Currently on tour with Halestorm, Beasto Blanco had Tuesday night off between Toronto and Montreal. So what do you do with a night off? You do what more bands should do and make a pit stop in Ottawa. Brass Monkey was the venue and for a Tuesday night did not disappoint.

Chuck Garric’s resume is pretty stacked, having played bass for the likes of L.A. Guns, Ted Nugent, Dio. and since 2002  Alice Cooper. Garric co-founded Beasto Blanco with guitarist Chris Latham.,and In 2013 they released their debut album ‘Live Fast Die Hard’. The band also has another member with a close tie to the “Godfather of Shock Rock”. Calico Cooper. Miss Cooper’s acts as a backup and co-singer makes it certain to keep the party going with her horror style stage theatrics, which is not a far stretch for Cooper, having carved quite the niche and fan base for herself in the horror industry playing alongside her father Alice Cooper as “Nurse Rosetta” and “Cold Ethyl”.

Beasto Blanco performs at the Brass Monkey in Ottawa. Photo: Renée Doiron

The band has a crusty rock metal style going filled heavy riffs, thunderous bass lines and choruses full of melody. Songs like Motorqueen, Grind, Breakdown, and their self-titled track Beasto Blanco give the audience a chance to belt out the hooks right along with the band.

Beasto Blanco performs at the Brass Monkey in Ottawa. Photo: Renée Doiro

It was easy to see that Miss Cooper really gets into her work. Running around the stage with spiked baseball bats, fire extinguishers, waving a flag around adorned with the band’s logo, ripping the arm off of the mannequin and engaging the audience with it. All this and maybe stealing one or two signature moves from her Daddy’s repertoire, but then again it’s her Dad and if anyone would be allowed to do so it’s her.

Beasto Blanco performs at the Brass Monkey in Ottawa. Photo: Renée Doiron

Close to the end of the set, the band busted into the Shock Rock Kings classic track  Feed My Frankenstein raising the decibel level at  Brass Monkey through the roof, giving it more of a Friday night party feel rather than just being a Tuesday. If you get the opportunity when they come to town again, don’t miss out.

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