'No frills, no gimmicks' rock this Friday at Kewadin

Since its formation in 2001, British Columbia's Theory of a Deadman (TOAD) has released five full-length studio albums and one five-song EP, its 2015 acoustic effort, Angels.

The rock four-piece has played everything from clubs and bars, to theatres and arenas, to large music festivals - the latest being the inaugural Loudwire Music Festival last month in Colorado - something TOAD guitarist Dave Brenner said is easy for the band to switch gears to accommodate.

"I feel like we're in a great position as a diverse band with a lot of different styles of songs because we can cater our set to whatever situation we find ourselves in," Brenner told SooToday during a recent phone interview. "For us, that's sort of the fun. Each show is different. And being so, it allows us to to sort of switch things up a little bit and make it exciting for us."

The ability to adapt to virtually any situation opens the band up to a greater fan base, Brenner said.

And while an acoustic release may come as a surprise to some, fans who have had the pleasure of seeing TOAD perform live appreciate that acoustic elements have always been a part of the band's repertoire.

"In this day and age, so many bands are using so many electronics and so many loops and weird sounds. It's cool sometimes to break it down from the viewers point and show that you can't hide behind anything when it's acoustic. There's no bells and whistles. It is what it is," Brenner said.

As TOAD keeps busy with its extensive summer and fall tours, Brenner told us new material is in the works and there's talk of more intimate acoustic tour dates in the band's future.

In the mean time, fans in the area can catch TOAD this Friday, July 10 in the DreamMakers Theatre at Kewadin Casino in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan.

"Fans will hear a lot of the songs they're going to want to hear from us," Brenner said of the upcoming performance. "We're still a no frills, no gimmicks band. We just want to come out and play the music and have it sound great. We pride ourselves on having great songs first with none of the pyro and other stuff other bands have to hide behind."

Tickets for this performance, available online here, are $36.50 each.

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While at the show, be sure to stop by the merch table and purchase a wrist band in support of the Boys and Girls Club of America's music program, an initiative TOAD has long endorsed.

"We were such music fans growing up and I played battle of the bands at Boys and Girls Clubs as a kid growing up," Brenner told us. "It's cool to be at the point now where I'm a 37-year-old man and I can go and see kids that I can see myself in. It's something that we're really excited to support and have Theory of a Deadman fans support as well."

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