Howling Woman: The Lazys, Live at the CNE 2016

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Rock and roll fans, listen to us, if you're not already in on The Lazys, it's time. Right now.

On Saturday night at the CNE in Toronto, the stage took an Australian beating when Leon, Matty, Glenn, Liam, and Andy took over and rocked their hearts out as the opening act for Canadian vets, The Trews.

We've had a chance to meet and chat with the boys before, and see them on stage, so we thought we were prepared for the show - but the difference between the size of the stage at the Ex and the Horseshoe is significant, and the boys took full advantage.

And they knew they would... Trish caught up with Leon and Matty backstage before the show and when she asked them about getting up on the big stage they were instantly excited and told her they were born for this shit!

She also asked them how their current Canadian tour has been going so far with their western shows done, and the band seemed quite happy with things. The crowds have grown since their last time through, the clubs are full, and the response has been awesome.

Here's the thing about The Lazys when they play live - it's a show. A real live, full blast, top volume, over the top rock and roll show. The guys put it all out there with their energy and movement and attitude from the minute they step on stage to the minute they step off. They sing and scream and dance and spew water and do everything they can to get every single person in the crowd into the party. It's a huge piece of why we're into the band really, the live experience is A+ top notch.

Since the boys have started spending more and more time in Canada every year we decided we wanted to ask them a couple questions that would give us some insight into the Aussie experience in the great white north.

First, we asked what 1 Canadian thing they would take home to Australia - and at almost the exact same time Leon and Matty said Caesars and Tim Hortons... which we can't really argue with, both are very Canadian!

Next, Trish asked the reverse, and Leon told her that he'd love to bring the Australian weather to Canada so we could all enjoy some sun and warmth all year long. And as much as we love a good snowball fight, it's really tempting to agree with him on that!

We also asked The Lazys about the bands they're into. But before we get to that, here are some more points that we took away from the CNE show...

⭐ Matty has some of the best guitar faces and showmanship we've seen in a long long time.
⭐ The band is tight, which we don't want people to overlook when they're busy watching and listening to Matty's solos.
⭐ Leon looks, probably 5 times per show, like he's ready to jump straight into the crowd. And while we haven't seen it happen yet, we're not counting out the possibility of it happening one day.
⭐ When Matty, Glenn, and Liam sing with Leon, or around him, it fills out the sound perfectly.
⭐ Andy did one of our favourite things: Singing along at the drum kit even though he doesn't have a mic. It's a sure sign for us that a drummer is all in and loving what he's part of.

Ok, so we asked the guys to tell us who their top 3 Canadian bands are, but they had some trouble with the math, so we doubled it and let Leon and Matty have 6 bands combined.

🍁 Billy Talent
🍁 The Trews
🍁 One Bad Son
🍁 The Wild
🍁 Whale and the Wolf
🍁 The Glorious Sons

Then Trish asked if there was an Australian band that we should be listening to and Leon told us that The Dead Love were the ones. Which is great for us because we saw and chatted with at CMW 2016 and already in. And we 100% agree with the boys that you should check them out and start getting as excited for new music from the Aussie rockers as we are!

The last thing we asked before the let The Lazys get ready for the stage was what they're up to after the tour wraps. And we loved the answer, because they're going to Vancouver to record a new record!

The boys have 6 weeks booked with Garth "GGGarth" Richardson (Rage Against The Machine, Rise Against, Red Hot Chili Peppers) to record. And if the new tracks sound as good as Shake It Like You Mean It, which Richardson did with the guys, then we're pretty sure we're going to have a full record worth yelling and dancing and singing along to.

But, before they get to that there are still a bunch of tour dates left including September 15 in Oshawa and September 16 in Toronto at the Rivoli. And we would like to strongly recommend that you get to one of those shows to see The Lazys play Howling Woman, Shake It Like You Mean It, Black Rebel, Love Your Gun, Show Me What You're Made Of and all kinds of other high intensity bangers.

See you there!