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| HISTORY |
| ...the saga continues. |
| The Mongrels took essentially what was a school year hiatus from playing live and focused on doing other things. What those things are no one really knows. Most sources have revealed that a lot of time and money was spent on drug and alchohol addictions, although this has never been confirmed. In about March of 2002 Adam and Spencer were starting to turn it all around, writing new material and were working their way out of the hole they had been lost in for so long. In hope of reaching a broader auidience and perhaps expanding musically , they recruited two new members. The new members were Lloydminster imports Diana Khamvongsa and Dave Cavanagh. Diana was on bass and Dave was there for "Punk Appeal", he also sang. On the right: Dave Cavanagh on Bass and back up vocals at the 666 show. Photo: Karen |
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| The Mongrels were now making some progress and before long had an excess of similar sounding songs. They were thinking about a show...but should they. Adam and Spencer were weary, yet excited at the same time. Would their past and the ghost of Rock Out come back to haunt them? What would happen if they never recovered and became another one hit wonder? There was only one way to find out. The band threw all their worries to the wind and went for it. |
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| The date is still a little sketchy, but thats beside the point. The Mongrels had a full line up, new songs, a little confidence and now all they needed was a show. The opportunity came later that week when a a friend of Adam's (Chantel Garnier) had approched him with the idea of doing a fundraiser/talent show to raise |
| to raise money for the M.H.S Senior girls basketball team. The team needed new uniforms and this was the perfect way to do it. The show went off without a hitch. This show was a pivotal Moment for the band, in 2 ways. They made connections with another local band named "The Liquidators" and started beef with a local band named Both Legs Bubblegum..or broken or two busted shins or blink 180 smashed forearm, or maybe it was a busted gut and bowl of ugly t-shirts....uhh regardless, the Mongrels made fun of this band of bowl of only red M&M requesting, longer set needed, we get last set, and shouldn't have to pay 2 dollars each for a donation to a small town volleyball team because we are bringing 3 microphones that are my dads.....yeah. So the Mongrels played more shows that summer. Lots of them, with some cool bands, and some not so cool bands. Blah blah blah... CLICK HERE TO READ ON eventually |