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The June Gloom
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CAMERON PURVIS: Guitar, Bass, Keyboards, Vocals PD BENNETT: Drums, Percussion, Vocals NEALE BENNETT: Bass, Guitar THE BEST PLACE TO BEGIN IS AT THE ROADHOUSE IN GOLDEN, BC. FOR THIS IS WHERE THE BAND WAS ATTACKED BY A PSYCHO STRIPPER FROM HELL. After being pelted violently with bananas, hot dogs and a large jar of salsa, they were finally choked out of their hotel room when the culprit unloaded a fire extinguisher on them. The local RCMP were of little help but the band still made it out of town alive. Cameron Purvis and PD Bennett have never been back to Golden but they've been everywhere else. They formed The Wax Poets in Calgary in 2007 and immediately began playing shows with big name bands such as The Violent Femmes, The Old 97's and Spirit Of The West. Their first studio album was released in late 2008 and the tour that ensued took them across the continent in the dead of winter. A tour which resulted in a string of successful gigs in some of Canada's best rooms including The Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto (a gig for which Bennett arrived on-time after a harrowing 210km/h drive from Montreal). Their heater died in Fargo, North Dakota on a bitter cold December night and, after one member narrowly escaped arrest at the border, their vehicle finally quit in Winnipeg. Born in Calgary, it was a musical family from Winnipeg that Bennett grew up in. He began playing in bars with his dad and brother at a young age and quickly became a professional, proficient rock drummer. So
