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Electro Quarterstaff

Electro Quarterstaff
Origin	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Genres	Instrumental music Progressive metal Technical metal Thrash metal^[1]
Years active	2001–present
Labels	Willowtip Records

Members	Josh Bedry Drew Johnston Andrew Dickens Dan Ryckman Marty Thiessen

Electro Quarterstaff is an instrumental metal band hailing from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. They play a form of progressive/technical heavy metal and employ three lead guitarists. Initially consisting of three guitarists, a vocalist and a drummer,^[2] they added a bassist to their line-up in winter 2006 and played their first show with him in autumn 2007. The band is named for a weapon in the Canadian cartoon Rocket Robin Hood.^[3]

The band self-released the Swayze EP in 2004. They later signed with Willowtip Records for their debut full-length album in 2006, Gretzky,^[4] which included rerecorded and reworked versions of their earlier tracks. Also in 2006 they toured the United States and Canada for the first time,^[5] which included a performance at the Maryland Deathfest.^[6]

Members

Josh Bedry – guitar
Drew Johnston – guitar
Andrew Dickens – guitar
Dan Ryckman – drums
Marty Thiessen – bass guitar

Discography

Swayze (EP - 2004)
Gretzky (LP/CD - 2006)
Aykroyd (LP/CD - 2011)

References

^ heavymetal.about.com Archived 2011-05-27 at the Wayback Machine Chad Bowar: "Electro Quarterstaff's music is a blend of old school thrash with technical metal and a lot of progressive influences."
^ Williams, Rob (October 12, 2006). "15 seconds with: Electro Quarterstaff", Winnipeg Free Press, p. 16.
^ "Recording - SMNnews Forums".
^ Mikkelson, Jill (December 2006). "Electro Quarterstaff: Gretzky", Exclaim!. Retrieved September 15, 2013.
^ "Spring tour 2006 - SMNnews Forums".
^ "Maryland Deathfest - North America's biggest underground metal party of the year". Archived from the original on 2007-03-07. Retrieved 2007-12-06.