2003 - 2008
Criss crossing Canada, Mongoose spent countless hours on the road in the goose egg, playing close to 300 shows from Victoria to Fredricton and everywhere in between. All ages shows in Edmunston NB, art gallery shows in Swift Current SK, where RC almost had his leg crush by the door of the van after a parking lot mishap. Community halls in Okotoks, Winnipeg, Montreal, Vancouver, Creston... You name that small town and they probably played it. The apartment shows were particularly exciting. Being stuffed into a living room in Red Deer or Prince Albert will forever be burned in our brains. A few of the pics below show the band doing a photo shoot with other east van band friends (Mikey Manvil) in Robson park.
2003 - 2008
GOOSE HOUR
2008 was the start of some rad tours with some very cool bands and then culminating in the bands trip to Japan playing with the Japanese band
Bo-Peep! Mongoose also opened up two shows in Vancouver for the L.A. band Steel Panther during the 2010 winter olympics.
2010 - 2012
*2008 - 2010
Between 2010 and 2012, Mongoose did a number of west coast tours with the amazing band Spread Eagle. They also performed with the American band CLUTCH @ the Commodore. They performed 2 shows on the last night before their 11ry hiatus. The first was with Steven Adler's band, Adlers Appetite @ The Venue in Vancouver. The second was a warehouse show that started at 3am just off of Hastings St. at Pandora's Box. Hanging out with Chip before the Adler show was epic.
2012 - 2023
It took a long time to find the time and energy to come back and rock but it was Marc that brought the goose back in March 2023. Playing 2 shows, the first in Kelowna at Runaway's and then the next night in Vancouver at the Rickshaw Theatre. Both nights with the band Days n Daze from Texas and the second as part of the punkstravaganza, hosted by those amazing Dreadnaughts!