Rougaroux

Vancouver, BC · Unceded Coast Salish territories

Rougaroux

Psychedelic post-punk queercore.

Like all the cryptids, because you believe in us, we exist.

Hear Graveyard SmashNext show: Oct 30, Vancouver
Rougaroux performing

Music

7 releases, 2022–2025

Graveyard Smash cover art

LP, released April 11, 2025

Graveyard Smash

The debut full-length, four years in the making.

  1. Mean Well
  2. Panic Room
  3. Fever Dream
  4. Wasted
  5. Abyss
  6. If I Go Down To One, It's All Over
  7. To The Wolves
  8. t4t
  9. Bela Lugosi Lives Again!
  10. Eschew The Meat

Panic Room, Fever Dream, Wasted, If I Go Down To One, It’s All Over, and Eschew the Meat were recorded, mixed and mastered by Riley Valentine at Choms Studio. t4t and Bela Lugosi Lives Again! were recorded and mixed by Matt Roach at Rain City Recorders. Mean Well, Abyss, To The Wolves, t4t and Bela Lugosi Lives Again! were mastered by Stu McKillop at Rain City Mastering.

Graveyard Smash is dedicated to Des.

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Shows

  • Vancouver, BCRed Gate, 1965 Main St, Vancouver, BC V5T 3C1with Doom Loops, Beastie, Sticky Keys

    $20, All Ages

    Access: Red gate has step-free entry and accessible bathrooms. There's a back porch which is not accessible- lots of stairs. There is lots of seating in the venue, and an ATM on-site.

    Event info for Vancouver, BC, October 30, 2026

Merch

All merch is designed by George Finley and Marina Hanly. What we don't make ourselves, we print locally in Vancouver, BC, with small businesses we know and trust. We do not use AI in any element of our work. Questions? reach out!

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About

Rougaroux is a five-piece post-punk band from the stolen lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, otherwise known as Vancouver, BC.

A trans and Indigenous fronted post-punk experimental project, defying lines of genre and screaming into the void, willing a better world into existence through the power of friendship and chosen family.

Rougaroux is a scream into the void, a rallying call for chosen family, and a demand for a brighter future. This eclectic post-punk five piece project hailing from Burnaby, BC works themes on queer identity into high-energy, gut-wrenching mosh pit fuel. Rougaroux is made for screaming along to in your car, and pre-gaming queer prom.The five-piece queercore project started in 2021, after the isolation of the pandemic bred a desperate need inside this chosen family to make their art. After an EP, several singles, multiple western Canada tours, and a debut LP in 2025, Rougaroux embarked on their biggest project yet in 2026: the Friends In Financial Agony Tour, traveling to 16 cities across Canada.

Wanna hear more? Read all about it on Medium: https://medium.com/@georgemfinley

The band

  • Marina HanlyGuitar, vocals
  • George FinleyVocals
  • Clay FinleyBass
  • Adam MelodyKeys, guitar
  • Connor ThiessenDrums

Additional guitar: Cam Thiessen

“As furious as it is vulnerable, as melodic as it is monstrous.”
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