In another story of actors wanting to become musicians or musicians wanting to become actors, here comes the tale of Ryan Gosling and his band Dead Man’s Bones.  According to Jam!, my favourite cast member of Breaker High has decided to take a few months off from acting and focus on music.

I suppose he’s earned the chance to do this.  With superb acting performances in The Believer and Half Nelson maybe he can translate that into music.  If you haven’t heard much from his band check this out.  Not much in the way of actual music videos from the band, but you can get a good idea of what they’re about.

I should point out that this isn’t indicative of Canadian music, but I’ll hand it to him and say that at the very least, it’s different.  He and partner Zach Shield sing about zombies with broken hearts and other weird stuff.  Gosling sings and plays guitar and the band is heading out on tour if you want to catch them live.

If Dead Man’s Bones isn’t your thing, you can look for Gosling back on the big screen as he has two movies in editing.  Blue Valentine with Michelle Williams and All Good Things with Kirsten Dunst.

By the way, I know you’re going to watch that whole episode of Breaker High.