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.
Gravelle-Perinbam are pleased to announce their new single, a cover of Manhattan Project by Rush. It's available on all streaming platforms here as well as from our web site gravelleperinbam.com.
Rob Gravelle played guitar, bass, and keys. I sang all the vocals and played drums.
Enforcer are pleased to announce the release of their new video for the song ‘Underneath’. Click here to see the video, which I produced.
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.
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!
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.
Oops, I'm a bit late with this announcement! We released the video for Pleasant Valley Sunday on Aug 19 2022. Enjoy!
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.
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.
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.
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.
Enforcer:
Underneath - all vocals, synths, mixing, video production
Gravelle-Perinbam:
Manhattan Project (RUSH cover) - all vocals, drums, video production (in progress)
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