How One NHL Player Is Spending Time During The Lockout

Darren McCarty of the Detroit Red Wings is fronting a band called Grinder. ("Play in Europe? Fuck that shit! Let's get in the van!") Fitting a band whose (BC-born) frontman has played in Detroit for over a decade, on their website the 'toon version of a couple of Grinder members are wearing MC5 and Stooges tee-shirts. On their album, they cover the Stooges' "No Fun."

I have yet to listen to their music, which on their site is described as "a musical reflection of its blue collar, muscle and machine hard rock roots." Maybe I'll check it out over the weekend. They're playing at the 4th Street Station in St. Paul on Monday night.