The band was discovered when Brad Roberts recorded a demo of his original songs and sent the demo tape to a producer of a Canadian music festival. From there, the tape was passed on to A&R people in Canada, which led to a bidding war. After signing with BMG Records…
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Produced by John Leckie and mixed by Leckie and engineer Gareth Cousins, These Days , released in 1991, found the band experimenting with a harder rock sound, and spawned the band’s highest-charting singles, “I Am Here” and “You May Be Right”. It received the 1992 CASBY Award for Favourite Album,…
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The band received its first Canadian top-40 hit with a version of Bruce Cockburn ‘s ” Lovers in a Dangerous Time “, recorded for the 1991 tribute album Kick at the Darkness . Its growing popularity also generated controversy when Toronto mayor June Rowlands prevented the group from performing at…
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Chris Murphy was introduced to Jay Ferguson through Matt Murphy in 1986. The three played together in a band called “The Deluxe Boys”. The group disbanded in 1987 and Ferguson and Murphy formed the band Kearney Lake Rd. with Henri Sangalang in October of that year. In 1989, Murphy met…
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By 1991, Lalonde and Betts had left the band, and were replaced by Steve Webster (from Billy Idol ‘s band) on bass, and Jorn Anderson (from Fludd and Alannah Myles ) on drums. The band returned to the studio to craft Monsters Under the Bed with Paul Northfield producing and…
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In 1991, they released their debut album, Shakespeare My Butt , on Page Publications . The album featured songs they had already performed and toured for several years as Popular Front. Hawkins’s songs were filled with lyrics about Marxism and the Spanish Civil War , but also contained many references…
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On February 8, 1991, Sloan played their first concert at an art show at NSCAD University. Murphy and Pentland switched roles shortly after, with Pentland now playing guitar and Murphy playing bass. Through a battle of the bands-type gig, the band earned a spot on the DTK Records compilation Here…
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The band was formed by Ron Hawkins , Stephen Stanley and David Alexander, all members of the band Popular Front, as a side project at a time when their other band was going through internal tensions that eventually led to its breakup. While performing as a trio in folk clubs,…
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On October 6, 1991, the band reunited again to join fellow rockers Bryan Adams , Colin James , Chrissy Steele, and Bill Henderson of Chilliwack at a benefit show at Vancouver’s 86 Street Music Hall to raise over $50,000 for Henderson’s former bandmate, Brian MacLeod , who was fighting cancer…
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The band was on the verge of breaking up when a German promoter offered them a contract to tour Europe. Cheetah quit the band after this tour and was replaced by Dom Pompeo, with whom they recorded their fourth LP Exile from Floontown . Released in 1991 (on CD, unlike…
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