The Deefons + Band in Kirkland Lake, ON

ABOUT

Once upon the late 1990s, before the internet made the world a smaller place, in the isolation of a tiny mining town called Kirkland Lake, a group of kids got together and called themselves The Deefons. Shane came from Swank and Cragmatic Pope. YeTI, Ty and Marco came from Harem. They were named for the family of imaginary friends that one member had as a child. The imaginary Deefons lived in a pile of hay down the alley sometime in the early 1980s. The musical Deefons recorded two albums. "Clippings From The Edge of The Road" was recorded in August 1998 in a small basement studio using the $1200 they had made playing in a bar before the most of them were old enough to be there. "Sunset" was recorded by Ryan (of Cragmatic Pope and Groundstate) in his basement in August 1999 with a 4-track and a couple of Pentium (1) computers. Since 2009 much of their music has been available for free online. In 2024, they released their first song in 25 years, All In.

Screen name:

The Mighty Jerkules

Member since:

Dec 10 2005

Active over 1 month ago

Level of commitment:

Moderately Committed

Years together:

25

Age:

45 years

Influences

Weezer, Offspring, the Cure, Smashing Pumpkins, Green Day, Nerf Herder, The Subverts, The Damned, CRAgmatic Pope, Swank, McLean and McLean

Members Of Band

Shane Willard: Vocals, guitar John Bradley: Bass Tyler Tessier: Guitar Ben Gardiner :Drums on 2nd Album Marc Milot : Drums on 1st Album Jen McLenaghan: Keyboards and vocals on 1st Album Hugh Dogg: Live Keyboards "Sunset" era (2nd Album)

MUSIC