Walk off the Earth was formed in 2006 in Burlington, Ontario , Canada. The band began releasing music independently and created a variety of cover versions of songs including The Gregory Brothers . In early 2012, the band’s live cover of Gotye ‘s ” Somebody That I Used to Know ” on YouTube gathered over 175 million views in a mere four months, receiving positive reviews from both Gotye and his co-singer on the song, Kimbra . The band released an accompanying video in which all five members are shown playing on the same guitar simultaneously. The production was taken from the 26th cut of a 14-hour session. Ellen DeGeneres featured the band on her January 23, 2012, show where they played live, again on one guitar; the group was also included in YouTube Rewind 2012 “Rewind YouTube Style 2012″, doing a part of its one-guitar acoustic version of ” Gangnam Style “.
Formed in Burlington
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