A carousel of covers in tribute 🎶
The Smiths
Stone Temple Pilots
Radiohead
Depeche Mode
INXS
Billy Idol
Incubus
The Smashing Pumpkins
Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Strokes
The Cure
Misfits
U2
I’ve been playing music more deeply for a little while now, with a few albums worth of original material that will get released someday 🤯… However! at times, I get asked to share covers, tributes or even karaoke of my favorite rock/alternative bands, artists and songs!
So! Here’s 13 select moments of me doing it up.
Maybe I should perform a full set?
Let me know your favorites for me to work on 🫶🏻
#solnewson
#coversongs
#tributes
#music
#love
Ann Noir and I had the chance to check out the Toronto Guitar and Synth Pedal Expo this past weekend.
Over 50 local, provincial, and international brands were represented at the Artist’s Play Building on Carlaw Ave.
The event has roots in cities like New York City, London, Los Angeles, and Montreal, and this marked its second year running in Toronto.
We met so many musicians, distributors, custom rig engineers, luthiers, and synth developers all in one space. Had a great time testing out guitars, pedals, synths, and electronic soundboards.
Big shoutout to everyone who showed love and took the time to share their work with us.
Left feeling inspired and excited about continuing to develop new music, using the right tools to shape and refine the sounds we’re chasing.
Much love and respect.
🎸⚡️🎹 🎶
#GuitarExpo
#TorontoGuitarExpo
#SynthAndPedalExpo
#RomanticThrashers
Music by @solnewsun / @true7self / @onaxis_tpxps
“The Alien known as Sol Newson”
Photography: @freshfx
Stylist: @steffanndd
Concept: @romanticthrashers
Model : @solnewsun
Music: @onaxis_tpxps
“The lost boys”
Concept shoot depicting the Sol Newson character I’ve grown and loved over the last 3 years. Thank you @freshfx@steffanndd & @onaxis_tpxps . Yall are the best ever. ❤️
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An alien visitor among us
He doesn’t just observe this world
he feels it
He carries what we overlook
translates what we ignore
What comes through him isn’t just music
it’s a message
A warning
An overstanding
Perspective before power
#solnewson
#concept
#photography
#romanticthrashers
#jeromevillaphotography
Nine Inch Nails
TD Coliseum, Hamilton
2.20.2026
First time inside the fabled “Kops Coliseum.” Thirty years of waiting.
Long lines. Black denim. Hoodies. Utility gear. Full goth silhouettes. The arena humming before doors even opened. We stepped out as uniform as possible. Romantic Thrashers style.
As the crowd filtered in, Boys Noize was already working Stage C. Industrial pulses, fractured dance beats, hints of Depeche Mode, warped remixes building tension.
Then it began.
The band opened on the B stage. An island in the middle of the arena, encased in a black cube. The structure dissolves and Trent Reznor is just there. Alone. Piano. Voice. Stillness.
Gradually the others emerge. Robin, Atticus, Josh & Stu locking in. Pressure building until the first eruption.
Then he vanishes.
Reappears on the main stage inside a translucent divided cube. Melody and vocals in the front half, rhythm section shadowed behind a veil. Each song reimagined through shifting projections and light. During “Copy of A,” delayed live feed motion multiplied him into ghost versions of himself. The cameraman felt like a sixth member.
Mid set they shock the crowd and return to the B stage.
And that’s when it happens.
The entire ceiling rig descends to the exact footprint of the stage, crushing down over the band. A lowered industrial sky. Lights slicing through haze. No overhead escape. The room transforms into something like a spacecraft compressing into another dimension. “Closer” in that confined space felt massive and claustrophobic at the same time.
Final transition back to the main stage, escorted by light.
No encore.
1 hour 45 minutes.
Precise. Intentional. Complete.
After three decades of listening, hearing those songs back to back made the message clearer than ever. Nine Inch Nails is not just industrial rock. It is electronic, club, grunge, metal, engineered with surgical precision yet deeply human.
We are born into a fractured world.
Everything we are taught feels unstable.
We live on the edge of collapse.
But underneath it all
there is still a heart.
There is still a soul.
There is still the will to remain human.
#NIN #RomanticThrashers #LIVE
Showing love @romanticthrashers style to the @thedreamboats performing on Valentine’s Day at @livingartsctr was definitely a sweet touch. Always enjoy seeing our buddies do their thang! The hometown heroes dreaming it up in the U.S. but still always connected to their roots!
It’s wonderful to see how they grow on stage, always introducing new ways to share the oldies and those classic hits. The evolution is real and a pleasure to experience. It was the first time they opened up all three floors of Hammerson Hall to a packed house. Very great!
Most importantly - Big love to my lady @steffanndd the best person to share this time and space with. 🌹❤️ Love you! Twas a swell time 💯
-Sol
#romanticthrashers
#thedreamboats
#thelivingartscentre
Xtremely huge CONGRATS to @actionfigurecomiccon for your 1st event! 🔥 Big love to my cousin @dcouto79 & my girl @steffanndd - The debute of our mod squad: @actionfigursyndicate X @romanticthrashers x @cargoxlegends was very successful! We Moved tons of Figs, shirts, books & customs!
We’re looking forward to the next mission. 🧨
Special thanks to all our customers, friends, visitors and fellow sellers for the sales, convos & great time.
Cheers for the follows & the appreciation.
Much love 💙💛
#cargoxlegends
#romanticthrashers
#actionfiguresyndicate
#avtionfigurecomiccon
#japanesecanadianculturalcentre
River Phoenix Scorpio Rising Moon in Taurus x Thom Yorke Scorpio Mercury Venus 🖤
I would shape myself into your pocket
Invisible
Do what you want
Do what you want
I will shrink and I would disappear
I would slip into the groove
And cut me off
And cut me off
There’s an empty space inside my heart
Where the weeds take root
So now I’ll set you free
I’ll set you free
Slowly we unfurl
As lotus flowers
‘Cause all I want is the moon upon a stick
Just to see what if
Just to see what it is
I can’t kick the habit
Just to feed your fast ballooning head
Listen to your heart
...
#riverphoenix #thomyorke #radiohead #fullmoon #taurus #scorpio #8thhouse #astrology #enlightement #ego #letgo
10.19.25 • Big Birthday 41st shoutout this week to mi lady @steffanndd ❤️ Had a wonderful weekend with lots of fun and adventures. Including the Tim Burton experience! Amazing detail and great acting !
My special person! Our love grows on the daily. Such an honest, caring heart & gentle soul. Visionary eye and deeply passionate for the ones you love, while protective of your heart. After knowing you for 20+ years - I didn’t realize your birthday landed on the anniversary of a personally huge album favorite.
Hahaha but I guess that’s to be expected because you truly mystify me continually. ✨
Happy Birthday 🦦💋
