The Remedials Recruit

Hey kids! Haven’t you ever wanted to be apart of something bigger than yourself? Belong to a community? Band together with cool people? In other words join a gang? Well, The Remedials have never been that cool to join a gang probably cause they just didn’t wanna get clipped while walking to the liquor store. And since they were probably all picked last in gym class too they ain’t out running nobody, kinda like that dude in “Boys N The Hood” but even worse since that guy played football! So what’s a Remedial to do but plot an elaborate revenge scheme as seen in any horror movie of today? They would if they could but that’s just too much effort… Although a Goalie Mask and a Machete can easily be thrown together. So all they could do was wait in the corner of the room till their day came around and now it seems it has finally arrived again!

After The Remedials submitted a song to VPAF Compilation CD Vol. 1 back in 2007 and having it accepted to appear on the CD! And to have played the Vol. 1 CD Release at the legendary Cobalt which in itself was a historic show and compilation CD release for Vancouver’s punk rock community! You’d think The Remedials could just retire after that, if only, if only… But after an extended vacation they have returned to VPAF planning to release Vol. 2! After submitting another song to VPAF, having it accepted and receiving an invite to play the Vol. 2 Benefit Show, it seems everything was going The Remedials way as they are finally a “Made” band in gangland! The Remedials have finally gotten some “Cred” and a place in a historic score in Vancouver. But just like “Children’s Story” by Slick Rick things just never go how you planned them, especially if you pull a gun on an undercover cop…

Sometimes you have to leave a gang member behind who doesn’t got your back. He nods off while he should be keepin’ six or does all your drugs or bitch slaps the wrong ho! If you think of The Remedials like a gang and one member isn’t pulling his weight or making his payments to the boss they usually get body parts broken or shot in the face a few times. Since The Remedials are not a gang and don’t condone that type of activity, although they would all agree some people deserve a few “Knee Lifts”. And since The Remedials have no idea how to get some “Knuckle Dusters” they had to politely ask that person to step up to the plate and start earning again! Unfortunately, this mystery member was unable to continue earning for the “Organization” even when given the B&E route of old folk’s homes and like who can’t take down grandpa for a 10 count? A sit down of the “Bosses” (not the Underbosses, Captains or Soldiers) was required in order to determine their options and a course of action. Gang members aren’t a dime a dozen probably because once they get killed they’re dead, if the rival gang takes some shooting lessons and tags the right guy... Nobody wants to recruit out of the “Organization” because who can you really trust these days? Do you really wanna have to bring a bunch of potential “Narcs” to check out your operation? You guys in “The Mob” know what we‘re talking about, and they’re like “Hell yeah, tell it like it is brother!” So after reviewing a long list of one name it was decided to approach this person to join the club. But how would this play out since they were already in another gang! Luckily, these two gangs have worked together on a few scores and work out of different towns far away from each other as not to impede on their earnings. This would allow this member to be in two gangs at the same time kinda like a “Double Agent” but without the cool spy gear. And as an added bonus he can wear whichever colours he wants instead of just blue or just red all the time. After sending a few encrypted emails from net cafés at different locations a date and a location for an initiation was determined. This mystery location was known only as “The Mansion” and when the time was right the parties arrived in their tricked out rides. After the face-to-face took place it was determined this person had the “Skills To Pay The Bills”. And so the moral of the story is that Dan Gillis aka Jerry Demon aka Fat Jdan of the POGs is also a Remedial!

So check out the VPAF Vol. 2 Benefit Show this Friday February 27th at The Cobalt where The Remedials will be playing with a new member! Will they totally suck and fall on their faces? Maybe? Regardless, this will be a truly historic show for The Remedials and there’s only one way to see how things turn out! You guessed it, go to the show and support your local punk band!

“Go To Tha Show, Mofo!” Gabe Wasted aka Gift Of Gabe aka G-Spot of The Remedials