"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side."
Hunter S. Thompson
Friendly Fire is Darrell McBride, his sister Kelly McBride and their best friend Alison McBride, hard rocking Algonquin Indians from Timiskaming Nation in Northern Quebec. Their story is one of a deep commitment to music, tireless work and overcoming the odds. They have been playing music together since 1995, in an assortment of bands, coming together as Friendly Fire in 2001. Veterans of over 200+ live engagements, Friendly Fire has is garnering a lot of attention from Canadian,European and US music labels and generating a lot of word of mouth buzz. "We come out to play shows for two reasons", says Darrell McBride "to rock hard and to make people happy". They come from the land of poutine and rebellion and their music is mix of the Smashing Pumpkins, Nirvana, Green Day and the space gypsy rock of the Mars Volta. "Our sound is rooted in punk and grunge, with one thing in common from both – HART" says Darrell. Friendly Fire have traveled countless dark snowy Canadian winter roads to play shows and garner success.They have began to build solid fan bases in The Norh Eastern Cities of North America and have played in cities such as Toronto,Ottawa, New Jersey, Montreal,Washington D.C and New York. This hard work is paying off for Friendly Fire, they have received praise by A&R representatives from Sony,Emi Canada,Arbor, Capitol, Island and CODA Music Placement, to name a few. Jordon Zadorozny, of Blinker the Star and producer of Sam Roberts,Hole and Mellisa Auf der Mar, has produced their first self titled LP released September 2007 in the United States, the UK and Canada December 2007. This year they have played with or will play with a very impressive list of bands such as Propaghandhi, ZUKU, Straight Face,The Rebel Spell,The Red Hot Chilli Peppers,Nine Inch Nails,Poison,Gwen Stephanie,GFK and Kill Cheerleader! Recently, Friendly Fire will be featured in a documentary by award winning Film Maker Matt Lemay titled, "Tract of Land"
