40 Sons and Daughters
“FSD, FSD,” was the chant that charged the electrified atmosphere in Toronto’s live venue Jeff Healey’s Roadhouse. 40 Sons and Daughters is what FSD stands for, and the noise was about the national finals of the Bodog battle of the bands.
While there was a blizzard outside, 40 Sons and Daughters put on a hurricane inside. The band’s explosive performance of hard, yet melodic alternative rock songs with powerful vocals, took not only the highly engaged audience, but also the judges by storm. “We have some of the craziest, most supportive fans I’ve seen for an underground band and they are a huge reason why we are here,” the appreciative lead singer Mike Repic says.
Alternative rock band 40 Sons and Daughters succeeded and were crowned the national winners of the Bodog battle of the bands. All together 900 bands across Canada signed up for this battle. 40 Sons and Daughters will proceed to Los Angeles this summer to be part of a reality TV show in which they are going to compete against world wide national winners for a $1 million recording contract. About winning, Mike Repic says “I didn’t quite believe it at first. They called our name and the whole place just erupted. Through the hysteria I couldn’t quite gather my thoughts to realize what had happened, it was very surreal.”
This is only one of the achievements, 40 Sons and Daughters made so far. In 2006, the band played Ozzfest, sharing the stage with bands like Ozzy Osbourne, System of a Down, Disturbed, and Atreyu; and they were named the Y108 and Rogers Spring Music Festival’s Breakout Band 2006.
40 Sons and Daughters have released two albums so far. The first album is titled ‘Paint the Sky’ and the current release ‘The Monster’s Face.’ For more information and to find out when 40 Sons and Daughters are playing in Toronto, visit http://www.myspace.com/40snd.
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