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Welcome to the home of Canadian producer / singer / songwriter / multi instrumentalist John Perinbam as well as Ottawa's Enforcer. If you've come here looking for Gravelle-Perinbam, click here. I'd very much appreciate if you could take a second to sign up for my mailing list.

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Ottawa's Enforcer announces new video 'Underneath'! 

Enforcer are pleased to announce the release of their new video for the song ‘Underneath’. Click here to see the video, which I produced.

05/17/2023

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New Gravelle-Perinbam video 

Gravelle-Perinbam are pleased to announce the release of their latest video for the last single ‘Beyond the Cage of Silence’. I created the video, co-wrote the song with my friend and colleague Rob Gravelle, and performed all the vocals, drums, and bass on the song. Click here to see the video or visit Gravelle-Perinbam at their website here.

05/17/2023

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Site redesign 

I've redesigned the web site to include (Ottawa's) Enforcer and hopefully make browsing easier.  Note that I've removed the store as Gravelle-Perinbam now has its own web site here with its own store here.

05/16/2023

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New store added! 

Feel free to visit my new Store. At the moment I'm offering the first run of official Gravelle-Perinbam merch - high quality full-colour T-shirts. Click here!

10/21/2022

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Ottawa's Enforcer opening for Anvil Sept 17 2022 

I'll be taking to the stage on Sept 17, 2022 again fronting Ottawa's Enforcer. We're honoured to share the stage with metal legends Anvil at Mavericks, 221 Rideau St. in Ottawa, Canada.

09/04/2022

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Pleasant Valley Sunday Video is here! 

Oops, I'm a bit late with this announcement! We released the video for Pleasant Valley Sunday on Aug 19 2022. Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/50t5xh-Ejss

09/04/2022

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Pleasant Valley Sunday is here! 

Gravelle-Perinbam are proud to release our cover of the 1967 Monkees tune 'Pleasant Valley Sunday', written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin. It's available on all the major music platforms via this page: 

https://songwhip.com/robgravelle/pleasant-valley-sunday

It's also available on my web site: 

https://johnperinbam.com/music#gravelle-perinbam 

I sang and played drums and bass guitar. Rob (Gravelle) handled guitars and keys, and our good friend Roland Marckwort of Digital Zen Studio (dzstudio.ca) did the mastering.

07/28/2022

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Black Veil of Silence is here! 

Gravelle - Perinbam are pleased to announce the release of their new progressive metal song, Black Veil of Silence, available here. The song features Rob Gravelle on guitar and keys, John Perinbam on drums and vocals, and Steve Mercer on bass guitar. The song was written and produced by Rob and John, who also handled mixing and mastering respectively.

02/03/2022

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New shows announced! 

Hello all! I'm pleased to announce 3 upcoming shows fronting Ottawa's Enforcer on Oct 8, Nov 12, and Nov 27 2021. See my new Shows page for details. Tickets are available online for the October 8 and Nov 12 shows, and I have a limited number of physical tickets available for November 27, 2021. Please contact me if interested.

09/26/2021

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A message from John 

Hello!

John here! Welcome to my web site. I created it to have a single location to share my musical projects and guest appearances with you. You'll find tons of music, photos, and videos here, and as I'm always working on new stuff, please feel free to sign up for my mailing list to hear about the latest! Note - if you're looking for Ivory Knight, click here. For Ottawa's Enforcer, click here.

08/26/2021

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Shows

Previous events

Date Event Location
Saturday, January 14 @ 7:00PM Sat, Jan 14 @ 7:00PM Infrared / Enforcer Stray Dog Brewing Stray Dog Brewing
Saturday, September 17, 2022 @ 7:00PM Sat, Sep 17, 2022 @ 7:00PM Anvil / Rockin' Engine / Ottawas Enforcer / This Disaster Mavericks, Ottawa Mavericks, Ottawa
Friday, July 15, 2022 @ 7:00PM Fri, Jul 15, 2022 @ 7:00PM Exciter / Infrared / Machine Messiah / Enforcer Mavericks, Ottawa Mavericks, Ottawa
Saturday, November 27, 2021 @ 8:00PM Sat, Nov 27, 2021 @ 8:00PM Infrared, Ottawa's Enforcer, Thunderdome Mavericks, Ottawa, ON Mavericks, Ottawa, ON
Friday, November 12, 2021 @ 8:00PM — Saturday, November 13, 2021 @ 2:00AM Fri, Nov 12, 2021 @ 8:00PM — Sat, Nov 13, 2021 @ 2:00AM Inire, Innerpiece, Wyntr, Enforcer Mavericks, Ottawa, ON Mavericks, Ottawa, ON
Friday, October 8, 2021 @ 8:00PM Fri, Oct 8, 2021 @ 8:00PM Scarecrowz Album Release Party with Ottawa's Enforcer and Killed by Karma The Brass Monkey, Ottawa The Brass Monkey, Ottawa
Friday, March 13, 2020 @ 7:00PM Fri, Mar 13, 2020 @ 7:00PM Power Metal Band / Vindicted / Enforcer Brass Monkey Brass Monkey
Thursday, March 5, 2020 @ 7:00PM Thu, Mar 5, 2020 @ 7:00PM OUBC Showcase with Enforcer / Strange Angels / Strange Fugitive / Fluid / Unknown Pleasure The Rainbow The Rainbow
Saturday, January 25, 2020 @ 7:00PM Sat, Jan 25, 2020 @ 7:00PM Incurable Rocker / Enforcer Brass Monkey Brass Monkey
Friday, December 20, 2019 @ 7:00PM Fri, Dec 20, 2019 @ 7:00PM Seven Snakes / Red Light Saints / Enforcer Brass Monkey Brass Monkey

