Could this BE any more Canadian?

Barenaked Ladies drummer Tyler Stewart and comedian Marc Hickox have formed a hockey-themed band called the Black Aces who will be performing during the Vancouver Winter Olympics, reports CHARTattack.com.

The duo describes their sound as “Black Sabbath cross-checking The White Stripes from behind” and list John Bonham, Tony Iommi and retired Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks right-winger Bob Probert as their influences.

“Tyler and I have been wanting to do something hockey related other than just going to games for a while now,” Hickox, who takes on the lead vocal and guitar duties in the band, told CHARTattack. “We had this Olympic gig coming up and I’m bored off my ass in L.A., so I started writing songs while watching [Los Angeles] Kings games.”

“We jammed some songs out a couple of times over the holidays in Tyler’s garage, and he was so stoked he booked a studio and engineer so we could crap out a four-song demo,” he added. “We actually missed the world junior gold medal game because we were still recording vocals – that was tough.”

Their four-song demo is made up of ”Healthy Scratch,” “Flash Of Leather,” “U.U.B.I.” (undisclosed upper body injury) and “Riverboat Gambler.”

“The songs are all about hockey and girls or girls that play hockey,” said Hickox. “There’s some frustration and heartbreak in there, too, for good measure.”

From Feb. 12 to 28, the Black Aces will be joined by big names like Sam Roberts, The Odds, Sean Cullen, and a ton of other musicians, as well as comedians and ex-NHLers at the Hockey House. The Barenaked Ladies perform on Feb. 13.






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