Ouch

Let's hope The Dudes are in for a better 2010. The Calgary rockers are coming off a particularly painful year.

Frontman Dan Vacon fell off a bike and broke one side of his collar bone, then skiied into a tree and broke the other. Drummer Scott Ross lost some teeth in his own bike accident, then smashed his kneecaps when he was dragged by a cab in a separate mishap.

Lesson? Don't title your latest album Bloods Guts Bruises Cuts unless you're ready for the consequences.

If you're willing to put your own life at risk, the injury-prone Dudes will perform Saturday, Feb. 6 at the Pawn Shop. Tickets are $12 plus service charges. On sale: Friday, Dec. 18 at Ticketmaster, Blackbyrd and Megatunes.

On the plus side, The Dudes recently won CBC Radio 3's Bucky Award for best off-stage performance. (Video posted above.) You can download one of the band's tracks, Pretty Lies, from their website.