Triumph drummer and vocalist Gil Moore has revealed new details about the legendary Canadian band’s ambitious “mixed reality platform,” a high-tech show in development that will use AI and virtual technology to bring their music back to the stage. In a new interview, he explained that the futuristic production will be purposefully built around the band’s most positive and inspirational anthems to “lift people up” in difficult times.
Speaking with interviewer Jason Saulnier, Moore gave the most detailed update yet on the project, which he has been developing for five years. He described a unique fusion of live and virtual performance.
“One of the things we’re planning… is a mixed reality platform to sort of recreate Triumph with younger musicians and bring out the original bandmembers virtually into it,” he explained, before joking, “And I’ve called it the first six-piece power trio of all time.” He confirmed that the cutting-edge production is not just a concept, stating that it has “some legs and some momentum right now” and that artificial intelligence “is very strongly part of our toolkit.”
Moore emphasized that the show’s narrative and song choices are being carefully constructed around the uplifting themes that have always been a cornerstone of the band’s music, a decision driven by fan feedback.
“The fans have let us know, in no uncertain terms, that the music that resonated the loudest was related to the more positive aspects of our music — positive lyrics, themes like ‘never surrender’,” he said. “I think it’s perhaps a sign of the times, where people feel like the world’s a difficult place. So if you have a lyric like ‘follow your heart’, ‘I can survive’, ‘hold on to your dreams,’ they’re inspirational themes that resonate well right now.”
This project is part of a broader philosophy Moore holds about the role of music in modern society. He sees it as a powerful, unifying force that is more important now than ever.
“There’s a lot of things we’re seeing — bad trends in society, bad trends in in the world, and politics in some circles — and let’s use music as the big gun to bring people together,” he declared. “We’ve always known it can do that, but maybe we have to really circle the wagons… I think there’s a growing awareness among musicians that what they’re doing has a greater importance than it might otherwise seem.”
