This trio out of Toronto rocks hard. Made up of singer/guitarist Densil McFarlane, drummer Colanthony Humphrey, and bassist Joseph Brosnan, The OBGMs (an acronym for The oOoh Baby Gimme Mores) started making music together as a group in 2017 when they released their first self-titled debut album.

 

The band took a six-month hiatus in early 2018 during a particularly rough time in McFarlane’s life while he considering ending the band. But lucky for all of us, he did some soul-searching and came back swinging with their second album, The Ends, which dropped last October.

 

McFarlane says on their website “this is a Black-fronted punk band, and that’s really important. Rock n’ roll is mostly white suburban kids…[b]ut we are Black and we out here. I was inspired to make music when I saw a Black guy on stage, and if someone sees that in us, I hope it will inspire a new generation to go after this.”

 

Follow The OBGMs on their website, Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.

 

The OBGMs – The Ends

 

The OBGMs – The OBGMs

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