Strike Tyson Canada's premier pop-punk and emo cover band

We require a minimum of 5 duplex outlets in total. The outlets should be accessible stage right, stage left, and behind drummer.

We'd need to know any directions that will help us find the venue and find the right place to load in our equipment. We'd also need a contact person that is available the day of and during the show. We have a full stage plot that we are able to send.

We are able to provide our own PA system if required, although we prefer the client to have one. We have a simple lighting rig.

Our guitarists and bassist use digital amp modellers, so load in, set up, and soundcheck is quick and easy.

Yes we can play music from Spotify/Apple Music before, after, and between our sets. We're happy to choose the music ourselves or let the client choose the music.

The best gig we've ever done is being hired by Drake to perform at his house during his Stake livestream. We've also headlined the Midway Stage at CNE in Toronto (one of Canada's largest outdoor festivals). The best venue we've ever worked at is the Biltmore Theatre in Oshawa.

Our favourite events are the ones where people fully let go, which is why emo nights are always a perfect fit for us. The energy, the singalongs, the nostalgia… those crowds don’t hold back, and neither do we. That said, weddings are a close second (and honestly, some of our most memorable shows). There’s something special about taking a room full of people who didn’t expect a pop-punk/emo set and turning it into a packed dance floor. Watching the couple and their friends lose it to songs they grew up on is unreal — it becomes less of a “set” and more of a shared moment. At the end of the day, our favourite events are the ones where the crowd is ready to be part of the show. If people are singing, moving, and all-in, we’re in our element.

We've been a band since 2018. We've spent many years performing shows across the province and throughout the state of Michigan. We've grown from a small bar in Windsor Ontario (playing in front of 20 people), to selling out venues across the province. We've performed at big festivals, sold out emo nights, and even Drake's house (he hand-selected us).

We pull inspiration from a lot of the bands that defined the scene for us growing up - artists like Alexisonfire, Fall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, and The Story So Far. That mix of melody, aggression, and crowd connection is exactly what we try to bring to every set.
If we had to pick a favourite, it’s Alexisonfire. Being a Canadian band, they’ve always hit close to home for us — but more than that, they mastered the balance between chaos and control. Their music feels just as powerful in a packed room as it does through headphones, and that’s something we’re always chasing live. As for the greatest pop-punk song of all time, we’ll stand on Sugar, We're Goin Down by Fall Out Boy. It’s the perfect storm — instantly recognizable guitar riff, huge chorus, fun, and every single person in the room knows every word. It doesn’t matter if you’re at an emo night, a wedding, or a festival — when that song comes on, it turns into a moment. And that’s really what this genre is all about.

We normally arrive 2 hours before the performance to set up. We run our own in-ear monitors from the stage and send tails to front-of-house. We have a set list of over 170 songs, and we tailor our sets to what the client wants (1 long set for a full concert experience, multiple sets with breaks in-between, etc.). We find that 1 longer set is best for us because it allows us to tell a story with the setlist/song sequencing and tie in elements to give a full concert experience.

Yes. We love playing outside. We just ask for a power supply close to the performance area and some covering in the event of rain or snow.

Yes, we can learn specific songs before the event but we usually limit this to 5 songs. The clients are welcome to pick a set list from our repertoire or let us choose the music for them. Our set list is available on our website.

Energetic, engaging, interactive, chaotic, fun.