Magna Cum Loud may be Niagara's longest surviving indie rock band.  The band formed and honed it's chops in the now infamous Jerry's Alley club back in the early 90's and that punk influence is still evident in the music.

So how does a band stay together longer than the Beatles?  Singer Dr. Pee (who also plays with T.O.'s Dinner is Ruined Band and Gord Downie and the Country of Miracles) says, "The main emphasis has always been on having fun and not feeling obliged to jump through the hoops that the record industry requires.  It's been D.I.Y. or don't do anything at all except have B.B.Q.'s and bonfires and buddy-talk."

Says fiery guitarist Bootzlander (NOTL's Mark Pries), "We're the original slackers.  I don't think we've ever played more than four or five gigs a year.  On the bright side, nobody really gets sick of us."

Universal band butterfly Jay Peters adds, "Also, we get a lot of time to work on other projects", which for him includes percussion duties with Peterborough's critically acclaimed Uberorchestra The Silverhearts and local phenom Palooka.

And then there's the surreal replacement of original bassist John Hutchinson with Fort Erie's finest 'bottom-ender' John Hutchinson (no, that's not a typo), known for his cable-warping antics with local slob-rockers Off The Wall.  "With Hutch joining the band, we didn't have to change what little promo we had, and that's good 'cause it might have taken years."

With songs about hippies, freedom, local girls, and even a harrowing vigilante white-Camaro car chase during the Bernardo years, no escarpment stone is left unturned.

Magna Cum Loud ... or soft.  We swing both ways and many ways do we sing.  We're the spearhead chuckers of rock 'n blues 'n punks grown up.  Unable to fade away - still looking to burn it up.  Ass-shaking, titillating inferences from lips and hips loosened by the power of the RAWK!