Tour Dates
More conspiracies need to be investigated! Come on down and check out the situation filled with intrigue and dancing!
We love this little bar with a huge stage! Catch us there at Sonny's Bar & Grill for a fun evening of great rock classics, dancing and laughs! Besides the usual British classics we usually play, we'll also play some System Of A Down, Muse and Blue Oyster Cult!
DarkSpeed is bringing its show for the first time at Bar Robo on Queen street. This venue is most amazing and spacious. We've visited this venue before as clients and the drinks are to die for. We're so looking forward performing on their great stage. This show is not to be missed! We will play our usual great covers from Floyd, Supertramp, Genesis, Rush and Steely Dan.
We're back again at the Moose McGuire's Orleans location. Make sure you reserve your table because they get picked up quickly! On the menu are great burgers and cool tunes for dancing or just listening. We will serve some Pink Floyd, Supertramp, Genesis, Led Zeppelin, Steely Dan and much more.
Join DarkSpeed unearthing a great Conspiracy at this location! We will uncover great songs from conspirators such as Pink Floyd and Genesis as well as their collaborators Steely Dan, Led Zeppelin and Rush! $5 cover automatically charged on your tab.
It has been a long time we've played this wonderful venue. Join us for fun, laughs, music and dancing. On the menu will be Pink Floyd, Supertramp, Genesis, Led Zeppelin, Steely Dan and Santana.
Join DarkSpeed for it's debut show at The Barley Mow Merivale locatrion. Great food and great drinks of all kinds! Also on the menu is Pink Floyd, Genesis, Supertramp, Steely Dan, Rush and so much more.
DarkSpeed is back at this unique venue. There's plenty of room and the beer and food is excellent. Pink Floyd, Genesis, Max Webster, Steve Miller, Steely Dan, NIN, Muse and more.
This is a private event at The Clayton campground
Are you hippies ready for the best-ever BusFusion festival? DarkSpeed is! This event is NOT to be missed! On the menu, DarkSpeed will dish out Pink Floyd, Genesis, Max Webster, Steve Miller, The Clash, Steely Dan and much more.
Orleans just can't get enough of us and we LOVE it! We have some new tunes for you! Come and check it out!
Our first engagement at this great space in 2024. C'mon down for some great songs from the 60's to today.
Sonny's is one of the coolest music bars in Ottawa. Come and have some suds with us and party to some Genesis, Pink Floyd and Max Webster.
We're back at Moose McGuires Orleans already! Last time we played there was a huge hit, so, we're BACK! You good folks in Orleans need to get out and dance with us.
Come join DarkSpeed and dance to your favourite, epic rock songs from Joe Walsh, Saga, Steve Miller Max Webster and Pink Floyd
Come in from the cold and enjoy libations and great music at Moose McGuire's Orleans
Oh you KNOW it! DarkSpeed and Moose McGuire's Kanata will say goodbye to ole man 2023 and bring in 2024 with great classic songs from the 60's to the 2000's. The band will rock you all night long! Join us!!
Get ready to party and dance at Moose McGuire's Hunt Club (On McCarthy at Paul Anka). We have Steely Dan, Supertramp, Pink Floyd, Genesis and more to play. And the food is GREAT!
DarkSpeed is back at Sonny's Bar & Gril for the firet time since 2019. Join us at this cool little bar the food is good, the beer is cold and the music will rock!
It's been one whole year since DarkSpeed played at the Carleton Tavern! Join us for a fab night od great music and dancing.
Join DarkSpeed AND Wolf Irene for this first-time ever, meeting of two great classic rock bands. This is an outdoor event you'll be sure to enjoy!
Be there or be square!
There will be more than beer brewing at the Conspiracy Theory Brewing Company on Saturday, July 29th. Come and see what this is all about! Dance the night away with DarkSpeed.
Canada Day Party!
Join DarkSpeed at Moose McGuire's Hunt Club for an evening of prog and classic rock. We are down to Earth. No cover charge!
Join Darkspeed for an evening of fun classic rock! No cover charge!
DarkSpeed has been revitalized with new band members. Come and check us out! Our very special guest is "The Incurable Rocker" with their hard-driving songs. There is no cover charge for this show.
Join DarkSpeed for a fun evening
Join DarkSpeed for a scary Halloween party at Moose McGuire's Kanata.
