Guts of The Ice - An Exploration of "Puck" Rock/Hockey-core #1.5: THE ZAMBONIS Write, Record & Release New Song About The Hurricanes' David Ayres (self-released)
This past Saturday night,
The Carolina Hurricanes
squared off against
The Toronto Maple Leafs
. It was a bit of a nail-biter, to say the least, and
The Hurricanes
ended up beating
The Maple Leafs
in a miraculous 6-3 victory. Although, the most astonishing attribute on the ice Saturday night might have been when, in a pinch, The Canes had to turn to 42-year-old emergency back-up goalie (or E.B.U.G.)
David "Dave" Ayres
to help finish out the game. Ayres was called in midway through the second period when both goalies
Petr Mrazek
AND
James Reimer
were forced to exit the game due to injury. Regularly,
David Ayres
is a Zamboni driver for The AHL's
Toronto Marlies
and on that fateful night, was the E.B.U.G. for both
The Hurricanes & The Maple Leafs
. A feat unto itself, Ayres, was, then, able to block eight out of the 10 shots attempted on goal, while, also, scoring a shot on goal of his own.
<a href="http://thezambonis.bandcamp.com/track/e-b-u-g">"E.B.U.G." by The Zambonis</a>
Saturday night,
Adam Gretz
at
explained, "the fact that an emergency goalie had to enter the game is fascinating enough. But that he played as well as he did, and managed to get credit for the win, makes it one of the most stunning accomplishments in recent NHL memory." Immediately following
David Ayres & The Hurricanes'
miraculous win,
THE ZAMBONIS
—"the greatest and only ALL Hockey Rock band in the world"—posted a picture labeled "
THE ZAMBONIS
Back up goalie song alert" on their
page (@thezambonis) along with the caption, "write/record/release a new song about E.B.U.G.'s by today at 6 pm. Great job #davidayers ps Emergency Back Up Goalie #hockeyrocks #thezambonis #ebug @canes @charlottecheckers." As promised, by 12 noon Sunday afternoon,
THE ZAMBONIS
had, indeed, released a song about Ayres & The Hurricanes' Earth-shattering win entitled
"E.B.U.G."
It was written by
Dave "Zamboni" Schneider & Tim Walsh
with instrumental backing provided by
Dave, Tim & Cary Pollick
, as recorded by Walsh in just eight short hours.
Upon release,
THE ZAMBONIS'
shared some additional details concerning
"E.B.U.G."
on their Bandcamp page:
'"E.B.U.G."
Emergency Back Up Goalie is what
David Ayres
was/is. It was a dreamy night for him, his family, hockey fans, and anybody who loves a great story. We love it so much, we wrote this song in about 8 hours. Written, recorded, and released in about 8 hours. We are hungry and going to go get a beer now. Please, support our stupidity, obsession, and very focused borderline unhealthy love of music and hockey. Have an ice day,
THE ZAMBONIS
." It appears as though
"E.B.U.G."
may be included within
THE ZAMBONIS'
upcoming as-yet-to-be-titled new album, which we've heard should be dropping in September 2020; "it's coming out on the new record, already recorded and in-the-can "Beer League Hero,"
@TheZambonis
wrote within a Reply to a fan on Twitter over the weekend. An interview with
THE ZAMBONIS'
own
Dave "Zamboni" Schneider
will soon be released as part of The Witzard's new column,
- An Exploration of "Puck" Rock/Hockey-core
.
THE ZAMBONIS'
new single
"E.B.U.G."
is now
to stream, download, or purchase exclusively on Bandcamp.
CREDIT: TSN/THE ZAMBONIS (@TheZambonis)