Probably one of the more memorable times in my life thus far. We were to shoot a live DVD in the infamous Roseland Ballroom in NYC (since torn down sadly). I LOVE NYC – always have from my first time there in 2007. I had played there earlier with Randy Bachman’s Band in […]

Cease & Desist were asked to be the ‘house band’ for The Pumpkin Patch in Richmond BC. We did this gig for a full month leading up to Hallowe’en Eve. We were to play (with very little break time) from 9:00am – 1:00pm every day. Also every day we would have to set up the […]

Cease and Desist Promo Collage For people who have asked us where and how this band came to be, here it is from my perspective. Marc LaFrance came into my life on November 1st, 1985. I had been hearing about this monster singer/drummer since I was in Shama. Marc was touring the prairies of Canada […]

Sammy Hagar with Me. Separated at birth perhaps? Sometimes there’s never a dull moment – brothers from a different mother… or at least the same follicle family. The picture above was taken at the Gibson showroom in Toronto. Sammy was in Toronto for Music Week. He had just recently sold off his interests to ‘Cabo […]

At the outset, I apologize for the quality of this footage. I dug this out of some old VHS tapes wondering what exactly did I have ‘in this box’. The back story… In 1994, Revolver was getting ready to do a concert at The Vogue Theatre in Vancouver. It was our first time doing the […]

I’ve had this audio for quite some time. I got it from Tony Levin years ago (who played bass on these sessions). It’s hard to believe that John was assassinated such a short amount of time after this. He was really looking forward to the next stage of his life and career. We’ve recently seen […]

The year 1975 was a magical time for Michael Sicoly and I. We were so engrossed in going out on the road to become ‘the next Beatles” we couldn’t talk about anything else for months. Although I hardly knew Brien Armstrong, Jeff Neill made sure to write us often from the road and call us […]

The Way-Back Machine I was born in the City of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Canada. My mother had passed away from cancer when I was nine. Being kind of a lonely kid, the next two years of my life were spent ‘noodling’ on every instrument my older brothers, Kenny and Jimmy, would bring home from […]

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In 2004, I played a show with Curtis Stigers. If you like Sons Of Anarchy, you will recognize his name as the guy who sings the theme song at the beginning of each show, and many other songs throughout the series. This take of his on the old Beatles classic, ‘I Feel Fine’ has such […]

In 2004, I played a show with Curtis Stigers. If you like Sons Of Anarchy, you will recognize his name as the guy who sings the theme song at the beginning of each show, and many other songs throughout the series. This take of his on the old Beatles classic, ‘I Feel Fine’ has such […]