DarkSpeed is back at Moose McGuires Hunt Club! As usual, we'll play Prog, Psychedelic and Classic rock for your dancing and listening pleasure.
Join DarkSpeed at this year's Winchester Fair located in Winchester Ontario. We will play Prog, Psychedelic and Classic rock for your dancing and listening pleasure.
Join DarkSpeed for the best Prog, Psychedelic and Classic rock! We play Genesis, Pink Floyd, Supertramp and Max Webster. NO COVER!
Join DarkSpeed, Incurable Rockers and The Yodas at The Brass Monkey for a three-band showcase. Yes, 3 great bands at a great rock venue in one night!
Join us at Moose McGuire's in Orleans for a night of the best art, prog and psychedelic rock around.
This is it! Restrictions are being lifted and we will soon be free. To celebrate, let's have a night out with LIVE music! Many new tunes to be played that we're sure you'll love. We're very happy to be back at the fabulous Moose McGuires South to rock it out with you so, see you there
Join DarkSpeed at their first engagement in over a year! Let the PaRtY begin!
Join DarkSpeed for a night of music and dancing to some of the greatest music ever produced from bands like Pink Floyd and Supertramp and much more. Our music in infectious!
Get ready to party with your favourite band! We'll play our usual mega classics that that moves you and a couple of new tunes too. C'mon out and dance with us!
Join DarkSpeed for a night of music and dancing to some of the greatest music in the last 60 years and we're always adding new songs to keep things interesting.
Join us at the famous Carleton Tavern to bring in year 2020! We'll have you dancin' all night and into 2020.
Craving the greatest rock songs ever? We play many of them from bands like Zeppelin, PinkFloyd, Supertramp and SteelyDan. Join DarkSpeed at Moose McGuires South for a night of fun and dancing.
Oh yeah baby! Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Supertramp, Santana, The Clash, The Cars, Rob Thomas, Muse, Eagles Steely Dan and much more!
We'll be playing our usual epic classics from the likes of Floyd, Zeppelin, Supertramp and Steely Dan as well as newer gems from Rob Thomas, Nine Inch Nails, Muse and Finger Eleven. Bring your dancing shoes!
Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Supertramp, Santana, The Clash, The Cars, Rob Thomas, Muse, Eagles. Do we need to say any more?
"Woodstock style" weekend of awesome music past and present. Contact Sueclark@gmail.com
This will be a memorable event as many friends will gather to welcome some snowbirds home, Join in and dance with us!
Join DarkSpeed at The famous Rainbow Bistro to celebrate Psychedelic and Progressive rock music and more. Trust us, we will have you dancing!
DarkSpeed Invades Orleans! Join us for great songs and dancing!
Hey DarkSpeedsters! We had a blast last time we played at Moose McGuires. Let's do it again shall we? Join us for epic rock classics from the 50s to now! Come and dance.
Join DarkSpeed for a night of epic psychedelic and progressive rock from the likes of Steely Dan, Pink Floyd, Supertramp and more. We'll make you dance! Starts at 9:30 and ends at 1:30. - $5 at the door cover
Join DarkSpeed in celebrating the holidays at The Carleton Tavern. We'll play the very best Prog, Psychedelic and Classic rock for you. Put on yer dancin' shoes! NO COVER!
DarkSpeed is performing at Moose McGuire's South. Come and dance with us. We'll be playing gems from Supertramp, Steely Dan, Pink Floyd and much more. It starts at 9:00 PM and ends at 1:00 AM
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Team
Yvon Villeneuve
Lead vocalist and guitarist
Yvon is a regular fixture on the Ottawa music scene. As a singer and guitarist, he co-founded 90's Ottawa rock bands Conflict Of Interest and Little Bones. During his years with Little Bones, he shared stages across Eastern Canada with many established Canadian artists such as April Wine and Big Wreck to name a couple. He has performed with Dave Schroeder, Don Kenny, Jeff Asselin, Ken Workman, Lynne Hansen, Sean Burke, Terry Tufts, and many others. He continues to develop as a musician in his collaborations, as well as in his work as a solo artist. As the lead vocalist and guitarist, Yvon Villeneuve provides musical direction and guidance to the team, ensuring a cohesive and polished performance. Yvon Villeneuve's position as the lead vocalist and guitarist involves driving the team's creative direction, delivering stellar performances, and connecting with fans through their music. Finally and beyond his musical abilities and role, Yvon acts as the administrator, accountant, publisher, graphics developer, promoter and band leader for DarkSpeed. No rest for the wicked as it is said!
