Colonial Quarrels

"It all started with one little sentence;" I like the tune but it doesn't sound like a Peter Parkers song"
Just Like that, one spring evening in 2003, Colonial Quarrels were of to the races....So to speak.
Most of the material which appears on 2009's "The End Was An Honest Mistake"; 13 tracks quelled from 26 demoed songs.
It started out as a means to vent frustrations surrounding the particular events of that time. I was broke, on strike, fueling my song writing with early morning rises, late evenings with 10% Fax beer, Fireball and repeat viewings of "The Corporation"...Yup, welcome to the shit....MY version of the shit at the very least.
Chasity Alward (Piano, vocals) and Cameron Murphy (percussion, vocals) were there from the word go and I think all 3 of us welcomed the familiarity that came with us playing together in another band. It certainly helped calm any doubts we might have had about band chemistry.
David Gregory first came aboard as a guitar player for CQ but soon after expressed interest in taking up bass duties...Of course, why not? In all of our minds, the line up was far from being set in stone and as far as we were concerned, we had lots for work ahead of us in terms of honing our sound. We were not ignorant to the fact that we were not re-inventing the wheel but still felt we could carve out our own little niche amongst all the other contemporary artists of our time.
Rock & Roll has never been synonymous with rocket science...We would be fine. Besides, we had lots to say and many interesting ways to say it. If anything, we would have a great time learning all the songs off of Rodriguez "The Cold Facts"
2005-2006, the line-up was rounded out by Denis Surette (guitar, lap steel; Les Paiens fame) and Moncton's answer to Billy Preston (minus the Afro; ..s), an old and dear friend Stephane Doucet.
There you have it, all the ammunition we would ever need to express feelings of guilt, fear, love and most importantly dissent and disdain aimed at any and all ivory towers.