BarnBurner

Nick Oaks Barn Burner have been called everything from stoner rock worshippers to trad-metal flag bearers. However, one thing everyone agrees on is that the band deals out some of the tastiest amplifier abuse in the hard rock world today. Their twin-guitar melodies alone will bring a tear to the eyes of Thin Lizzy and Blue Öyster Cult devotees...

"It's funny you should ask that," Kevin Keegan of Barn Burner told Noisecreep wheny questioned about the band's upcoming U.S. tour. "I just came home from doing f---ing three inches worth of paperwork to send to your Department of Homeland Security so we can come into the United States legally and not have to lie at the border...

For quite a while now Barn Burner frontman Kevin Keegan has been juggling school along with the band, but come April, he will be done with college. So what does the guy that wrote 'Beer Today, Bong Tomorrow' spend time studying in the van while on tour...

American doom metallers Dark Castle will invade the 2010 version of South by Southwest! You can head to East End Tattoo in Austin, Texas on March 18 to catch them with the Atlas Moth and Barn Burner. Chronic Youth is a popular Web site that 'celebrates brutal culture,' so it makes sense that the site would host three promising metal acts...

"It's a song about people judging me and this band saying, 'Oh, you guys are just beer drinking misogynist f---ing douche bags,'" Barn Burner frontman and guitarist Kevin Keegan told Noisecreep about their song 'The Long Arm of the Law.' "I had some people corner me and tell me I'm not representing the punk community in Montreal properly and s---," Keegan explains... Read Mor

There is no technical wizardry to behold at a Barn Burner show. The band is about the glory and fight of a good riff. Singer/guitarist Kevin Keegan described to Noisecreep what atmosphere the Canadian foursome wants the riffs to inspire, saying, "I want people to relax and have a good time...

Last week, Rob Zombie's 'Hellbilly Deluxe 2' debuted at 8 on the Billboard Top 200 chart, and landed at 1 on the Hard Rock Chart, selling nearly 50,000 copies its first week at retailers. Charred Walls of the Damned's self-titled debut for Metal Blade capped off a flurry of pre-release activity by selling over 2,000 copies so far...

When Kevin Keegan moved from Vancouver to Montreal to begin his new musical vision, he had no intention of being a frontman. His plan was to write the riffs and melodies -- and leave all the lyric stuff to the guy with the voice. But one day, Barn Burner had to make a decision and Keegan stepped up for the role he had never done...

Montreal's riff-fueled stoner metal quartet Barn Burner have just inked a deal with Metal Blade Records, who will give the band's debut album, 'Bangers,' a proper worldwide release early next year. Frontman Kevin Keegan comments on the news, exclaiming, "It's a total honor to be working with such a ruling label; it is one of those crucial goals that you strive for as a band...