Jack Charpentier
Keyboardist and backing vocals
Jacques, (affectionaly called Jack) is one of the founding members of DarkSpeed. Jack's favourite bands are Genesis, Steely Dan and Supertramp to name a just a couple. Jack has extensive experience on the Ottawa music scene, displaying his keyboard mastery in bands like Reflex, A.I., Retro and Riverbend. Playing on some of Ottawa's finest stages alongside acts like Ian Tamblyn, the Bara Mcneils and David Wilcox, Jacques is recognized as a keyboard guru of progressive rock and jazz. Jack Charpentier's position as the keyboardist and backing vocalist requires versatility and a strong sense of musical dynamics. Furthermore, Jack's schooling and day job iselectronics engineering! His skills in this area are invaluable to the band as he has trouble-shooted and repaired many electronic devices such as transmitters, receivers, speaker, keyboard electronics which DarkSpeed relies on. As the team's keyboardist and backing vocalist, Jack Charpentier brings a dynamic energy, and dazzling sound effects to the group's live performances.
Bobby St. Louis
Bassist and vocalist
Bobby joined DarkSpeed in January 2023. I can say that he is one of Ottawa's finest bassist mastering the techniques of Geddy Lee (Rush), Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) and John Entwistle (The Who) as well as many others. Being a lover of music and passionate about his instrument, Bobby always thrives to be a better Musician. Initially in his teens, he started on guitar but when his brother gave him one of his basses, he fell in love with it and made that his primary instrument. He also learned Piano and synths. Having played in the Ottawa/Gatineau music scene for over 40 years, Bobby played in the mid 80’s with a Rush tribute band Artefact, an original rock band called Sanderson, recorded at Metalworks studio, played for a radio station group called The Energie band that went on to open for bands like Big Sugar, Honeymoon Suite, Platinum Blonde, and countless others. And with his brother, he played bass and keys in a few bands such as Axis, Reflexxion and, Transcendence. Finally, Bobby has been a member of tribute bands covering Elton John, Genesis and The Trans-Siberian Orchestra most often playing keyboards. These days, Bobby passionately spends time in his studio, recording with Code 18, and making videos with Johnny Maz and friends, as well as recording bass and keyboard tracks for all kinds of projects. But Bobby’s first love is playing bass to a live audience! He still gets the excitement of playing as if it was the first time. “The chemistry and the musicianship in DarkSpeed is like no other I’ve played with! Looking forward to rock the next show”.
Marc Leclair
Lead Guitarist and backing vocals
Marc joined DarkSpeed in April 2023 and brings strong work ethics and both musical and technical skills, enabling DarkSpeed to precisely emulate the sounds and guitar styles of a great variety on musical acts. With the exception of a ten-year hiatus, Marc’s been playing in bands since the age of nine, totalling over 40 years of live band experience. After his formative years in school bands and in Rock 70’s and 80’s cover bands, and in the 90’s in a large stage band called Synchro consisting of nine musicians and twenty singers for theatre and festival concerts, Marc continued to build his chops covering many genres of music such as Country, Jazz, Pop, Rock, Broadway and such. In 2015 he returned to his first love, the cover band bar scene, joining the Ottawa Cover band MIGIZI. Marc’s playing influences come from countless hours playing and covering songs from Emmett, Frampton, Gilmore and EVH and also covering songs from bands like Styx; April Wine; Loverboy; Genesis; Supertramp; Rush; Led Zeppelin; Deep Purple; Alan Parsons Project; King Crimson; Saga and so many more. Marc early gear: Marc started with a Trainor Bass Master head into a Hiwatt 4x12 Celestions. Pedals such as MXR Distorsion, BOSS Chorus, Delay and Flanger, VOX Wah, The Zonk Machine Fuzz.... you get the idea. From the 90's onward Marc was an early adopter of modellers such as Roland GP-16, then the Line6 HD500. Currently, he uses a 1977 MANN LP Custom (Lawsuit guitar), a 40th Anniversary Edition US Fender Strat, a Harley Benton Standard Fat Strat and his main instrument, the Ibanez S670QM-DEB. That with the Line 6 Helix Floor and LT and some other pedals Marc performs sonic magic!
