"We're just a drinkin' band with a rock 'n roll problem..."
How many bands do you know that can pull off a two-set show, in front of over 100 people, within a mere 6 weeeks of forming? I mean, for a 6 week old band to be playing 17 songs in front of an audience?!?! That sh*t ain't normal!
And to make the best of it, Streets of Hastings didn't just pull it off... they lit it up!
Formed in December 2009, S.o.H prides itself on not being conveniently fit into a genre category. They write, compose and perform their own originals, but also add a few covers to the set for the crowd to have fun with some familiar tunes... but make no mistake, this ain't no cover band... not S.o.H.
Get yer arse unstapled from the couch... come out and be part of the S.o.H experience.
Listen to Streets of Hastings now!
Like a resourceful explorer, I filled this emptiness with discoveries of music, alcohol, nicotine, caffeine and the occasional bout of sport... but it was never enough. At the age of 17, I started out on my own... sans family... to seek out that which would satisfy the neverending hunger inside me. Then, in a tent in the Gatineau Hills, I found them! BOOBIES! The abyss was closed!.... briefly.
Shortly after the discovery of women... I learned that everything has a dark side. Events that I dare not divulge - as they would spoil the movie ;) - took me down the grittier path in life. I found myself living as a street kid, a drifter, a vagrant and a transient. It was awesome, but it was not without it's share of hardship. You wouldn't believe how hard it is to find a shower when you don't have your own. This journey has made a story teller out of me, and there is nothing I love more than to make new stories. This is where Streets of Hastings comes in... Read more
Philippe Plouffe
I was born in North Bay Ontario until the age of 3, when my parents attempted to immigrate to civilization, but failed miserably and ended up in Rockland. I have been here ever since. I guess that’s not a bad thing when you want to be a musician, because when you have nothing else to do, you practice.
I’ve been playing music since the age of 6, starting off on the piano, taking classical lessons until the 6th grade, where I fell out of love with the instrument, because of it’s lack of adaptability to the ‘hardness’ of what I was listening to at the time. About 6 months later, I started to harrass my parents to fork out some cash to buy me another instrument, but had not decided which one yet. I picked the guitar because in every musical instrument store I would walk into, they would be everywhere on the walls. You can say I found my voice with guitar, and have spent the last 10 years or so playing it as my main instrument, while tabbling on about another douzen random ones... Read more
I’ve been playing music since the age of 6, starting off on the piano, taking classical lessons until the 6th grade, where I fell out of love with the instrument, because of it’s lack of adaptability to the ‘hardness’ of what I was listening to at the time. About 6 months later, I started to harrass my parents to fork out some cash to buy me another instrument, but had not decided which one yet. I picked the guitar because in every musical instrument store I would walk into, they would be everywhere on the walls. You can say I found my voice with guitar, and have spent the last 10 years or so playing it as my main instrument, while tabbling on about another douzen random ones... Read more
Jason Bedard
Born and raised in Rockland, Ontario, I started playing hockey at a very young age. As my involvement in the sport continued, I began to expand my social horizons, getting to know just about anybody in Rockland who had already made a name for him or herself via the hockey community.
As high school slowly crawled to a halt, my hobbies also slowly started to turn toward a more artistic and creative avenue. In an attempt to satiate my thirst for a more creative lifestyle, I quickly decided to move away from sciences at school and tread closer and closer to literature and the art of rhetoric. After a couple of years as an English Literature student at the University of Ottawa, I then decided to dive even deeper into the world of creativity and picked up music, more specifically the bass. While the instrument choice may have seemed odd and obscure at first, I quickly came to realize that bass was a perfect choice, as a complimentary and vitally necessary part of any serious music group. Honing my talents not only technically, but also theoretically, I am now able to say that I am the bass player for Streets of Hastings... Read more
As high school slowly crawled to a halt, my hobbies also slowly started to turn toward a more artistic and creative avenue. In an attempt to satiate my thirst for a more creative lifestyle, I quickly decided to move away from sciences at school and tread closer and closer to literature and the art of rhetoric. After a couple of years as an English Literature student at the University of Ottawa, I then decided to dive even deeper into the world of creativity and picked up music, more specifically the bass. While the instrument choice may have seemed odd and obscure at first, I quickly came to realize that bass was a perfect choice, as a complimentary and vitally necessary part of any serious music group. Honing my talents not only technically, but also theoretically, I am now able to say that I am the bass player for Streets of Hastings... Read more
Larry Peyton
A proud Newfoundlander of Irish & English descent, I left St. John's as a teenager to attend university in Nova Scotia. With a degree in hand, I returned to the Rock to work for a few years, until my profession moved me around the country, including posts in Saskatchewan, Alberta, and most recently, Ontario.
Being from Newfoundland, listening (and drinking!) to traditional Irish music has always been a big source of enjoyment. Playing a musical instrument, though, wasn’t a part of life… instead I was more of an athlete, primarily playing competitive hockey and soccer. I enjoyed music, but never saw myself as the artistic type to have ability, or much interest, to play an instrument.
That changed in 2008, when my eldest daughter (who is most certainly set to be a professional musician) prompted me to try drumming. March of that year was the first time I ever held a set of drumsticks… and I really haven’t put them down since... Read more
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