"We’re not hippies, but like a ‘60s band we want to bring a heightened awareness to global issues. We’ve traveled all over the world and everywhere there are similarities in people. It is one world," Dan Shwetz, The Last Supper.

For those with an appetite for substance and deft musical style, The Last Supper delivers. 

Bassist Scot Herndon and drummer Jody Brummel along with percussionist Diaa Tass, provide a solid foundation for Shwetz’s searing vocals and Pete Walker’s weaving guitar. 

Currently based in Smiths Falls, Ontario, the band was founded by Shwetz and Walker in 1995 while attending the University of Western Ontario.  The Last Supper was a name chosen to symbolize a gathering of friends.  After graduation, the band decided they wanted to travel, using their music as the vehicle. The band spent time in Los Angeles, played the college circuit throughout Canada and the U.S. and released its first album Beginning of the End in 1996. The band has since released 4 albums, having sold thousands of copies, and has received commercial radio play in Canada, UK, The Netherlands, USA, Jordan, Egypt, and South Africa. The Last Supper is busy working on its 5th full length album with industry giant Chris Kimsey (Rolling Stones, INXS, The Cult, Paul McCartney) to be released in 2014. 

         The group has played more than 800 live shows across four continents, and played with acts including Iron Maiden, Joe Cocker, Peter Frampton, Thin Lizzy, Our Lady Peace, Slash’s Snakepit, The Tea Party, Ministry, and Queensryche. They have appeared at numerous famous rock clubs and European festivals including the Milkweg in Amsterdam, House of Blues (New Orleans), the Whiskey-A-Go-Go and Roxy (L.A), Download Festival (UK), and BosPop (NL). 

      Among the highlights of their international shows was a stadium benefit concert in Turkey in 2000, and a live show at The Great Pyramids in Egypt  in December 2010. 
 
The Last Supper was picked as one of the best 20 new bands on the planet for 2006 by Classic Rock Magazine (UK), and has been included on several compilation CDs distributed by the magazine.

The band has also become part of a reality television show called Band Without Borders.  The new series features life on the road with The Last Supper as they attempt to set The Guinness World Record for the most countries toured by a musical group.  The band will be touring 100 countries over the next few years. Filming has already started on the project, with 30 countries completed so far.      The Last Supper as part of Band Without Borders will be busy performing and filming this summer with dates in Canada, South Africa, Lesotho and Botswana.  

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