Ahhh yes, it’s that time of year again. Sun shining, birds chirping, and the Columbia train a rollin!! Our first show with the new lineup is this Saturday at the Cellar. It’s not going to be the rock n roll ruckus it normally would, but we’ve reworked the songs for an acoustic set and they sound great. I’m especially happy with a new one called “The Streets”. I get to monkey around with some effects that make my guitar sound like a digital 12-string. Pretty cool

Things have been pretty exciting for me as of late. Traynor is on board as a sponsor and I can’t wait for my amp to arrive. It sounds amazing and I’m looking forward to making some noise with it. Lots of noise!!! Also I just got a new tattoo. A raven on my chest. Dewey Cox would be proud! I’ll post a pic ASAP

Cheers

Rich

Columbia is playing a special one off show with Gordie Johnson of Big Sugar and Shaun Verreault of the popular 90′s band Wide Mouth Mason May 19th. The show will be very intimate in the 260 capacity Cellar Night club in Vancouver. The show is presented by 99.3 the Fox & Rock 101 Vancouver. This will also be the first ever show with Columbia’s 2 new members Jordan & Ben. Expect a special night! Ticket and event links below.

Facebook event page

http://www.facebook.com/events/410200718999630

Online ticket sales

http://www.ticketweb.ca/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=4529885

Hello Peeps and Peepettes!

This is my first official blog since joining Columbia, so there’s a lot of pressure and so much to say!  I thought to myself, what should I write about?  I guess I could tell the whole sordid story of how a random meeting with Kevin and Rich on New Years Eve and them calling me on my drunken offer to write turned into me eventually joining Columbia, or I could tell the story of betting Kevin that he couldn’t eat 5 Big Macs in 20 minutes (I won), or I could talk about how Grimy (or Gam Gam) hit me in the face with a foam sword while watching Game of Thrones, or I could tell the story of waking up on Kevin’s floor cuddling a Columbia bear (which you can get in the online store)… but I’m sure none of you really want to hear about that.

So here’s a picture instead:

This picture sums up the excitement that I feel about joining Columbia and all the amazing stuff coming up for Columbia, with the new sponsors, the big show on May 19th and going into the studio with Jeff Dawson, it makes me feel like clapping!  It’s unfortunate that Mr. T-Rex has too short of arms to join in the excitement, but that doesn’t mean it should bring us down now does it? No it doesn’t. So join our ride, let’s get this going and start the world domination.

So in closing.

Don’t stop believing, and keep on rocking in the free world.

Jordan

We’re so happy to announce that Columbia has two amazing new full time members. First is Guitarist Jordan Carriere, who is best know for being the lead singer in the band Static in Stars. The second addition is Ben Firth on Drums. Ben has been in various bands and has toured all across North America! With these amazing new additions we’re going into the studio to work on our next radio single with famed producer Jeff Dawson. Expect to hear lots form the new guys on Facebook, here and of course Columbia’s Twitter account. Welcome boys! Kevin, Richard & Graeme.

Join our Ride

Jordan                                                                Ben

Hey guys,

We’ve been working real hard lately finishing up more demos before we hit studio later this spring and working on putting our live set together again so we can get back out there doing some gigs. The new songs we have been writing have been sounding amazing now that we’ve been able to try them out in a full band setting. Live volume and working in drums etc has made these songs even bigger than they were before. I can’t wait to get back to tour so we can show you all in person what we have been working towards.

Thanks to everyone who has joined the fan page (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Columbia-Fans/327391580630507) Our ladies behind the scenes have done a great job building the group up and the more people join the more contests and giveaways we are gonna have. Spread the word and join the Columbia family!

Keep checking in with us over the next little bit because we have some big news coming up and I gotta tell you it makes me feel like a big shot lol

Cheers,
Graeme

P.S. I want this dog

I'd name him awesome

First of all, we are delighted to have passed 10,000 followers on Twitter. We are proud of this huge accomplishment, and YOU should be too! A lot of new fans have been a direct result of existing fans spreading the word. Thank you so much for helping us get our music to a worldwide audience! We also have a new fan club on facebook. We owe a special thanks to Anastasia and Thamy for setting that up, and for being amazing as always

Click here for the fanpage linke. Make sure you visit and check out the girls’ hard work!

We’ve been working like animals to get new songs written and recorded for you. The demos are sounding great and we’ll be hitting the studio in a month or so. You’ll be informed don’t worry! Also we’ve been jamming with some new friends lately. Always good  to make some noise with good musicians. Very exciting times ahead for sure…..

Off to bed now. Once Lord of The Rings is done, of course

Cheers

Rich

Columbia is going to be on Hot Shot Bands Radio playing two unreleased songs for the first time as well as a couple songs from the album.

The show is going to start at 8pm PST

Don’t miss the show! Be the first to hear what the bands been working on.

Check out Hot Shot Bands for the link

Join Our Ride,

Columbia

Hey People!

We’ve been working hard lately finishing up demo’s for the past little while but now we get to step out and have a little fun. Last night we jammed with a hopeful drummer at Red Savage’s Jam Space and I can’t even begin to tell you how much fun it was just to be able to play full blast again. I enjoy few things more than just being able to jump around and sing at the top of my lungs.

Saturday night you guys are gonna get a chance to hear some of the brand new songs we have been working on when we play at http://www.hotshotbands.com/ at 8pm PST. You will be getting two new live songs from us as well as playing some favourites from the album over the hour. Tune in and tell your friends!

Cheers,

Graeme

Hi everyone, how’s things? It’s been a crazy month, little sleep and lots of fun times. We’re going strong and getting so much done. It’s funny how many little things have to be done to keep the band running like a tight ship. Floating like a tight ship? Hummm, u know what I mean. We’re happy to announce we’ll be playing live on HSB Radio on Saturday March the 3rd. We’ll be playing two new never before heard tracks as well as sitting down with C.C. the DJ for an Interview.  All the links and that will be up soon. Other than that, we’ve been playing with some new ppl and might just have the Vancouver super band in place soon lol. Keep in touch and thanks.

Peace, Love  & A.D.I.D.A.S.

Kevin