In order to keep the new Helix product in stores, five new studio tracks were recorded and released in 1998 on half-ALIVE , produced by Daryl Gray, which compiled these with live tracks from previous tours. Vollmer also released compilations of hits and rare tracks, as well as his first…
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In April 1997, IME’s management company announced that Edwin would be leaving the band. From that point on, the band mentioned that Jag Tanna wrote the majority of its music (during jams with his brother and Gordon), that Chris Tanna wrote all of the lyrics, and that Edwin had no…
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After high school, the band moved to Toronto with Darren Dumas joining as lead singer in 1997 as his original band was teetering on a breakup.
The band’s first full-length album, No Worries , released in 1997, was recorded at the famous “Le Studio Morin-Heights” and produced by Rod Shearer. The studio was best known for producing beloved Canadian rock band – Rush, Quebec pop sensation – Celine Dion, and international mega artists such as April…
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Over the years Reset participated in five Canadian tours and three American tours, the 1997, 2000 and 2006 Vans Warped Tour in North America. Reset has played with bands such as Green Day , MxPx , NOFX , Pennywise , Millencolin , Lagwagon , Face to Face , Strung Out…
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In 1997, the band changed its name to Finger Eleven, which came from a demo of their song “Thin Spirits”.
During this time, the band went through hundreds of demo tapes, all the while maintaining the tour schedule and dealing with the aforementioned business issues. One tape, sent in by Brian Byrne , was instantly thrown in the trash, until former Slik Toxik drummer Neal Busby , who was briefly…
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The band was formed in 1997 in Winnipeg , Manitoba by John K. Samson , after he left the punk band Propagandhi to start a publishing company. Samson joined bassist John P. Sutton and drummer Jason Tait of Red Fisher, another band from Winnipeg’s punk scene, and created The Weakerthans…
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The band’s debut album, Fallow , was released in 1997 on G7 Welcoming Committee Records , and garnered positive reviews from Canadian music critics. Guitarist Stephen Carroll , formerly of Painted Thin , subsequently joined the band, and Left and Leaving was released in 2000.
1997’s Maybe It’s Me was the band’s major label debut. Palter recorded drums for only a few tracks, and, after Nori considered recording the rest of the drums himself, session drummer Mike Levesque stepped in. The album featured a more polished, commercial sound than the band’s earlier albums, and launched…
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