Slowburn (band)

Slowburn was a Canadian alternative rock band best known for the 1996 song "Whatever" from their self-titled album released on the Handsome Boy label. The video directed by Ulf Buddensieck from the second single from the album, "Hit the Ground", was nominated for a Much Music Best Independent Video award.

Formed in Vancouver, Slowburn consisted of lead singer and rhythm guitarist Cliff Boyd, drummer Robert Watkins, lead guitarist Charles Boname, and bassist Chris Pollon (who replaced original bassist Tim Graham). The original name for the band was Catherine Wheel, however because there was already a band with the same name, they chose Slowburn before the release of their debut album "Sparked" in 1994. ^{[http://www.seemagazine.com/Issues/1997/970417/mus2.html] [http://www.ffwdweekly.com/Issues/1997/0522/mus5.html]}

After the band broke up, Charles Boname attended the British Columbia Institute of Technology and graduated in June 2001. He became a network administrator and specializes in Microsoft Servers.