06/30/2022
You may all remember when a unique band, with the flavours of 80s hair metal, showed up in town and played Epic. You might not know the serendipitous details that made one of the greatest shows at Epic happen.
I get an email from Chris Osterman. They’ve lost their venue in Whitehorse, due to some very unfortunate circumstances. I watch the video he sent me a link to and my mind explodes. I say to myself, “this is the craziest thing to ever happen to our little pizza shoppe.” I need to make it work. I explain we’re a small pizza place but that I would love to have them, but we are what we are. They have a show in Dawson. They don’t care. They need to come through Whitehorse, regardless. Days later they show up with every amp you have ever seen. I have to run extension cords to the exterior winter plugs to prevent the breakers from being absolutely destroyed by their rock energy. The sound check blows my mind. My mind blow the breakers. Night Falls. It’s the Yukon so it’s basically day time. We get rocked so god damned hard by one of the most polished metal bands out there. We get noise complaints. We don’t care. We tell bylaw to write the ticket. We know this is a once in a life time show. We get head bangers. We get Iron KingdomWe get one of the most amazing shows Whitehorse has ever seen. I am humbled by the perfection of their metal. I am shocked by the luck to have such a fu***ng amazing group of musicians play my little pizzeria.
Fans know, they came back. And back again. They rolled their van and still showed up, in a giant bus. The extension cords are pre-run this time. Rinse and repeat.
The point of this story? Epic is gone. Iron kingdom is not. 21st at the local. Be there in your shirts. Be there with your rock fingers in the air. Be there to show a band that never really needed to play a little pizza place in the heart of Riverdale how fu***ng awesome you think it is they’re back in the Yukon to put on a show for the fans that appreciate them so much.
