- The Meligrove Band
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The Meligrove Band Origin Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Genres Indie rock Years active 1997–present Labels Last Gang Records
Nevado Records
V2 Records
We Are Busy Bodies
Endearing Records
Ductape RecordsAssociated acts By Divine Right
Femme Fatale
The Bicycles
SportsWebsite http://meligroveband.com Members Jason Nunes
Darcy Rego
Michael Small
Brian O'ReillyPast members Rick Gomes
Andrew ScottThe Meligrove Band is a Canadian indie rock band, based in Toronto, and consisting of Jason Nunes on vocals, guitar and piano, Darcy Rego on vocals and drums, Brian O'Reilly on guitar and synthesizer, and Michael Small on bass guitar.
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History
The band was formed in 1997 by Nunes, Small and Rego, when the three attended Father Michael Goetz Secondary School in Mississauga, Ontario. Their first public performance was in March 1998 at Club Shanghai in Toronto.[1] The band pressed a demo cassette in May 1998, and its first album, Stars & Guitars, was released by Ductape Records in April 2000. Original drummer Rick Gomes departed in June 2001,[2] and the band stayed a trio (with singer-guitarist Rego permanently moving to drums) until the release of their second album, Let it Grow on Endearing Records in October 2002.
Andrew Scott joined in October 2002, months before his former band, Femme Fatale, ceased touring. Scott's bandmates in Femme Fatale included Sebastien Grainger and Jesse F. Keeler, who later rose to prominence together as Death from Above 1979. Although the Meligrove Band's sound has been compared to Sloan by some Canadian critics, Scott is not the same person as Sloan's Andrew Scott. His last show as a member of the band was in September 2007 in London, but he has occasionally appeared with them as a guest since.
In 2003, Nunes, Small and Rego appeared in Joel Plaskett Emergency's Come On Teacher music video, playing Plaskett's high school posse. In 2004, the band appeared as themselves on an episode of the teen comedy Radio Free Roscoe.
In early 2005, Small played briefly together with Jessie Stein and Owen Pallett in SS Cardiacs, a predeccessing band of The Luyas.
In summer 2005, The Meligrove Band became the first Canadian group signed to V2 Records,[3] who released Planets Conspire in the United Kingdom, Canada, Taiwan, Scandinavia and Finland in 2006. Planets Conspire was featured as Rough Trade Shops' Album of the Month for April 2006, and in Canada it reached #2 on the national campus radio chart.[4]
The band's 2010 release, Shimmering Lights, was released 21 September 2010 by Nevado Records in Canada and Last Gang Records in the United States, and reached #1 on CBC Radio 3 in late October.[5]
A documentary entitled Ages & Stages: The Story of the Meligrove Band will be released in the summer of 2011. The film includes interviews with more than 35 other Canadian bands and music industry personalities including Joel Plaskett, Tokyo Police Club, Born Ruffians, Fucked Up, The Arkells, The Most Serene Republic and Sebastien Grainger.
The Meligrove Band song "Bones Attack!!" is used as the theme song for TV show The Basketball Jones.
Discography
Albums
- 2000: Stars & Guitars (Ductape Records)
- 2002: Let it Grow (Endearing Records)
- 2006: Planets Conspire (V2 Records / We Are Busy Bodies)
- 2010: Shimmering Lights (Last Gang Records / Nevado Records)
7" Singles
- 2006: Everyone's a Winner (V2 Records; United Kingdom only)
- 2010: Halflight (Nevado Records; Canada only)
Cassettes
- 1998: The Meligrove Band EP (independent)
Compilation appearances
- 1999: Music to Fall Asleep By (Ductape Records)
- 2001: Songs in Motion (Hasil Records)
- 2003: Underpin Collective #1 (Underpin Collective)
- 2003: Recordings from CKLN's Wired for Sound, 2001-2002 (My Mean Magpie)
- 2003: Food for Thought vol. 1 (The Food and Shelter Project)
- 2004: Function Magazine (Ryerson University School of Image Arts)
- 2005: Queen Aritzia (M1 Group)
- 2006: Doormat Records Remembers the Low-Five (Doormat Records)
- 2006: Brit Rock Best (a collection of V2 Records artists, released in Korea only)
- 2007: Friends in Bellwoods (Out of This Spark)
- 2007: Everything's Gone Green original soundtrack (Lakeshore Records)
- 2008: Songs for the Gang: Thrush Hermit Tribute (Gooseberry Records)
- 2011: Last Gang Records: The Collector's Edition, Volume 7 (Last Gang Records)
References
- ^ [1] "Meligrove Band :: All Shows" Retrieved 22 June 2011.
- ^ Chartattack Staff. The Meligrove Band Goes Spinal Tap' "Chart Attack". 10 July 2001.
- ^ McDonald, Neil. The Meligrove Band Sign To V2 Records, Tour Ontario' "Soulshine". 8 November 2005.
- ^ Burland, Chris. Clap Your Hands Say #1!' "Chart Attack". 02/07/2010.
- ^ Norris, Craig. The R3-30 Podcast: Chart 215' "CBC Radio 3". Retrieved 22 June 2011.
External links
- Official website
- The Meligrove Band on MySpace
- The Meligrove Band on Facebook
- The Meligrove Band on CBC NewMusicCanada
- The Meligrove Band on V2 Music
Media
- The Meligrove Band In Session at CBC Radio 3
- Everyone's a Winner music video (2006)
- Our Love Will Make the World Go Round music video (2008)
- Before We Arrive music video (2003)
Interviews and Press
Categories:- Canadian indie rock groups
- Musical groups from Peel Region
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