High Holy Days (band)

High Holy Days (band)

Infobox musical artist
Name = High Holy Days


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Origin = flagicon|Canada Canada
Genre = Post-grunge
Rock
Years_active = 1998 – present
Label = Universal Music Group (2003 - 2006)
Roadrunner Records (2003 - 2006)
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URL = [http://www.highholydaysonline.net/ High Holy Days Online]
Current_members = Marc Arcand
Bill MacGregor
Chris Amey
Brian Bird
Past_members = Dave Thompson
Jeremy Galda
Jason Guindon
Brett Hind

High Holy Days is a Canadian rock band. HHD formed in North Bay, Ontario as the Arcand Band in 1998. In 2000 the name was changed to High Holy Days. The band currently consists of vocalist Marc Arcand, guitarist Bill MacGregor, bassist Chris Amey and drummer Brian Bird. Former members of the band include Dave Thompson (guitarist), Jeremy Galda (bassist), and Jason Guindon (drummer). Another former member was Brett Hind (guitarist). He was not part of the band when "All My Real Friends" was released on Roadrunner Records. When he was a part of the band it contained five members. Bill MacGregor rejoined the lineup with Dave Thompson leaving the band.

Overview

The band released their debut album "All My Real Friends" independently, and subsequently signed to Roadrunner Records in 2003. Roadrunner re-released that album in March 2004. This album subsequently spawned the Canadian hit singles "All My Real Friends", "The River of Styx" and "The Getaway". The album was also released in the United States in the fall of 2004. In Canada MuchMusic aired the videos for "All My Real Friends" and "The Getaway". In the United States the video for "The Getaway" aired on Fuse.

In April 2006, as reported in the "Wigan Evening Post", the band was in Platt Bridge, Wigan, working on their next album. They wanted to get away from Canada and work somewhere quiet, where they were relatively unknown. Whilst working in the studio in Platt Bridge they played gigs in Leigh and in The Tavern in Wigan.

Albums

Singles

External links

* [http://www.highholydaysonline.net/ High Holy Days]

* [http://www.myspace.com/highholydaysonline High Holy Days at Myspace]

References

The dates for the albums in the table came from these sites:
* Indie release: see below
* Universal Release: [http://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0001UQVIY HHD on HMV]
* Roadrunner Release: [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0002ZMIVW HHD on Amazon]

Most of the info for the singles and the release date of the Independent release of "All My Real Friends" came from articles in the "Sudbury Star", accessed through Lexis-Nexis.

The "Wigan Evening Post" article referenced above can be found [http://www.wigantoday.net/ViewArticle.aspx?SectionID=397&ArticleID=1471446 here] .


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