Who: The Rumours
What: mighty metal retro
Where: Vancouver, BC
To Contact: PO Box 27536, Vancouver, BC, V5Z 1N0 www.therumoursonline.com, therumours@shaw.ca.

Not to be confused with the Fleetwood Mac cover act from Mississauga, ON, these West Coast Rumours are juicily raunchy and well worth hearing. Founded in 2002, after Lou Rumour (vocals/piano) and Just Janelle (guitar, vocals) were introduced to Melissa Starr (bass, vocals) by their mutual tattoo artist within a year, the band had played with Taking Back Sunday, the D4, Danko Jones, The Donnas, The Tea Party and Swollen Members. Winners of the Future Shop and Universal Music Future Stars grant at CMW 2003, the band recruited new drummer Steve Senyk and spent the fall recording its full-length debut, The Mighty Can Fall, at Profile Sound Studios with producer Terry ‘Sho’ Murray of the band Shocore. Coming out full-force on “Fight”, the band also gets into radio-palatable Bif Naked territory with “Hotwire”, while “April” has a ’50s do-wop vibe. The Rumours can be nasty, fierce, and just a little bit ugly inside, but also strong and have their shit together. And, yes boys, the three gals are very cute. So it’s a winning combination, if they continue to work hard. The album is released on its own Switchblade Records, which is distributed by Universal Music Canada.

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