The MUDMEN

Thursday January 24, 2008
THE MUDMEN

@ Rock & Roll Heaven
1660 OConnor Road
Toronto ON

$12, 19+, Doors at 9 pm

The Mudmen are a Canadian rock band based out of Ontario. The band was formed in 1998 by vocalist Zoy Nicoles and bagpipe brothers Sandy Campbell and Robby Campbell.

The band are best known for their singles 5 O'Clock and Saturday, and for their covers of Spirit of the West's Home For a Rest and AC/DC's Long Way to the Top. In addition, the band recently hit it big with the single Lost, which was featured in the promos for the NBC television show The Black Donnelly's. Their single Animal was featured on the soundtrack of the hit video games Burnout 3 and MX vs. ATV Unleashed.

The band's name comes from the occupation of the Campbell brothers prior to forming the band; they were mixing mortar and carrying bricks for bricklayers. The band was influenced by traditional Scottish music as well as hard rock groups like AC/DC. The Mudmen have opened for many bands, including ZZ Top, Tool, Dropkick Murphys and Bowling for Soup as well as fellow Canadians Nickelback, Sum 41 and The Guess Who.

The Mudmen have toured in Canada, the United States and Great Britain. The band has three albums, Mudmen (2000), Overrated (2003) and Defending the Kingdom (2005). Six Mudmen videos have been produced and shown on MuchMusic.

The band currently can be found in Don Cherry's "19"featuring The Mudmen's, How Do You Like Me Now from the band's third CD, Defending the Kingdom and Bob & Doug McKenzie's "Two-Four Anniversary" with guest apperance by the Campbell Brothers/Mudpipers. Both DVD's are available in stores.

http://www.mudmen.ca/