Well this is Dave here.
With unfortunate events that have come over Metha Mean this week end, we have lost our guitar player. Apparently our recording of the new albums is not up to par with him.

So I guess I will call it "musical differences". With this new development we have but, no choice to delete all guitar track previously recorded  by the former guitar player and replacing it with new ones And with that be, have to endure a 2 month set back

On a better note we will be having our previous guitar god Vince, who will be in TO on the week end to help us out.

So now we have learnt new things in Toronto and with our mistakes I guess it will make us stronger? And once again we are on the market for a new guitar player and as still a drummer. And now we do have a rehearsal room and a place to make noise. So auditions are open. So just drop us a line.

Dave

 ....this is Dave here and just to say hello to all...
and have a happy Halloween.

methamean.com is gone. 
Without a warning, doteasy.com pulled it down.  The two year renewal period was coming up, but it was expected in mid-November, not October.  We will be renewing it soon... we just have to see how much it will gouge us for.

In the Mean time, you can enjoy some of our older material at New Music Canada (you'll have to get a Real Player); or give a listen on myspace to some demos of new stuff we've been developing.  Still no permanent drummer, but a few people will be filling in on a need-be basis.

Dave has uploaded a sample of a new song onto myspace: the actual title is I Have Come Home, and its actual working title was DPS 5.
(DPS refers to Dave-Paul-Stef, as in Dave Ledo, Paul Jaworsi and Stef Caron.  We had given all the songs titles of DPS 1 through 7 by default, even though Paul had only worked on four songs with us last fall.  I Have Come Home was the first post-Paul song Stef & Dave did back in January.)
I Have Come Home features Dave on bass & guitar, Stef on bass, drum programming & keyboards, Roland Gheti on drums, Jay Lemak on keyboards & ambience, and Billy Marquardt on guitar.
Lyrics are still being worked on as we speak... so as soon as a decent version is available, we will post it.

Life is definitely funny.

Metha Mean has been recording, on and off, for the past two years an album that is very different from the previous two releases.  This third album, Yggdrasil, has had so far a dozen different contributors - I have surrounded myself with metal maniacs in the form of guitarists Frank Doré and Vince Diezel; the punk-fucking-rock and kiss-my-ass-no-bullshit attitude of bassist Dave Ledo; beat-meister Paul Jaworski; mad-genius and Jesus look-alike Jay Lemak, whose keyboard playing has been the one missing ingredient we have been looking for for so long; drummer extraordinaires Roland Gheti and Simon Langlois (who is now playing for Alain Caron); bassist Raf, formerly of Angry White Mob, who was there early on in the recording process, who helped write a couple of songs and get the band back on track after a terrible 2004.  Without these people, Metha Mean wouldn't be here doing what we are doing now.

We have so far fourteen songs for Yggdrasil, but only nine of them will make it - nine because that's how many branches the tree the album is named after has.  We may need help selecting which songs will make it to the album, a process we'll get you all to participate in with the help of myspace.  Details will follow soon.

In the meantime, we are still looking for a drummer or two (unfortunately, Roland and Simon are just not available for live shows).  We have had a few pokes and prods from some drummers on myspace, but schedules and distances have prevented those guys from making a clear commitment to the Mean.
The ideal drummer would be someone who resides in Toronto, has his own kit and his or her own transportation, is available a couple of evenings a week for rehearsals, and has the experience and/or the skills to play with click tracks, sequences and possibly another drummer.
Just message us if you are interested.
You can give a listen to the two demos that we have up on myspace, or you can go here to listen to material from our previous two albums.
Influences?  You had to ask...
Anyone who has a bit of Bill Bruford, Brain Mantia, Martin Atkins, Manu Katché or Jerry Marotta in him is more than welcome to contact us.  We would be more than happy to jam with you and try things out.

Stef