Danny Knapp, known on stage as The Melonhead, played bass for Toronto-based artist Apricity, for her recent Hollywood shows at the Whisky-a-Go-Go.
If you don’t know Apricity yet, here’s the quick version: alt-rock out of Toronto, the kind of music that likes to sit in the darker corners of your headspace — consciousness, dreams, mourning, the stuff most songs don’t want to touch. It’s heavy material, and it deserves a band that can actually sit inside it instead of just playing along.
Two nights, two very different bills. June 12 had Apricity opening for 80s icon Tiffany, who’s still every bit the powerhouse singer she’s always been known as. June 28 paired Apricity with fellow Canadian rockers Finger Eleven. Different crowds, different energy in the room both nights, but the band locked in and the songs hit the way they’re supposed to.
Danny shared the stage with a solid lineup of hired players across both shows — including guitarist Aviv Hadari, known for his work with Consciously Dying, and drummer Nick Mason, whose credits include Pretty Boy Floyd and Enuff Z’Nuff.
There’s something special about watching a set like Apricity’s land on a stage as storied as the Whisky — decades of rock history in the walls, and a newer artist proving she belongs right there in it. Both nights were a great couple of shows all around.