Taco Grande with Striker's Tim Brown

Everybody loves guitar shreds right?

Well, surely then you're aware of Canadian metal giants, Striker? They were up for a Juno Award, just like Jay Mewes.

In between their shredding of their guitars, sometimes Tim Brown takes some time to eat some shredded beef and cheese...

Sometimes known as the taco.

Get to CD Baby to pick up their latest CD... 

And now..

TACOS!

1. Everybody loves Taco Tuesday, but what's the best time to eat tacos for you and how many tacos do you put back in a standard sitting.

Road Warriors with Striker

STriker

How many times are we going to hear from Edmonton's Striker?

UNTIL THEY STOP ANSWERING OUR INANE QUESTIONS!!!!!

Put on your spandex. Get out your wah wah pedal. Then do some shredding finger exercises.

Or just read along!

1. What's the right length for a tour?

I'm a fan of about 30 shows. Enough to get into it, not too many that you start to go crazy. Most of our tours are about 3 to 5 weeks.

2. I've heard some great stories about strange ways of eating on the road. What's your trick to keeping your belly full while out there?

Hometown Tales with Striker

Striker

Remember our good friends Striker?

You may or may not recall that they're from the snowy city of Edmonton, Alberta up there in the Fabled Canadas.

There's somewhere I've never been personally. So it's nice that we're getting some insight into Western Canada from the views of these metal bands up t here.

Let's find out more about Edmonton!

1. St. Louis City is my hometown. I've lived here for most of my life in and around the city. Where are you from?

We are from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Actually we were mostly all born and raised here! Our vocalist Dan was born outside the city but came here very young. 

Vinyloscopy with Striker

Striker

We're heading back north to Edmonton, AB once again.

You may recall the shredding interview with did with Striker about foods last month, but this month, we want to know about the vinyl with them.

By the by, speaking of records, this Friday, October 26th, Striker's new record hits the racks and becomes available for purchase. You can get it on Amazon Preorder today though.

If not, feel free to tell them why not on Facebook.

1. Listening to Black Sabbath's eponymous debut the night I got it blew me away. What's the album that sounds the best on vinyl compared to digital sources?

Foods We Love with Striker

In case you haven't noticed, the Foods We Love column has made a bit of a comeback.

While I was putting my daughter's hockey gear on, it finally occurred to me, there's a country above us called Canada.

Despite many years of open warfare, subtle warfare, and us planning to take out the curling team, either via curling or sniper, Canada maintains they're a totally different country and  not the 51st State in the USA...

All that said, today we're looking into a Juno Nominated Artist, Edmonton's Striker. They're a noodly doodly metal band out of the northern most (populated) city in the great province of Alberta.

Think of it as Canadian Texas, but really, really cold.

So, how's the food you ask?