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Stuck Out Here sticking it
out with new video, EP
Gerard Creces
Clinton News -Record
In a small town, it's easy to
live off the dreams of the few
who make it big.
Toronto-based punk rockers,
Stuck Out Here, give a nod to
their Huron County roots with
their newly released video sin-
gle - Clinton Radars.
The song was written by gui-
tar/vocal duo Cam Laurie and
Ivan Raczycki, during the NHL
lockout.
At the time, local NHL-er
Ryan O'Reilly came back home
to spend his time coaching
with the Clinton Radars. It was
a nice touch at a time when
most athletes were caught up
in the politics of it all. Folks at
home were proud of that.
Laurie, a native of Varna,
summed up the mindset per-
fectly. When someone from
such a small community makes
it big, the whole area feels
pride and perhaps a misplaced
sense of ownership. He's been
there before.
"I had an experience with
another one of my childhood
best friends. It's weird watch-
ing these people that seemed
so distant," he said. "You want
to pretend you're a part of it...
You hope they might remem-
ber you."
That refracted glory spills
over into tall tales of loose
association over a few beers,
and allows people from rural
roots the chance to dream big.
The video features the band
playing a good old game of
road hockey, with plenty of liq-
uid courage going down
between periods. Like all good
road hockey games, Stuck Out
Here ends it off with a bench -
clearing brawl and a barrage of
fireworks. The video was
directed by Clinton native,
Curtis Lobb.
"There were a couple of
scornful looks," he said of
shooting fireworks off during
shooting. "But, luckily no cops
were called."
Meanwhile, the band is fresh
off the release of their new EP
in February, and playing
monthly in Toronto, looking to
do some touring further afield
once the winter weather is fin-
ished. For an independent
band, it's a big no -no to play
more than once a month in
your hometown. But, it took a
while to call Toronto home for
Stuck Out Here. While their
music stands up to any stand-
ard, it's hard to break into a
scene where trendiness and
`what's hot' can easily over-
shadow substance.
"For so long we didn't have a
centre - Huron County would
be but it's not exactly a musi-
cal Mecca," Laurie explained.
"We're trying to establish
ourselves with Toronto as a
base but it's hard to grow when
you can't grow from the roots
up."
So, Stuck Out Here is doing
it the honest way - gigging,
recording, making music and
gaining fans in a growing punk
scene in the province's capital.
After two years of slugging it
out, they are finally getting
some deserved name
recognition.
The band teamed up with
Art Drug Records in Toronto
and Get Party Records in Lon-
don for the new EP, a move
that brings its own challenges
as well as rewards, Laurie said.
It's a big buildup for a four -
song project, and everyone's
best interests have to be sati-
ated. That also means taking a
one -hit, iTunes mentality into
consideration.
"A full length is harder on an
audience now," Laurie said.
"It's easier to process four
songs than it is 10:"
But, he said, releasing an EP
is only a moment in time. Once
the excitement dies down, it's
back to gigging and getting the
name out there. Shooting the
video for Clinton Radars is
another way of keeping the
product alive.
The video can be seen at:
youtube.com/watch?v=Cdy8_
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facebook page.
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