In their formative years Gloryhound listened to Alice Cooper, The Ramones, Thin Lizzy and Iggy Pop. All of these influences can be heard in their self styled form of rock, but their sound is truly their own. Simply put: “All stacks, no macs”
With a debut album under their belts, the ECMA nominated “Leave It Alone”, the four high school band mates took up residency in Toronto to both impress the masses and record their second record. With fellow Haligonian Laurence Currie at the helms Gloryhound recorded “Electric Dusk”. On the strength of that recording, and a no holds barred sonic blast of a live performance, the band was signed to the prestigious Agency Group by company president Ralph James. Hundreds of gigs have followed and the band have shared stages with Thin Lizzy, Thornley, Sam Roberts, Drive By Truckers, Big Wreck, The Sheep Dogs and played such events as Canadian Music Fest, NorthByNorthEast and JunoFest (in both Toronto and St. John’s).
The band has since done several residencies in and around Toronto, while touring rigorously up and down Ontario’s Hwy 401 and throughout Atlantic Canada. Earlier this year, Gloryhound shared a sold out Montreal show with Australian buzz band Sick Puppies and rocked Toronto’s Sound Academy as opener for Thin Lizzy, while their debut disc, Leave It Alone brought a 2010 ECMA nomination for Rock Recording of the Year.
Gloryhound’s new Electric Dusk EP (produced by Laurence Currie), has drawn attention and rave reviews from regional and national media. Prior to “Cruel Little Tease” being picked up for placement in feature film Charlie Zone , their song “TKO Tokyo” garnered significant radio airplay, including hitting the number one spot on the nationally syndicated East Coast Countdown. Their EP title track – Electric Dusk is now shipped rock radio.
Comprised of Evan Meisner (lead vocal/rhythm guitar), David Casey (lead guitar/bg vocal), Shaun Hanlon (drums) and Jeremy MacPherson (bass), Gloryhound are nominated for both Rock Recording (Electric Dusk) and Group of the Year, in the upcoming Molson Canadian Music Nova Scotia Awards and have been selected to perform on the Gala Awards show and showcase for delegates and fans at the NS Music Week Conference in Yarmouth.
“Gloryhound’s sound is packed with testosterone, loud guitars, and hard-rock crunch, AC/DC-Zeppelin-inflected tunes that unleashes some serious speaker-shredding mojo. Black-leather-cool and plenty of swagger, these guys show you how it’s done.” Exclaim!