About / Bio

John Perinbam

singer - songwriter - musician

Canadian recording artist, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist John Perinbam is best known as being half of studio recording duo Gravelle-Perinbam as well as being the lead singer of Ottawa's Enforcer and the founder of Canadian heavy metal legends Ivory Knight! John plays several instruments including drums, bass guitar, keyboards, piano, and guitar.

John's music encompasses and incorporates influences from various styles including pop, rock, hard rock, progressive, and heavy metal.

"John has a great powerful voice which fits the music like a glove and he switches seamlessly between clean and melodic vocals to a harsh and rough vocal persona. John’s solo debut is filled to the brim with great powerful, yet quite catchy metal." - Janne Stark, Stark Music Reviews

http://starkmusicreviews.blogspot.com/2011/02/john-perinbam-knightfall-cd.html

John's band Ivory Knight appeared in the Brave Words and Bloody Knuckles article "O Canada, Our Home and Metal Land! The List - Great White Metal A-Z;" in issue #92, among greats such as Rush, Saga, Voivod, Annihilator, Exciter, and Anvil!

John's latest solo release was 2020's rock ballad 'Picture on the Wall’ on which he plays all the instruments and sings all the vocals.

John’s CD, Knightfall, was produced, engineered, and mixed by metal legend and Annihilator mastermind Jeff Waters, who also played guitar and bass and cowrote several songs on the CD. The album was recorded at Watersound Studios and features guest vocal appearances by Dave Padden (ex-Annihilator) and Dan Beehler (Exciter), as well as a guitar solo by Waters. Gravelle-Perinbam colleague Rob Gravelle played most of the guitar solos and co-composed several tracks.

John has been involved in many great bands over the years. He was the original bassist of popular cover band Raw Sugar, with whom he played literally hundreds of shows. He  played 2nd guitar and sang lead before moving to the bass duties for Ottawa-based alternative act Dr. Squish, and was the original lead singer and founding member of Sudden Thunder. His very first band, Trojan Hammer, featured Jeff Waters on guitar.

John is constantly working on new musical projects. Check out the music and sign up for John's email list to hear about new releases, shows, special offers etc.

 

Discography

Enforcer: 

Underneath - all vocals, synths, mixing, video production

Gravelle-Perinbam: 

Beyond the Cage of Silence - all vocals, drums, bass guitar, lyrics, melody, co-writer of music, video production

Pleasant Valley Sunday (Monkees cover): all vocals, drums, bass guitar, video production 

Black Veil of Silence - all vocals, drums, lyrics, melody, co-writer of music, video production 

John Perinbam:  

Picture on the Wall (digital single) - All vocals and instruments, music and lyrics. 

Knightfall (CD) - lead and backing vocals, writer / cowriter of lyrics and music.  

Ivory Knight:  

Unity (CD) - lead and backing vocals, keyboards, piano, additional harmony guitar, additional drums, writer / cowriter of music and lyrics.  

Unconscience (CD) - lead and backing vocals, keyboards, piano, additional drums, writer / cowriter of music and lyrics.  

Up From The Ashes (CD) - lead and backing vocals, bass guitar, keyboards, writer / cowriter of music and lyrics. 

Restless Heart demo (unreleased cassette) - lead and backing vocals, bass guitar, writer / cowriter of music and lyrics. 

Breaking the Ice demo (unreleased cassette) - lead and backing vocals, writer / cowriter of music and lyrics. 

Voices In Your Nightmare demo (cassette) - lead and backing vocals, bass guitar, writer / cowriter of music and lyrics.  

Dr. Squish:  

Dr. Squish (CD) - bass guitar, backing vocals, guitar, writer / cowriter of music and lyrics.  

A Party of One (cassette) - lead and backing vocals, bass guitar, writer / cowriter of music and lyrics.  

Sudden Thunder:  

Sudden Thunder (CD) - lead and backing vocals, writer / cowriter of music and lyrics  

1991 demo (cassette) - lead and backing vocals, writer / cowriter of music and lyrics  

The Jeff Waters Project (unreleased):  

Edge of a Knife - lead and backing vocals, writer / cowriter of music and lyrics  

More Than Words Can Say - lead and backing vocals  

Guest appearances:  

Rob Gravelle: 

Mouse in a Maze (Saga cover) - lead and backing vocals, bass guitar  

Private Life (Oingo Boingo cover) - lead and backing vocals, bass guitar  

Suspended Animation (The Monks cover) - lead and backing vocals, bass guitar  

Rejected (Ivory Knight remake) - lead and backing vocals  

Highway Star (Deep Purple cover) - lead and backing vocals, bass guitar  

Dream Police (Cheap Trick cover) - lead and backing vocals  

Annihilator:  

Feast - backing vocals  
METAL - backing vocals

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