THE SGNS of Freedom are...(from left) Don Harrison, Don Binns, Jim
Newton and Don Sinort.

Sound comes
first for
Sons of
Freedom

DO WE want power? These guys have it. Do we want dark
imagery, a weighty sound and searing playing? These guys
have that too, and more. Say hello to Sons of Freedom.

So goes the Sons’ credo: ever hearing of the Doukhobor
“Power and groove are very im- sect of the same name. “This is
portant in what we are,” explains basically the bunch of us playing
drummer Don Short, 24. “We're our instruments how we like.”
not being loud for the sake of be- Explanation: ‘‘Play them to
ing Joud — we're loud because it death, basically.”
serves our purpose. A respectable finisher at a CITR

“There is a certain edge you Shindig soon after a first perfor-
can create.” mance opening for Bamff, they

First created in summer 1986 were then able to put out a demo
when Short and bassist Don Binns _ tape that ended up turning a few
met guitarist Don Harrison and key heads. The ball was rolling.
guitarist/vocalist Jim Newton, it is A concert last year prompted
that edge that has Jed the band in- —_ one reviewer to say the band pro-
to a just-released album from Slash _ vided enough wattage and sensory
Records of L.A. overload to make B.C. Hydro’s

The three Dons hail from North — day. Whether that is good or bad
Vancouver; Newton moved here remains a mystery.

STEPHEN a
BARRINGTON

don’t,”’ is Short’s assessment of the
band. ‘If we go to the trouble of
finishing a song, which we don’t
~ always do, then we must like it.”’
feature writer “You can lose a lot of sleep
worrying about what people think
of you,’” puts in Newton, 29.
from England in 1980, pursuing a “But if (the band) doesn’t go

degree in music at Capilano Col- anywhere, it doesn’t go
lege. anywhere.”

Now-gone bands such as The Tackling the uphill battle that is
Critics, Buick McKane, High the lot of new bands, the Sons of
Energy Plan and Mystery Date all Freedom has by usual standards
served as their musical proving taken a giant leap in landing a re-
grounds. cord deal after just two years of

“We're not particularly paying niusic industry dues.
capable of playing watered-down For them the playing and the
pop,” says Newton, who came up music are fulfilment enough.
with the band moniker without Newton: “It purifies and

y cleanses. !t justifies the whole
thing.”’ .

The worst advice ever given to
the band: ‘‘fire the bassist, he
doesn’t look like the rest of you.’

Love ’em or hate ‘em, the Sons
of Freedom — original bassist
Binns included — play the Town
Pump Oct. 20, 21 and 22.

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27 - Friday, September 23, 1988 - North Shore News

Concert kicks off season

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