Overview

Born in an East-Van alley, the love child of a folkie, a funker, a rocker and a punk, the band that would become counterrevolutionaries took its first shot of jagermeister with a beer chaser and never looked back. Four Canadian tours, two albums and a slew of horn players later, we get the hard rocking, driving rhythms that have excited audiences wherever they play. Their albums are well crafted journeys through the Canadian landscape, spacious and moody, with horns and banjos, sweet vocals and drifting stories. Their live shows are loud and sweaty, the hardened voice of Adam Nation weaving tales over the guitar mastery of Randy Forrester, the sexy bass lines of JoJo Darling and the steady rock of Bill Battery. Upon seeing them for the first time, one Vancouverite summed it all up: “Holy Shit”.

Members

Adam Nation – vocals, guitar
Bill Battery – drums
Jojo Darling – vocals, bass
Randy Forrester – guitar, vocals
Shaun Brodie – trumpet

Discography

2001 – Sorry You Can’t Come Down
2003 – Almost, All The Time
2006 – Afterbirth of the Cool

Press

“Canada’s best band you’ve never heard of.” - 24 Hours

“Counterrevolutionaries combine meaty, fuzz-drenched chords, a taut, dive-bar-tested rhythm section, and wayward tales of small-town characters and cross-country treks into fierce rock ‘n’ roll shows and untrendy, Neil Young-and-Crazy-Horse-influenced epics.” - Georgia Straight

  “Merging a hard-rocking pace with rapid-fire vocals , this is Canadian music at its best.” - Hour Magazine

“…brilliant, soulful and daring… the epitome of Canadian indie rock…”
David Quill, Barbed Wire Magazine