Band Bio

    Boy bands ruled the airwaves, the Canadian dollar languished just above 68 cents U.S. and Oprah’s Book Club had not yet begun exerting its stranglehold on North America’s collective literary mindset. It was the summer of ’96 when Wayne Reid bought his first real 4-string. But something even more important was happening... ...Lambton County’s Wayne Reid and Kevin Duncan along with a couple other local musicians had started something. Something that not even they could have known the long term consequences of.
They had created a lumbering juggernaut of rock and roll. And its name was Rumblefish. For the very first time on a weekend in June of 1996 …Rumblefish unleashed its onslaught of Rock and Roll fury on the patrons of a bar called The Old Pump House in Petrolia Ontario.

    Fast forward to 2010… 5 singers, thousands of gigs, and an estimated 321 drummers later, Rumblefish continues to bring only the best in modern and classic rock,new country, and Brown Eyed Girl, to the good people of Southwestern Ontario. Whether playing the tiny corners of an ex-donut shop, to the larger confines of an outdoor Ribfest stage, the Rumblefish boys are widely known to deliver a quality performance, dashing good looks weekend in and weekend out.

    Rumblefish is:
Wayne Reid - Bass Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Vocals
Kevin Duncan - Lead Guitar, Vocals
Matt Johns - Lead Vocals, Guitar, Cowbell
Todd Pires - Drums, Percussion

    Current records held by rumblefish:

-Most time spent on stage at Gables, Grand Bend, ON: 11x May 24 Weekends, 2x Labor Day Weekends, 7x Winter Carnivals, 1x Easter weekend
-Most rock and roll faces made in one evening: Kevin Duncan, Boomerang’s, June 26, 2007
-Largest amount of PA that had to be rented for a bar that “has a house PA”:
3x 1000 Watt subwoofers and power amps, Campbell St. Station, winter 2004
-Coldest indoor venue ever to have performed at – Campbell St, Station. Jan, 2004
-Most liquid cheese consumed at a Rumblefish gig: 3L, Brigden, New Year’s 2003

    Rumblefish currently uses the following*: Fender ,Gibson, Yamaha and Carter guitars, Fender, Ampeg, Line 6 and Mesa-Boogie amplifiers, Ibanez basses, Mapex drums, Sabian cymbals, Pro-Mark sticks,Evans heads, Dunlop picks, D’Addario and Dean Markley strings, Shure, Audio-Technica, AKG and Sennheiser mics, Boss, Alesis, DOD and Lexicon effects, and Korg tuners, Vidal Sassoon and Paul Mitchell hair products.

*We don’t actually have endorsements with any of the above mentioned companies; we just thought it would be cool to put this stuff on our website. All brand names and trademarks are property of their respective owners.