Marc Marin
Percussionist and backing vocals
Marc also joined DarkSpeed in January 2023. Marc Picked up the drums at age thirteen clocking in at over forty years of live performance experience playing bars and local events since the age of sixteen! Some of the local Timmins-based bands Marc played in were: Legacy, Trapper, Thorium and Longshot which featured Eileen (Twain) Edwards, now known as Shania Twain. Marc toured Eastern Canada for two years with The Machine from Sudbury and then Powerage (AC DC tribute) from Toronto. Marc moved to Ottawa in 1986 and played with many local bands: The big Umbrella which won the 54 Rock Homegrown contest in 1988, Starfire, Barrelhouse, the new Gleneagle, Spielberk Sky, Solid Citizens, Soul Motion, Sweet Home Chicago (Blues Brothers Tribute), 8 Trax, the Burning Halos, Dream Pool. Bustin Loose, Ridin Shotgun, Cactus Juice, Rob del Re jazz trio. Needless to say Marc is a serious percussionist with many battle scars! He even played percussion in a French-African play! Marc also took a Latin drums and percussion course with Humber College professor, Memo Acevedo. Marc’s favourite drum companies are: Gretsch and Paiste Marc’s favourite rock drummers in order: John Bonham, Neil Peart, Stewart Copeland, Ian Paice, Gavin Harrison and his favorite jazz drummers are : Elvin Jones, Buddy Rich, Vinnie Colaiuta, Dennis Chambers and Dave Weckl. Being the outstanding percussionist he is, and providing backing vocals, Marc Marin plays a vital role in shaping the team's distinctive sound. We're sure glad we have him!
Song List
Abacab - Genesis
Aerials - System Of A Down
Africa - Toto
Another Brick In The Wall Part 2 - Pink Floyd
Behind The Lines - Genesis
Birthday – The Beatles
Black Magic Woman - Santana
Blinded By The Light - Manfred Man
Bloody Well Right - Supertramp
Breathe Reprise - Pink Floyd
Burnin' For You - Blue Oyster Cult
Carry On Wayward Son - Kansas
Don't Call Us, We'll Call You - Sugarloaf
Drive - Incubus
Eyes Of A Stranger - The Payolas
Fiddler's Green - The Tragically Hip
Fly Like An Eagle - Steve Miller
Frankenstein - Edgar Winter
Free Ride - Edgar Winter
Goodbye Stranger – Supertramp
Good Times, Bad Times - Led Zeppelin
Green Eyed Lady - Sugarloaf
Gypsy Queen - Santana
Hey You - Pink Floyd
High Class In Borrowed Shoes - Max Webster
How Long - Saga
Hush - Deep Purple
I Wouldn't Want To Be Like You – Allan Parsons
Josie – Steely Dan
Just What I Needed - The Cars
Life's Been Good - Joe Walsh
Lip Service - Max Webster
Lucky Man – Emerson Lake and Palmer
My Own Way To Rock – Burton Cummings
New World Man - Rush
New Years Day – U2
No More Tears - Ozzy Osbourne
One Headlight - The Wallflowers
Oye Como Va – Santana
Peg - Steely Dan
Psycho - Muse
Radar Love - Golden Earing
Ramble On - Led Zeppelin
Reelin' In The Years - Steely Dan
Rikki Don't Lose That Number - Steely Dan
Rock The Casbah - The Clash
School - Supertramp
Showdown At Big Sky - Robbie Robertson
Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple
Smooth - Rob Thomas & Santana
Squonk - Genesis
The Hand That Feeds - Nine Inch Nails
The Happiest Days Of Our Lives - Pink Floyd
Time - Pink Floyd
Too Much Time On My Hands - Styx
Turn It On – Genesis
Two Tickets To Paradise - Eddie Money
We Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who
White Hot - Red Rider
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
YYZ - Rush
COMING SOON:
2112 Overture - Rush
All My Love - Led Zeppelin
Battle Scar – Max Webster & Rush
Five Days In May - Blue Rodeo
Fool In The Rain - Led Zeppelin
Foreplay-LongTime - Boston
Funeral for a Friend (Love Lies Bleeding) - Elton John
Hold The Line - Toto
In The Dead Of Night - U.K.
In Your Eyes - Peter Gabriel
Perfect Strangers - Deep Purple
Refugee – Tom Petty
Suite Madam Blue - Styx
