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The Remedials are a three-piece punk band from Vancouver, BC formed in 2004. The band consists of Gabe Gill (Guitar/Vocals), Lionel Cloutier (Drums/Vocals) and Dan Gillis (Bass/Vocals).

Combining down stroke guitar, hard-hitting drums and catchy bass lines, The Remedials music is best described as “Fun Old School Punk Rock”. Add a kinetic live show and The Remedials have made a name for themselves in Vancouver's punk rock community.

So far, The Remedials have released three studio albums, two live albums, one DVD and had songs featured on multiple punk compilation CDs, radio and podcasts.

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

The Remedials Regroup

Original Post Date: Monday, December 18, 2006

Gabe of The Remedials is finally done school but he doesn't feel any smarter. Wayne of The Remedials is still drinking and losing more brain cells not the smartest thing but still kinda cool. Lionel of The Remedials has been taking vacation, which is pretty smart. Hey, two outta three ain't bad? After weeks of not talking to each other The Remedials have finally gotten back together to write songs for their next album "Drop Outta School". So before they break up they better throw down another record…

The Remedials next album will be darker (as the song titles suggest) than the previous bubblegum record "Songs For The A.D.D. Generation" think gag bubblegum that turns your teeth black. Knowing they'll have a lot to live up to when comparing sophomore albums like: Danzig's Lucifuge II, Faith No More's Angel Dust and Weezer's Pinkerton which have been these bands best albums, The Remedials know they'll have their work cut out for them. Luckily, they have no desire to impress or care if anyone digs it cuz they have only written songs for themselves and no one else.

If all works out The Remedials will reunite with Jesse Gander at The Hive (the only person The Remedials will ever record with… if he's unavailable the album just won't get recorded then) who has invited The Remedials to record there again (as seen on "A New Rock Reality" Episode 20) and they are gonna hold him to that!

The song list so far: Mixed Signals, Date Rape, Succubus, Bloody Snot, $2, Haunted House, Abduction and Stuck In Between.
Other songs may include: Vampire, Idiot, Claire Is Clairvoyant, Test Tube Baby and The Resurrection Of Glenn Danzig.

This album may surprise a lot of people including The Remedials themselves with a song longer than 3 minutes, an acoustic song (which Gabe won't be playing) and Lionel steppin' up to tha mike for a song, but the album will probably still be less than half an hour long. Not cuz they think people don't have the attention span it's cuz The Remedials don't.

Remember kids, don't look forward to hearing any new songs at their shows yet or expect the new album out soon cuz The Remedials have to start saving their lunch money again to get this going on. And the last record cost less than Nirvana's Bleach to record and that's in Canadian funds boys and girls!

The Remedials philosophy (if they have one) on song writing and their music has always been: "If you don't like our music well fu_k you! And if you do like our music well fu_k you too!"

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