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In 2003, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy played his first show ever in Ottawa. On this evening, there was another first. Ryan Hough, ex-axeman/vocalist from legendary Ottawa bands Kluane (featuring future member of Kepler and Weights and Measures), Angelheaded (featuring future member of Kepler, Arcade Fire, and Weights and Measures), and Prisons Come Home (featuring a future member of Weights and Measures), was to play violin in his first ever show opening with the country-tinged garage rock band, Golden Famile. Little did everone know, this was to be the beginning of a new chapter in rock history. Ryan Neeb (Jabeenaroc, Scutterbotch) and Scott Adams were in the audience and found renewed hope in rock n' roll while listening to the full, rich sounds of Golden Famile. They were in a dissonant, sax infused rock band called The Wandering Lifesign. They were intent on rocking with the Golden Famile at a later date, which they did one fateful night at legendary Ottawa rock venue, Zaphod Beebleb...