- Dunk (band)
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Dunk Origin Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada Genres Pop Rock Years active 1999–???? Labels Sony Associated acts Starkicker Past members Doug Boudreau
Ben Dunk
Nick Dunk
Tawgs SalterDunk was a Canadian pop-rock band from Niagara Falls, Ontario, best known for their 2000 Canadian top-30 single "Crowdsurfing".
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History
Starkicker
The group formed after the Dunk brothers dissolved their earlier project Starkicker a few years prior. Starkicker achieved two Canadian hits with the songs "Get Up" and "Neil Armstrong" from their only album, 1996's Beach Music.
Beach Music was a top-30 Canadian Campus Radio Chart hit in the late summer and fall of 1996.[1]
The first single from the album, "Get Up" entered the RPM Rock/Alternative 30 charts at #30 on July 22, 1996, and stayed on the chart for 10 weeks, peaking at #10 the week of August 26.[2]
"Neil Armstrong" enjoyed even greater success, debuting on the RPM Top 100 singles chart on October 14, 1996 at #98.[3] The song peaked at #26 in December of that year[4] and stayed on the chart for 11 weeks.[5]
Dunk
Dunk's first single "Crowdsurfing" was a hit in May 2000, debuting and peaking on the RPM Rock/Alternative chart at #18.[6] It stayed on the chart for 9 weeks. No other singles from the 1999 Time To Fly album charted.
Post-Breakup
As of 2006 Ben Dunk was the co-owner of Sound Of Pop, the Toronto-based publishing, label and management firm.[7]
Discography
Dunk released one album on Sony Records in 1999 titled Time To Fly. The album featured the hit single "Crowdsurfing".
References
- ^ Campus Radio Chart For September 24, 1996
- ^ RPM Magazine Rock/Alternative - Volume 64, No. 2, August 26 1996
- ^ Top Singles - Volume 64, No. 9, October 14, 1996
- ^ Top Singles - Volume 64, No. 18, December 16 1996
- ^ Top Singles - Volume 64, No. 21, January 27 1997
- ^ Rock/Alternative - Volume 70, No. 26, May 01 2000
- ^ ole/Sound Of Pop's Ben Dunk Expands His Horizons
Categories:- Musical groups established in 1999
- Canadian indie rock groups
- Musical groups from the Niagara Region
- Canadian musical group stubs
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