Mayor Ford attended many of Triumph’s over-the-top shows  at  Maple Leaf Gardens and recounted the sound, lights, lasers and pyro extravaganza in vivid detail. They discussed Universal’s upcoming Triumph documentary directed by Don Allan; Metalworks’ expansion into education and live events; and recent Triumph projects at Metalworks Studios. In commemoration of the show’s anniversary and the Fords’ enthusiasm for Triumph, Gil was happy to present Mayor Ford with a Double Platinum Triumph Rock ‘n Roll Machine album plaque.

According to Gil, “Triumph fans are the best, and Mayor Ford and Councilor Ford are no exeptions. They are great supporters of the Toronto music cluster and their efforts supporting Music Canada’s initiatives highlight Toronto’s vibrant music industry; Rob is truly the Music Mayor! ”

To hear the Sunday March 10, 2013 podcast with Rob and Doug Ford with Gil Moore, Click Here 

Gil Moore Presenting Mayor Rob Ford with Double Platinum Rock ‘n Roll Machine album plaque

Yes Triumph’s much anticipated comeback lasted just two shows; one in Sweden and one at a Oklahoma Music Festival..

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“Did we want to go…no,” muttered Levine. “But then we thought, it’s Sweden, what the heck, no one’s going to notice us out there. We couldn’t have been more wrong.”

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If you can make your passion your profession, you will never have to do any real work again. It’s a philosophy that many men and women have dreamed of, but few have successfully executed. Pre-eminent among musicians who have transformed their careers on the stage into a business that hasn’t just survived off the stage, but has earned its stripes on the forefront of the Canadian music industry is Mississauga’s Gil Moore.

Everyone knows the story of Triumph, the Mississauga band who performed anthemic metal miracles in arenas around the world in the 1970s and 1980s, releasing more than a dozen albums, selling millions of records and eventually earning a place in the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Music Industry Hall of Fame. In 1978 the band opened its own private studio on Mavis Rd. so it could tinker with its songs and not have to worry about booking studio time. When Triumph stopped performing a decade later, Moore dedicated himself full-time to the studio. ”Who doesn’t want to work at Disneyland each day?” he said when asked about his motivation in launching the studio. It is a decision that Canadian musicians — and musicians everywhere — look back on with deepest gratitude.

Metalworks has gone from a hole-in-the-wall industrial unit, with 20 students, to a musical mecca that is now more than 17,000 sq .ft. in size and features six studios, state-of-the-art lighting and sound, and audio facilities and innovative teaching techniques that reflect its owner’s unmistakable stamp of professionalism — a word that isn’t always top of mind in many aspects of the music business. “Word of mouth from the artists is important,” Moore told The Mississauga News in an interview last year. ”I think trust is number 1.”

When the referrals are coming out of the mouths of artists with first-hand experience at Metalworks whose names are David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Katy Perry, The Cranberries, Rush, Prince, Tom Cochrane, Christina Aguilera, Guns ‘N Roses, Nelly Furtado, Anne Murray, Feist, and Metric, to name but a few — that’s a gold-plated endorsement. Metalworks was named Recording Studio of the Year at the Canadian Music Industry Awards for a dozen consecutive years – so often that it might as well have been renamed the Gil Moore Recognition Award.

With all of the accolades that Triumph and Metalworks have received, you might think that a little some of that might go to a person’s head. But Gil Moore remains the same native son of Mississauga, the same unpretentious guy who founded Gil Moore Audio as a teenager and attended Streetsville and T.L.Kennedy Secondary Schools. The same guy who always had a yen for construction – which may be why the never-ending expansion of Metalworks continues to this day.

If you need a Mississauga Idol judge or sponsor, Gil is there. The prize may be studio time for just the winner, but somehow, he finds time for the top three finishers to record.
Metalworks sponsors the Q107 Homegrown contest , which is no accident. Moore has always had a deep and abiding respect for homegrown talent and he’s always respected his roots — which were planted deep in Mississauga, where he still lives. He grew up in Erindale Woodlands and his parents, Martha and Herb, wrote columns for many years in The Mississauga News. One of those columns was called Suburban Style. The Moores would be infinitely proud to know that their son has come to epitomize his own form of suburban style — one grounded in respecting and teaching the entire business of music, from conception to performance to recording to marketing and beyond, to succeeding generations of musician.

