Go! - May/June 2005
Who: Go!
What: ’80s revivalists
Where: Toronto
To Contact: Coalition Entertainment, 10271 Yonge St., #202, Richmond Hill, ON L4C 3B5 (905) 508-0025, www.gorockandroll.com.
Starting out as a trio known as The Scenes, these ’80s-inspired new wavers - frontman Mike Condo, synth player Evan Huson, and drummer Lee Campbell renamed themselves Go! and cut their second demo at the singer’s brother Dom Condo’s SoundWerx Studios and Arnold Lanni’s Arnyard Studios. Produced and mixed by Lanni, best known for his work with Our Lady Peace and Simple Plan (with additional production by Dom), the Toronto band is immensely influenced by synth-driven pop act The Cars. Lanni and Dom share writing credit with Mike on all three songs, “So Free”, “Hot Step” and “Crazy” (original guitar players Pat Alessi and Gasper Barone also co-wrote “Hot Step”). Since that sampler EP, Go! has added bassist Craig Mailman and guitarist Dan Kanter (ex-Fefe Dobson) to the lineup. They are currently working on another four songs that Lanni produced at Arnyard and are back at SoundWerx tracking them with Dom as the engineer. The band’s management, Coalition Entertainment (Our Lady Peace, Simple Plan), says Go! is close to signing a record deal and expects it to cut the album in the summer.
