Behind the band Falsifier

Falsifier has only been a band for a couple years in that time they put out two albums and just finished off their first tour this summer, now they are back and getting ready to write some new songs and plan their 2016 tour.

Andrews founded Falsifier with singer Aiden Versteegh and guitarist Aaron Dow. Andrews was living in London while attending Fanshawe College and he made a post on a Facebook page saying he was looking for a band. Versteegh saw the post and messaged him about setting up a date to pla.

Andrews had songs written that Versteegh was interested in learning and they hit it off.

Most bands are placed into a genre at an early stage but for Falsifier they still aren’t sure what they fit into.

“A lot of people call it down tempo the beat down genre, but down tempo is also a genre of EDM and beat down is another style of hardcore,” said Andrews. “I would just say we are angry heavy music, just pure aggression, through guys who don’t show aggression whatsoever.”

Andrews said people have enjoyed their music since their first show in Windsor.

“You could tell there was something there. Something special,” said Andrews.

“I think they will be one of the first to really get noticed in our area,” said Dan Donlon, a Windsorite who has supported the local music scene for years.

Falsifier found success with their single 86. The band was surprised how popular it became because they didn’t put a lot of promotion on it.

The band’s first self-titled EP was written by Andrews and they later reissued it with better quality. In July, the band released their second EP titled Life In Death. Andrews said the band has received a really good response from the EP so far especially from the U.S.

Last month the band just finished a tour across western Canada. They started in Windsor then played in Newmarket and Oshawa over three days to start off the tour. The fourth show the band played was in Sarnia.

“Sarnia is basically a home town show for us. The support there is amazing, kids come out no matter what time or what the price is,” said Andrews.

After the Sarnia show the bands van engine blew up which cost $2,500 to repair. They shook it off and packed everything into a small car and played a show in London that night and Toronto the next day. After the band left the Toronto area they drove up to Winnipeg then Edmonton and did some shows in Alberta for a few days. They were supposed to continue into the U.S. but their visas never came in which put an end to the tour. Andrews said they will be heading to the U.S. in 2016.

The band is taking some time to relax and they are just rehearsing and writing while getting themselves back on their feet after the tour.

“In October we have a big tour, 16 days with two other bands going across Ontario up to Quebec and back down,” said Andrews.

Falsifier has over 12,000 Facebook likes and their song I Am Death, which was released in July has over 15,000 Youtube views. Andrews says they thrive off of success.

“The thing we thrive most off of is the negative comments, we try not to let it get to us as much as we can but it’s out there,” said Andrews. “I always take the positives over the negatives.”

The band has always had a goal to be as heavy as they can and they are trying to break as many barriers as possible while trying to make their own sound.