Yes, Gil Moore is a wonderful musician, but we recognize him tonight for all the things he has done that make him so much more than that — those things that make him a true champion of his craft and a perpetual leader of his industry.

“It’s a different type of recognition in your own community,” said Moore. “It has a special feeling and a special meaning.” While growing up, Moore said, he was a fan of both Hawkins and Peterson. So, last night, he was elated to be in the their company and to be honoured with other accomplished musicians.

“Ronnie Hawkins is a legend,” said Moore. “And as a kid, I heard Oscar Peterson records over and over again.” While posing for photos with fans, Hawkins said, “I think it’s just wonderful,” in his famous southern drawl. “I’ve always loved ol’ Mississauga.” Szabo, who received a MARTY Award in 2005 from the Mississauga Arts Council, found it a little daunting to receive her plaque after the Hawk.“Ronnie Hawkins is a very hard person to follow — what a tribute,” she told the crowd. “I’m very proud to be from Mississauga.” During the closing remarks, Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion declared: “Mississauga is growing up in a big way.” That’s exactly what Ward 1 Councillor Jim Tovey had in mind when he put forth the idea to city council.

“It used to drive me crazy when the media would talk about Gil Moore and Oscar Peterson and say they’re from Toronto,” Tovey said. “We’re not a city of 250,000 anymore, there’s 740,000 people in this city — that’s a big city.” Tovey said initiatives such as the Walk of Fame and the arts and culture office make Mississauga a cultural hotbed.

“We’re putting more and more money into arts and culture each year,” he said. “If we’re going to become a real stand-alone city, we’re going to have to have our own arts and culture identity.”

Moore agreed, saying “We’ve got some great achievers and some great monuments and some wonderful things to celebrate here.” Or, as Hawkins put it: “Mississauga starts things first, so Mississauga is rockin’.” Tovey said the Music Walk of Fame monuments have been constructed to last. “They’ll be there for a hundred years,” he said of the four-inch slabs. “There will be 40 more of them here, and school kids will be using them as projects to do history.”

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“When we found out we were gonna play that gig, I mean, I was in Jamaica, and I borrowed a bass off of a guy that played in a band, put on a Triumph album and started to play along and went “Wow, Am I ever out of shape,” I couldn’t remember what key the songs were in or anything but after a couple weeks and some blisters on the fingers, I got it together and I came home, and we rehearsed every day, for almost a month. We played and played and played… and it worked out really good, I’m really happy with the end result.”

Listen to the full interview. Hear the Triumph feature starting 24:15 into the audio.

“The idea was really practical that we only wanted three musicians. We thought,’ there’s
never going to be a tie vote’. (Laughs) That sounds crazy but that was part of it. The whole idea about what we wanted to do musically, we were looking at bands like ZZ Top, Cream, Zeppelin…generally dealing with no rhythm guitar and no keyboards. That was part of the philosophy of what we wanted to do musically. We knew the limitations. I use to always say,’ In a three piece band there is no place to hide’.”

The full Triumph ‘Best of’/ InTheStudio program is available to stream online at
www.inthestudio.net as part of InTheStudio’s Medium Rare series. This program is in
three parts.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Also on InTheStudio.Net: ENTER TO WIN a copy of the Triumph “Live at Sweden Rock Festival DVD-CD 2 Disc Set.

Win your way into an exclusive Q&A session with Triumph! On September 6th, these Canadian legends of classic rock will drop by the Mighty Q’s Corus Quay theatre for an exclusive Q&A session and screening of the new Live at the Sweden Rock Festival DVD! Enter now and you could not only win access to this intimate event, but you could also receive an autographed copy of the DVD, plus a photo op with Triumph’s Rik, Mike and Gil!

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Up first is the long-awaited release of the ‘Live at Sweden Rock Festival’ set, issued today (August 28, 2012). The release will be issued on the TML label, distributed by UMG in Canada and ADA in the US. The set will be released throughout Europe on Frontiers Records.

