Some bands make things look so easy. Then there are others who take what's easy and make it look hard. Take Giant, for instance, the five-piece heavy rockers playing at the Ozzie's in the Osborne Village Motor Inn all week. Together just two and a half months, this west-coast based band apparently boasts the bass player from Kick Axe and two others from recording act White Wolf. |
Certainly well rehearsed, they had just the right touch of arrogance to pull off convincing the crowd they were something special. But they weren't, although selling their own merchandise - everything from bikini briefs to baseball caps - is a gutsy move. And not many bar bands would bother having wireless guitars. |
But the band's covers, by the likes of Leppard and Whitesnake, were simply well-played copies. Giant has a run-of-the-mill guitarist, a terrific solid drummer, and an incredible light man but one wonders whether dishing out above-par bar fare will get them anywhere. |