Varge are a wicked trio from Sudbury that play heavy math punk in the vein of Aids Wolf and DD/MM/YYYY. Oh, and they sing most of their songs in French. Ryan McLaren got a chance to talk to the band and asked them about their music and life in nickel town.

ROLL CALL! WHAT ARE THE NAMES OF EVERYONE IN THE BAND AND WHAT DO THEY PLAY?
Antoine Tremblay Beaulieu and Mitch Houle play all of the strings and Jeff Houle plays the drums. Everybody sings.

YOU GUYS ARE FUCKING WICKED. SERIOUSLY, YOU'RE PROBABLY THE BEST THING TO EVER COME OUT OF SUDBURY. CARE TO COMMENT?
No not really, but thanks for the compliment. You're fucking wicked.

DO YOU LIKE SUDBURY? I'VE GOT SOME FAMILY UP THERE AND EVEN THEY SEEM TO THINK IT'S KINDA BORING.
We love Sudbury... we make things happen and have a lot of fun doing it. We get out to the big shitty when we need to get out. Your family should come and spend some time with us. Shit, we might even know them.

NAME FIVE THINGS YOU LOVE ABOUT SUDBURY.
Rudys, Northern Lights Festival, Elgin Street, Nickledale, Nature.

I SEE YOU GUYS ARE PLAYING A FEW TOUR DATES WITH DD/MM/YYYY. HAVE YOU PLAYED WITH THEM BEFORE? YOU SEEM TO HAVE A LOT IN COMMON WITH THEM, IN TERMS OF SOUND.
We set up a show for them at the Myths and Mirrors Artspace (RIP) in Sudbury. We played under the moniker Prus Plopre, our world music/noise side project. We all thought they were great and we're super excited about playing some more shows with them.

WHAT OTHER BANDS OR MUSICIANS HAVE INFLUENCED WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING?
The Doers and their back-breaking work ethic inspired us to tour twice in the past six months. We're influenced by many things. Music is one.

HOW'D YOU END UP HOOKING UP WITH THE DOERS FOR THIS TOUR?
We met the Doers a few years back, a mutual friend hooked us up with them. They played a few shows in Sudbury and promised us a great time out west in return. So we toured out to BC in September '˜05. They booked us an island tour as well as a bunch of shows in and around Vancouver. We were having so much fun that we all decided we needed to start planning the next tour together while we were still out there. This is it; the Doers/Varge! Spring 2006 tour yo. We recorded our new record at the Hive just outside of Vancouver. The Doers and their bros were more than generous with their time, voices, cars, gear, shelter and good company. We're both touring with brand new albums; this is exciting.

YOU GUYS INCORPORATE A LOT OF FRENCH INTO YOUR LYRICS. IT'S SO RARE TO HEAR THAT. WAS THAT A CONCIOUS DECISION TO DO THAT, OR DID IT JUST HAPPEN ORGANICALLY?
Organically of course. We are Francophone. Antoine writes all of the lyrics. When we first started the band he was writing primarily in French. We've since added a little bit of the 'œHinglish'? in our set. Mix it up a little.

FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T SEEN YOU BEFORE, WHAT CAN WE EXPECT FROM YOUR LIVE SHOW?
Three guys. Sweating. Broken strings. Broken sticks. Hopefully no broken drum skins.