeon Events Centre in Saskatoon Tickets on sale soon! 

@GrammaBearz plays drums for @Killa1nce, the opener for @GhostfaceKillah at the @OdeonSaskatoon Dec 5th in #yxe.

http://youtu.be/HbIdZQAsVqQ?hd=1

Big James Morning Show - Nealz of Sparky

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Thanks to everyone who came out to the show last, YOU guys made it a huge success! Next up: website launch! Stay tuned….

Love,
Sparky

SPARKY “LOCKJAW” Single Cover & Sample

http://youtu.be/WhBqHd2eIUI?hd=1

Download “LOCKJAW” for free at http://www.ominocity.com/2011/09/29/sparky-interview-and-exclusive-download/

SPARKY INTERVIEW AND EXCLUSIVE DOWNLOAD by Ominocity

It’s hard to imagine the Saskatoon metal scene without local four-piece Sparky. Thankfully, we never really had to.

 For the past ten – yes, ten! – years, Sparky have evolved, grunted, growled and shredded, weathering members changes and the occasional on-stage faux-murder – anyone else remember when current bassist Jon “replaced” Tim in front of an overly delighted audience?

Musically the group keeps a masterful balance between pushing boundaries, adding layers of technical wizardry to keep the music nerds interested, but always thrashing hard enough for us wasters to bang our heads into a sloppy, gooey salute.

And even though Sparky haven’t played live since November 2009, the members have been keeping busy writing a new album. And the fact that it’s their 10th anniversary for Sparky might clue you in to the fact that their upcoming show at the Cosmo Senior’s Centre on Friday, September 30 is kind of a big deal, especially since they likely won’t be playing again until the new album drops in Spring 2012.

And you would be absolutely, ridiculously dim-wittedly obtuse to not jump on the Sparky track entitled “Lockjaw”, which the band have provided to us as an exclusive download.

We caught up with guitarist and producer Chris Douglas for a quick chat about his band’s entry into the absurdity of existing for a decade as well as the immediate future of Sparky.

Ominocity: Sparky has been around for a ridiculously long time – what do you attribute your longevity to?

Chris Douglas: Never knowing where it ends. We’ve never been very goal oriented, so we’ve never failed! As long as we write music, ‘we’ exist, so I guess we can attribute our longevity to patience and health.

Om: Is there any reason that you would end the band?

CD: If we didn’t have fun writing and playing music together, we would pinch it off.

Other reasons include:

- band shark attack
- mind control (to turn against each other)
- any form of multiple inter-band deaths
- elevated pizza arguments

Om: What can fans expect from your new material?

CD: Lots of different voices and grooves. It’s been a few years since we’ve put anything recent on a disc for anyone but ourselves. We’re rushing out a “mini release” for this show so we could share a slice of what we’ve been doing over the Obama years.

Om: What do you have planned for the immediate future? Touring? Full-length?

CD: Full-length album in 2012. No touring plans to date. That hasn’t really been discussed. All of our focus has been on this September 30 show. It’s been 2 years since we’ve played, it’s our 10th year as a band, and we’re excited for this show. It feels good. I promised myself I wouldn’t cry.

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Saskatunes article in the Saskatoon Express

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Sparky appears on CFCR’s “End Times Transmission” hosted by Skot Hamilton (Sept. 8th 2011) 

*Click for PART 1 of 3 http://youtu.be/H7X8Q8ENwC8?hd=1

*Click for PART 2 of 3 http://youtu.be/q9QNnkRhxw4?hd=1

*Click for PART 3 of 3 http://youtu.be/RHudDtJZqKg?hd=1

Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada
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Sparky and I, just after wrapping our Sept. 30th show trailer video shoot.

http://youtu.be/VoMX4cuhNDo?hd=1

More photos from the shoot:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sparkymusic/sets/72157627496971450/

Trailer for the SPARKY | NINJASPY | BEFORE AND APACE show

http://youtu.be/VoMX4cuhNDo?hd=1

the return of…

SPARKY
http://twitter.com/sparkymusic

After a near 2 year hiatus, SPARKY is back to host a magical event on…

SEPTEMBER 30th 2011

with our good friends…

NINJASPY (Vancouver) 
http://twitter.com/ninjaspy

and

BEFORE AND APACE (Saskatoon) 
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Before-and-Apace/197766133594373

$12 Advance tickets will be available THURSDAY, AUGUST 11th 2011 at B.O.B. Headquarters @ 201-733 Broadway Avenue, Saskatoon, SK
or
$15 @ the Door

This is an All Ages Licensed Event with bar services provided by our local Saskatoon Roller Derby League.

http://www.sparkyband.com/
http://www.ninjaspy.net/

FB event page link: 
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=248176191872776

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#Sparkymusic #Ninjaspy #BeforeandApace #Sept30th