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| Jubes, Kylie, Steve and Chris |
When asked when Tepid played its first gig, guitar player Steve Allain is quick to recall it was March 3, 2007.
“I feel like I'm in a relationship with you, Steve,” bassist Stephen Jakubiak says, flattered Allain remembers such an important date.
Thus begins Tepid's comparison of the band as a relationship. When they start doling out affection in the form of insults, it is clear Tepid's relationship is more a four-way sibling rivalry than a hot and steamy romantic foursome.
And anyway, a young man in love would probably be reluctant to share a story about soiling himself on stage with his beloveds, and that is just the story guitar player and vocalist Chris Gallant chose to tell.
Gallant was sick during a gig and in the middle of a song he really needed to fart. His faced was screwed up as he sang but he didn't want to offend his band so he tried to hold it in. His efforts failed and he released what he thought would be a fart.
“Apparently it wasn't a fart,” Gallant admits, followed by an eruption of laughter from his band mates.
“It was a shart?” Bursts drummer and vocalist Kylie Muio.
“I went and checked afterwards and it wasn't as bad as I thought it was,” Gallant informs.
Skid marks aside, if the band were siblings it would be quite the diverse family. Muio, a UPEI biology grad hopes to go to vet school, Jakubiak, known by everyone as Jubes, works for a software company involved with non-profit organizations, Allain is a plumbing apprentice and Gallant…let's just say he hopes one day to follow his mother's footsteps and become a circus carnie.
The music they play is also diverse. They describe it as heavy, percussive guitars, contrasted by light vocals. Tepid is comfortable between extremes, mixing in genres as they see fit. Anything that sounds good goes with Tepid, so they find it hard to label their music.
Tepid says they can't compare their music to other Island bands and invite music fans to come out to a show and experience something different from the usual folk rock typical of PEI music.
From foreign UPEI professors who hop on stage and become impromptu back up dancers to cougars who yell requests for AC/DC to anyone interested in the local music scene in PEI. Tepid just wants to play music for people.
And the free beer doesn't hurt, Jakubiak points out.
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