Bucket Truck is a six piece
heavy-rock/alternative group consisting
of the usual guitars, bass, vocals and
drums with an added feature of African,
Latin, and Eastern percussion
instruments. The Bucket Truck sound
and live show is highly energetic,
aggressive and most of all, original.
Bucket Truck travelled to Halifax for the
East Coast Music Awards in late
January, 1998. The band was selected
as one of four Newfoundland groups to
showcase at the conference. “Without a
doubt, their performance was the most
inspired of the weekend,” said Randy
Hutchings of The Herald. The band’s
energy worked well for Bucket Truck -
15 interviews in two days; two concerts
and a CD release made the band one of
the most recognisable groups at the
ECMAs.
Bucket Truck has been given the
opportunity to share the stage with many
great Canadian acts in the past year
including The Monoxides, The Tea
Party and Furnaceface to name a few.
In 1997 Bucket Truck made
radio-headway by releasing a single on
Newfoundland FM stations. DYNAMO
tore-up the airwaves all summer - an
impressive feat since the track had
never been released in stores and only
appearred on Bucket Truck’s demo.
DYNAMO maintained a presense in the
OZFM Top Ten at Ten for over three
months (all summer), reaching as high
as number four! on many
occasions.While at the same time
reaching number one on CHMR-FM
(July 28, 1997). Bucket Truck’s debut
CD entitled “Mr. Hero” was released for
distribution in the maritimes at the East
Coast Music Awards. The twelve song
CD was recorded and produced in St.
John’s and is a great representation of
where the band is going. The CD is
sponsored by NewTel Communications.
With media attention already so high for
Bucket Truck, the band expects their CD
to make a big splash! Already receiving
mention in a series of publications and
multiple television appearances on
MuchEast (MuchMusic) and NTV.
VideoFact recently awarded Bucket
Truck with a grant to help the band
create their first video. The release date
is tentatively set for early September. Ad
Vantage Productions have been
contracted to film the video based on
concepts the band provided. With the
release of the video their CD, “Mr. Hero”
will be launched nationally - a big step
for Bucket Truck.
In March 1997, Bucket Truck journeyed
to Corner Brook Newfoundland for
MuchMusic’s SnowJob ‘97. The band
played in Corner Brook and made a lot
of new friends and contacts.
In October (‘97), Bucket Truck was
nominated for a Newfoundland and
Labrador Music Industry Award for Best
Alternative Group ‘97. An amazing feat
once again for a band’s first year in
exsistence!
1998 is turning out to be a year of hard
work for Bucket Truck - recording,
promoting, playing whenever possible,
more merchandise, bigger stages at
bigger shows, etc. etc. etc. These guys
work hard, and it shows in every song at
every show.
Keep on Bucket Truck’n!!!
