Completed their first full-length album

In January 1994, they completed their first full-length album, which cost $3,000 Canadian dollars. The album was titled Silver and released independently on February 8, 1994. After MuchMusic began playing the music video for Moist’s lead single ” Push ” in medium rotation, the album sold almost 6,000 records within six weeks. By March 1994, the band signed with EMI Music Canada . The Silver album went on to sell 400,000 copies in Canada on the strength of the singles “Push”, “Silver”, “Believe Me”, and “Machine Punch Through”. The band was also successful internationally in the United Kingdom, Germany, and Thailand. That year the band continued to tour around Canada. In 1995, the band won the Juno Award for ” Best New Group “. That same year, the band also played the Molson Ice Polar Beach Party, a private concert in Tuktoyaktuk , Northwest Territories . Metallica headlined the concert with Hole and Veruca Salt also appearing.