One Bad Son is a Canadian rock band from Saskatoon

Saskatoon

Saskatoon is a city in central Saskatchewan, Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River. Residents of the city of Saskatoon are called Saskatonians. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Corman Park No. 344....

, Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

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Origin

The band was formed in 2004. Two full length albums have been released by independent record label

Independent record label

An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...

 Versailles Records in New York. The third album is being completed in Vancouver

Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

, with an expected release in 2011. It is being produced by Danny Craig, drummer for Canadian band Default

Current Line Up

• Shane Volk - Vocals (2004 - Present)
• Adam Hicks - Lead Guitar (2004 - Present)
• Adam Grant - Bass (2007 - Present)
• Kurt Dahl - Drums (2004 - Present)

Former Members

• Geoff St.Germaine - Bass (2004 - 2005)
• Steve Adams - Bass (2005)
• Ryan Serblowski - Bass (2006 - 2007)

Albums

• This Aggression Will Not Stand released May 2006.
• Orange City released May 2007.
• The Rustbucket EP released 2010.

Live performances

In 2007, the band won a contest of over 100 regional applicants to open a concert in Regina

Regina, Saskatchewan

Regina is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province and a cultural and commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. It is governed by Regina City Council. Regina is the cathedral city of the Roman Catholic and Romanian Orthodox...

 for Grammy-award winning hard rock band Godsmack

Godsmack

Godsmack is an American heavy metal band from Lawrence, Massachusetts, formed in 1995. The band is composed of founder, frontman and songwriter Sully Erna, guitarist Tony Rombola, bassist Robbie Merrill, and drummer Shannon Larkin...

. In the crowd was a local promoter who offered the band an opening slot for Buckcherry

Buckcherry

Buckcherry is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California formed in 1995. The band released two albums, Buckcherry and Time Bomb , before partially dissolving in the summer of 2002. In 2005, lead vocalist Josh Todd and lead guitarist Keith Nelson reformed Buckcherry and released a new album...

 and Default

Default (band)

Default is a Canadian post-grunge/alternative rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia. Since forming in 1999 they have released four albums, and have sold more than a million records...

 on New Years Day 2007 at the Credit Union Centre

Credit Union Centre

Credit Union Centre is an arena, located in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Situated near the city's northern entrance, the facility opened in February, 1988 with a seating capacity of around 7,800. It was expanded to 11,330 for the World Junior Hockey Championships in 1990...

 in Saskatoon

Saskatoon

Saskatoon is a city in central Saskatchewan, Canada, on the South Saskatchewan River. Residents of the city of Saskatoon are called Saskatonians. The city is surrounded by the Rural Municipality of Corman Park No. 344....

, following which Default invited the band to join them on tour the following summer. The band currently embarks on Western Canadian tours roughly every 3 months.

Awards

• "Sun/Fire" has been in the Top 3 of the Arts Board-funded, fan-voted TheSaskTop30.com for 10 months.
• The band was voted "Artist of the Year" for 2008 by Saskatchewan music fans on TheSaskTop30.com
• The band was recently named "Band of the Week" on Montreal’s rock site RockandRollReport.com