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If you didn’t already know this band whose CD I’m just about to review, they are my favourite band on the face of the entire Earth because not only am I friends with two of the members of the band, they are also three rock gods among us mortals. Who are these three gods you may ask? Well they go by the names of Solsolido Ron “Sol” Butcher, Rickence Raine Ronnie R. “Ricky” Butcher, and Dougland Peyronie “Doug” Borski. Together Sol (guitar, vocals, and tamborine), Ricky (guitar and vocals), and Doug (bass and vocals) make up the mouth watering, ear popping, power house trio known as Sons of Butcher.

Now some of you may remember the Sons of Butcher cartoon which ran for two seasons on Teletoon before they were eventually unplugged indefinatley by the heads of Teletoon to make room for a show that could never stand up to the likes of Sons of Butcher in a million years. I took the chance to see them play on night at the MOD Club up in Toronto and what I found was out of this world. Sons of Butcher are even better live than when actually watching their cartoon on TV. Before I knew it I was set for a night I would never forget. I first off rushed to the merch table and bought everything I saw in sight and met up with the band who actually took the time to not only sign everything I had bought, but actually took the time to chill and talk with me for a while. They are seriously the most relaxed and chill band I’ve ever met and more loyal to their fanbase then I have ever seen before. That night they rocked the MOD Club a good twenty times over, while Sol continued to throw pepperoni sticks and at the same time passing out meat to the crowd, and since it was a televised concert and I was front row, I got plenty of air time on the televised concert special.

Ever since that night I have made it my personal goal to try and never miss one of their shows, and for every show I attended, I started to become closer with two of the band members, so this review is being dedicated to both Jay and Trevor Ziebarth, you guys are truly awesome.

The band has come out with two albums so far and a third is on its way. The album I’m reviewing today is their debut album aptly named Sons of Butcher and is definatley not their longest abum running at just over twenty minutes but it is still a classic and will have you quoting “Fuck the Shit” even at the most unoppurtune of times. The main vocals found on this CD come straight from the mouth of self proclaimed rock god Ricky Butcher with Sol on lead in a couple songs leaving Doug on backup vocals for the entire album. The songs are all that you would expect from the minds of the Butchers including such songs as “Fuck the Shit”, “Cherrythief”, “We Fuckin’ Rule”, and “Rockload”. All the songs are made to be humorous and are either sexual in nature, self glorifying, or just total vulgarity and swearing. This is what makes the album so great and will have you or any of your friends who you let listen to the CD for the first time just stop, drop, and roll on the floor laughing asking if this album is actually for real. The sound is crisp and clear and sounds very professional, the guitars and bass are beyond amazing and will blow you right out of your car even going at just 20 km/hr along the 401 in rush hour traffic. Now you may be asking who the drummer of the band is, well Sons of Butcher like to play on the Spinal Tap side of things and have never had a recurring drummer, but the drumming on the album is just as superb as everything else on the album.

If you’re a fan of Tenacious D then you are going to absolutely love Sons of Butcher. I recommend this CD to anyone and everyone, because no matter who you are, you should at least let out a chuckle listening to “Fuck the Shit” for the first time, which also won The Red Peters Show 2007 Song of the Year award which was also aired on the Howard Stern Show. Seriously this band rocks harder than a thousand giant boulders falling from the sky and crushing a singular tree but hey don’t just take my word for it, go out and see them for yourselves and you’ll see what I’ve been talking about this whole time.

Cherrythief by Sons of Butcher

Fuck the Shit by Sons of Butcher

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