Consisting of a DVD and CD, ‘Live at Sweden Rock Festival’ faithfully documents the reunion of the group’s original line-up (vocalist/guitarist Rik Emmett, bassist/keyboardist Mike Levine, and vocalist/drummer Gil Moore) at the Sweden Rock Festival, on June 7, 2008.

Fans seeking more bang for their buck should check out the killer new ‘Live at Sweden Rock Festival’ bundles. The first bundle, priced at $49.99, will consist of the CD/DVD, a long sleeve shirt, and an signed all access laminated pass. The second bundle, priced at $39.99, will consist of the CD/DVD, a short sleeve shirt, and an the pass.

Also, beginning tomorrow, you will receive a 10% to 20% discount on current merchandise ordered via Triumph’s official site - TriumphMusic.com

This week, ‘Live at Sweden Rock Festival’ be will the focus of both an AOL Listening Party – and a Redbeard’s In The Studio contest. And this Wednesday, Triumph will be appearing on ‘Rockline.’ Also: on September 6th, 100 lucky winners from a contest held on Q107 (Toronto) will attend a screening of the ‘Sweden’ DVD at the Q Theatre, and will participate in a Q&A session with all three band members. All 100 winners will also have their picture taken with the band after the screening, and will take home an autographed DVD. ENTER NOW.

“It’s great to finally be able show the world Triumph’s reunion show at the Sweden Rock Festival,” says the band. “It remains one of the standout performances of our entire career! And they said it would never happen…”

Fans are encouraged to speak with TRIUMPH by calling 1-800-344-ROCK (7625). The show will be streamed on the “Rockline” web site for two weeks beginning the afternoon after the live broadcast.

For more information, visit RocklineRadio.com.

The ‘Live at Sweden Rock Festival’ set consists of a DVD and CD (both featuring identical track listings), and features all of the Triumph classics fans could hope for.. including – “When the Lights Go Down,” “Lay It On the Line, “Never Surrender,” “Magic Power,” and “Fight the Good Fight “.

Additionally, there are several bonus features, including the on site Triumph Press Conference, a cool “behind the scenes” at the festival, and a photo gallery. And if that wasn’t enough, included will be a full color 18 page booklet, including lyrics, credits, and photos.

“It’s great to finally be able show the world Triumph’s reunion show at the Sweden Rock Festival,” says Levine. “It certainly is one of the most memorable performances of our entire career! And they said it would never happen…”

The Canadian trio became one of the leading hard rock acts in the world during the ’70s and ’80s, with an arsenal of rocking, stadium-shaking anthems, and a magnificent light show that surpassed all of the competition.

Their classic albums ‘Just a Game,’ ‘Allied Forces,’ and ‘Never Surrender’ remain steady sellers, and all of the aforementioned Triumph songs remain rock radio staples – receiving steady play on Clear Channel iHeart Radio and Sirius XM Satellite Radio.

‘Live at Sweden Rock Festival’ will be released on the TML label, distributed by UMG in Canada and ADA in the US. The set will be released throughout Europe on August 24th on Frontiers Records.

‘Live at Sweden Rock Festival’ Track listing:

CD:
When The Lights Go Down
Lay It On The Line
Allied Forces
Never Surrender
I Live For The Weekend
Blinding Light Show
Rocky Mountain Way
Magic Power
Rock & Roll Machine
Fight The Good Fight

DVD:
When The Lights Go Down
Lay It On The Line
Allied Forces
Never Surrender
I Live For The Weekend
Blinding Light Show
Rocky Mountain Way
Magic Power
Rock & Roll Machine
Fight The Good Fight

The tentatively titled ‘Live at Sweden Rock Festival’ set will consist of a DVD and CD, with a release date targeted for later this spring.

“It’s great to finally be able show the world Triumph’s reunion show at the Sweden Rock Festival,” says Mike Levine.”It certainly is one of the most memorable performances of our entire career! And they said it would never happen…”

‘Live at Sweden Rock Festival’ will be released on the TML label, distributed by UMG in Canada and ADA in the US. The set will be released throughout Europe on Frontiers Records.

