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Rat Silo
Rat Silo
	Rat Silo in 2020. From left to right: Jim Newton, Don Binns, Erkan Gencol and Sean Stubbs.
Background information
Origin	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genres	Alternative rock; Indie-rock; Post-punk; Post-rock;
Years active	2007–present
Members	Jim Newton; Don Binns; Sean Stubbs; Erkan Gencol;
Past members	Finn Manniche; Dave "Oz" Osborne;
Website	ratsilo.com

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Rat Silo is a Canadian Alternative rock group based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada founded by Jim Newton, the former lead vocalist and guitarist of Canadian alternative rock band Sons of Freedom ^[1].

History

Originally formed in November of 2007, Jim Newton organized the recording of the band’s first album 'November 2007:What the Butler Saw' at North Vancouver's Crew Studios (formally Baker Street Studios) over a three-day session. Newton recruited Vancouver musicians Don Binns on bass (Sons of Freedom, Trailerhawk, Econoline Crush, Art Bergmann), Sean Stubbs on drums (Numb, SNFU, Jakalope, Bif Naked), Finn Manniche (Jazzmanian Devils, Van Django) on guitar, and Dave "Oz" Osbourne (54-40) on keyboards. Mark Henning produced and engineered the sessions.^[2]

In April 2009, Rat Silo's second album, 'Doubleplusungood' was released, It was recorded by Robert Handel and mixed by Mark Henning. ^[3]

In October 2011, their third album, 'The Great Northern Way', was released. The album was recorded and mixed by Dave "Rave" Ogilvie at Vancouver's Mushroom Studios.^[4]

In 2017, after a two-year hiatus, Newton, Binns and Stubbs reformed and began working on new material. A fourth member, Erkan Gencol was added to the new line-up providing samples, loops, noises to augment the band's predominantly "guitar-driven" sound. In November of 2019, the single, 'I Sacrifice: A veteran's lament' was released. It was recorded and mixed by producer/engineer Mike Foster at Vancouver's Blackfish Sound Studio.^[5]

In May of 2020, their fourth album 'The World Is Going To End Tomorrow' was released. It was recorded and mixed earlier that year by Dave "Rave" Ogilvie and Anthony "Fu" Valcic at Vancouver's Hipposonic Studios.^[6]

References

^ "Freedom's Newton gravitates to new band". The Province, February 4, 2008.
^ "Rat Silo swaggers to life". The Georgia Straight, April 16, 2008.
^ "Under Review: Rat Silo. Doubleplusungood". The Discorder, June 1, 2009.
^ "Under Review: Rat Silo. The Great Northern Way". The Discorder, December, 28 2011.
^ "Rat Silo play loud strong set at LanaLous Vancouver". nightmaircreative.com, February 13, 2018.
^ "Rat Silo Channel Current Events into Apocalyptic Post-Punk Project ". nightmaircreative.com, July 25, 2020.

External links

[[:Category:Canadian alternative rock groups]] [[:Category:Musical groups established in 2007]]

[ratsilo-1] "Freedom's Newton gravitates to new band". The Province, February 4, 2008.

[ratsilo2-2] "Rat Silo swaggers to life". The Georgia Straight, April 16, 2008.

[ratsilo3-3] "Under Review: Rat Silo. Doubleplusungood". The Discorder, June 1, 2009.

[ratsilo4-4] "Under Review: Rat Silo. The Great Northern Way". The Discorder, December, 28 2011.

[ratsilo5-5] "Rat Silo play loud strong set at LanaLous Vancouver". nightmaircreative.com, February 13, 2018.

[ratsilo6-6] "Rat Silo Channel Current Events into Apocalyptic Post-Punk Project ". nightmaircreative.com, July 25, 2020.

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