Prozzäk

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Name = Prozzäk
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Origin = Toronto, Canada
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Genre = Pop Music, Alternative rock
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Years_active = 1998–2006
Label = Sony Music (Canada) Hollywood Records (USA)
MapleMusic Recordings (Canada)
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Current_members = James McCollum Jason Levine
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Prozzäk was a pop music side project by two members of the Canadian band The Philosopher Kings, James McCollum and Jason Levine, conceived as a lighthearted mockery of their own romantic troubles. They created the characters of Simon, who sang in a mock-European accent about his failed romances, and Milo, who was his best friend and mentor in his search for true love; they starred together in a number of popular animated music videos. Their greatest success came after their hit song, "Sucks To Be You".

Their first two albums did respectably well in Canada, but "Cruel, Cruel World" was virtually ignored. The band was no longer signed to a major record label, therefore the album received little, if any, promotion. Simon and Milo's image changed for "Cruel, Cruel World"; the duo becoming more melancholy.

They have released four CDs: "Hot Show" (1998), "Saturday People" (2000), Ready Ready Set Go (2002), and "Cruel Cruel World" (2005). "Ready Ready Set Go" was a mix of the first two with one new song "Get A Clue" made for the Disney Channel movie of the same name, released under the name Simon & Milo.

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Each song or music video that Prozzäk has created seems to follow a certain storyline. In the "Legend of Simon and Milo" clip, it is revealed that Simon and Milo lived "In a distant time, in a distant place." Countries waged "wars over land and territory," and Simon and Milo were of opposing countries (their official background states them as being from the Isle of Man and Austria, respectively). They engaged in a duel at one point, until a great voice from the sky said to them, "Simon and Milo. You have been chosen. Chosen to live in a time that is not your own. Sentenced to walk the earth in search of true love. Only true love holds the key to your destiny." Simon and Milo were taken to the "present," where Simon continuously searches for true love. But in almost every video, whomever he was in love with breaks up with him. If the "Cruel Cruel World" era still follows this storyline, Simon and Milo must have moved out of their "abandoned castle."

At some point after their major career in the music industry ended, Prozzak performed a child's song for a music video to be aired on The Family Channel and possibly various children's educational channels.

Discography

Albums

*"Hot Show" (November 2 1998)
*"Saturday People" (November 7 2000)
*"Ready Ready Set Go" (April 30 2002)
*"Cruel Cruel World" (November 29 2005)

External links

* [http://www.prozzak.com Official site]
* [http://www.myspace.com/prozzak2005 Prozzäk's Official Myspace]
* [http://www.bandoftheday.com/Prozzak Prozzäk @ Band of the Day]