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“At Sonic Reality we record (aka “sample”) the sounds of musical instruments and drum grooves so that musicians can use these deluxe sound elements in their own music on the computer or mobile devices.” says Kerzner “I created the Sonic Elements music project to not only show what these inspiring Sonic Reality sounds are like in musical context but to also explore giving songs an alternate reality with different fantasy combinations of musicians and authentic sounds.”

A premium example of such a fantasy rock scenario is ‘Red Barchetta’ featuring Rik Emmett which is another take on the classic Rush song with new life brought to it by Rik’s passionate performance and interpretation.

Listen to an audio clip preview of ‘Red Barchetta’ featuring Rik Emmett:

Here’s what Rik Emmett had to say about the project:
“It was such a great day in the studio, jamming out to Neil’s incredible tracks, getting to play virtual ‘basement band’ and laying down my versions of Geddy & Alex parts. I felt like I had been transported back to 1980 for an afternoon. ‘Red Barchetta’ is one of my absolute fave RUSH songs… like an exciting, Ray Bradbury-esque SF short story, told by a progressive rock band… so to get a crack at it, with the actual drum takes that Neil performed, was an ‘artistic’ challenge – almost like accepting a dare.” Says Emmett “This is like “Rock Band” for the seriously, deeply committed.”

The full release of the song ‘Red Barchetta’ by Sonic Elements featuring Rik Emmett is coming in Q1, 2012 and is part of a larger collection of songs with Sonic Elements and other guest artists performing with Neil Peart Drums by Sonic Reality.

Follow progress on the Sonic Elements project:

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Rik Emmett – www.rikemmett.com

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About the Sonic Elements project and Neil Peart Drums:

Dave Kerzner of the music software company Sonic Reality has headed up a unique “virtual fantasy rock band” called “Sonic Elements” combining the sounds and performances captured in Sonic Reality music software and sound library products such as Neil Peart Drums with performances of guest musicians like Rik Emmett on classic covers like ‘Red Barchetta’ by Rush. Collaborating through the use of the sample library “Neil Peart Drums” which was performed by legendary Rush drummer Neil Peart and recorded by top producer Nick Raskulinecz is something that any musician who owns the product can do. Neil’s digitally recreated DW® Snakes and Arrows drum kit in software or soon to be released audio grooves to play along to or loops can be used in any recording software on the Mac, PC or iPad™. To celebrate that concept Sonic Elements have been working up an entire Rush tribute album as well as original songs all built around Neil Peart Drums with various guest guitarists, bass players and vocalists including Rik Emmett (Triumph), Billy Sherwood (Yes, Circa), John Wesley (Porcupine Tree, Marillion) and many other classic and progressive rock musicians.

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In this digital/download age we live in it is always a treat to step back in time and have a vinyl LP in your hand. The reissue has the inner sleeve covered with pictures on one side and the lyrics for every track on the other. Although you will not find it necessary to follow along with the lyrics because the vocals are very clear and they always were easy to pick up when you heard one of their songs.
If you are too young to remember “Magic Power,” hearing it now in this format will blow you away. Whether you remember listening to it on the radio constantly back in 1981 or you are new to the music of Triumph, this will be a treat. The 9 tracks the make up the album are very strong and any group would be hard pressed to duplicate the consistency of such a landmark release. At the time they were and still are referred to as prog-metal however they sound like a good rock band to me with nothing too complicated going on. I can see where there are some prog influences but there is not enough to tag them as prog-metal. Maybe there was back in 1981 but that no longer applies in 2011, as the genre has changed and advanced dramatically.

30 years later the music has not lost its appeal, in fact in has weathered the test of time very well thank you. Celebrating the release of this album 30 years ago is not the only reason to offer it in a package with an LP and other goodies like the band has on their site, it deserves to get all of this attention and give people another chance to relive the magic or begin another era of fans altogether.
The three men that were Triumph have plenty to celebrate and be proud of. There are not a lot of bands around today making rock ‘n’ roll this timeless. Get your hands on a copy of the vinyl LP version of Allied Forces before it becomes another sought after collector’s item with an outrageous price tag on it. You can get just the album for around $25.00 or order a package that includes the LP, signed poster, letter from the band, keychain, and a T-Shirt for $49.99.

Key Tracks: Magic Power, Allied Forces, Fight The Good Fight