The Kramdens

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Name = The Kramdens


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Origin = Guelph, Ontario
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Genre = Rock
Years_active = 1990–Present
Label = Sextant Records
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URL = [http://thekramdens.com/ Official Website]
Current_members = Craig Norris
Robert Leader Michael T Plater Findlay Steve Knox Will Kee
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The Kramdens are a five piece band from Guelph, Ontario. Craig Norris (lead vocals, accordion, keyboards), Robert Leader (drums, percussion, vocals), Michael T Plater Findlay (guitar, lap steel, mandolin, vocals), Steve Knox (guitar, banjo, harmonica, vocals) and Will Kee (bass) have been together sixteen years and throughout that time have produced four records.

The band released their first record, ..."semi-stylish", in 1997 which topped many campus radio charts and led to a national TV appearance on CTV’s "E-Now", as well as a showcase slot at the prestigious NXNE Music Festival. Their second record, "Radio For Now", was released in 1999 and garnered stunning reviews as well as gave the band its first airplay on commercial radio, including rotation at CHTZ-FM and CHOM-FM. 2001’s "Quiet Collision", was picked up by Sextant Records, a label with EMI and gained airplay for both singles “Sometimes I Feel” and “Breakwall.” On this CD the band recorded a cover of the New Order song "Love Vigilantes", to which a video was produced.

Appearances on "Canada AM", "Open Mike with Mike Bullard" and a CASBY Awards nomination from CFNY-FM, or Edge 102 for Favourite New Indie Release helped build the band’s national profile. Along with an extensive performing schedule, 2003 saw the European release of "Quiet Collision" by TB Records. The band has spent the past year working on two albums – one, a full-length follow-up to "Quiet Collision", and the other a special limited-release fifteenth anniversary album released in Summer 2005.

October 7, 2008, the band will release its fourth full-length album. This self-titled disc will be released by SunnyLane Records, and features ten new songs. Recorded over an eighteen-month period in the band's own studio, this album showcases a greater depth in songwriting and instrumentation than previous releases. With songs ranging from the familiar roots sound the band has been known for ("More Than I Deserve", "Mary Phelan Hill"), to more introspective, piano and synthesizer coloured ballads ("Winter Lightning", "The Ballad of Charles Lawrence Hannah","Before it Starts"), to brooding and explosive guitar-driven songs ("The Talbot Trail", "Out On The Roman Line"), this album is a significant departure for the band.