"The Greatest Life Unknown" by the DGB

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Another band from away visiting St. John’s this week is The DGB. I’m assuming the acronym stands for The Daniel Greer Band as the group consists of front-man Daniel Greer along with his brother Jon Greer and Jamie Robinson. The DGB hails from Lindsay, Ontario and are currently touring Canada with several stops here on the island. They’ve already played shows in Corner Brook, Grand Falls, Clarenville and Norman’s Cove. That impressive list of dates is indicative of the group’s blue-collar work ethic. These dudes are not afraid of the road. Since the release of their debut album Victory Song (2009) they have been playing an average of 100 shows a year. Along with peers such as Hollerado and The Arkells, The DGB are proudly part of a new breed of Canadian rock music that fuses 90s alt-grunge rawness with the drunken swagger of 70s garage rock. Their latest release The Greatest Life Unknown epitomizes this fusion perfectly sounding like the lovechild of The Stooges and Sebadoh with raw production value, brash drums, chugging bass lines, raunchy guitar riffs and unbridled hollering. A welcome change from the overproduced polished hits filling the airwaves these days, there are not pre-tenses with The DGB what you see is what you get. Today’s track is the peculiar animated video for the title track of their new album. Check The DGB out live tonight (Sept 29th) at The Levee and Friday night (Sept 30th) at Distortion. If you happened to be on the west coast you can catch The DGB at Clancy’s Pub in Stephenville on Saturday (Oct 1st).

The DGB - It Doesn't Stand For a Fuckin' Thing!

That was the answer I got when I asked Daniel what their band name stood for. For the clever those of you who know Daniel, you’ll probably figure it out. For those that don’t, or for those who the amount of glue you ate as a child has affected your critical thinking skills, they’ll generously point to their logo on the bass drum and quote the same words Dan quoted to me. So it really could stand for anything. The “Damn Good Beer”. The “Dutch Girl’s Bra” she left as a token. But it doesn’t.

The DGB just released their sixth record “The Greatest Life Unknown” under the prolific Get Bent Records label, and I had the pleasure of listening to some of the tunes off of the new album.