Bucket Truck Release Last Two Videos And Call It A Day
Tuesday March 27, 2007 @ 06:00 PM
By: ChartAttack.com Staff

Bucket Truck

Newfoundland band Bucket Truck are going out on a high note, as their latest video has been receiving a lot of national and international attention.

The clip for "A Nourishment By Neglect" — which tells the story of Halifax civic leaders forcing the city's predominantly black Africville community members to leave their homes in the mid-'60s so that the A. Murray MacKay Bridge could be built and the Bedford Basin area could be industrialized — has enjoyed a three-week run on MuchMusic and received a positive response from Public Enemy rapper Chuck D, who emailed the punk group a note of encouragement and praise.

But such accolades, and the favourable notices received for 2005's Favour The Bull album, aren't enough to keep the ensemble intact. After 11 years, they've decided to call it quits.

"All is well between us, no drama, it's just time, we feel that Bucket Truck has run its course," lead vocalist Matt Wells wrote in a recent blog entry on the group's MySpace page.

"We grew together over these years as people and as songwriters and really didn't feel complete until we made Favour The Bull. We have been very fortunate, played a lot of cool shows, traveled all over the world and met a lot of radical people."

Wells and bandmates Mike Rowe and Mike Rizkalla plan on continuing their music careers with a new project called The Lost Republic. They've been writing and recording music and "will spend the next year in different parts of the world working on the album and plan to release something early 2008," Wells said.

Bucket Truck will release a video for Favour The Bull's anti-mass media track, "These Four Corners," before calling it a day. It will be their 11th video, and the St. John's group have also produced five self-financed recordings over the years. Since forming in 1996, they've shared the stage with other hard rockers such as Filter, Our Lady Peace and Green Day.

Bucket Truck will draw an end to their career with these shows:

• March 30 Halifax, NS @ The Pavillion
• March 30 Halifax, NS @ The Attic
• March 31 Charlottetown, PEI @ Hunters
• April 1 Sydney, NS @ St. Alban's Hall
• April 6 Moncton, NB @ The Oxygen
• April 7 Saint John, NB @ Elwoods
• May 18 St. John's, NF @ Paradise Recreation Centre
• May 19 St. John's, NF @ Junctions

—Antoinette Mercurio