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Underground Operations
Underground Operations was an independent punk rock record label based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Established in 1995, the label was originally based in Ajax, Ontario. Operated by Mark Spicoluk, former Closet Monster member and former bass player for Avril Lavigne, this label was one of the most successful independent labels in Canada. Spicoluk started the label when he was 16 years of age. Underground Operations shut down on December 2, 2016. Bands * Abandon All Ships * The Artist Life * Aspirations * Bombs Over Providence * Closet Monster * Chad Michael Stewart/ Machete Avenue * Dead Letter Dept * Dean Lickyer * Diemonds * Hands & Teeth * Heart Attack Kids * The Holly Springs Disaster * Hostage Life * I Hate Sally * Kathleen Turner Overdrive * Kingdoms * Lights * Marilyn's Vitamins * Means * Protest the Hero * Rob Moir * Skynet * These Silhouettes Discography * 1999: Closet Monster – '' A Fight for What Is Right'' * 2000: Closet Monster – '' Where the Fu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warner Music Group
Warner Music Group Corp., commonly abbreviated as WMG, is an American Multinational corporation, multinational entertainment and record label Conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It is one of the "Record label#Major labels, big three" recording companies and the third-largest in the global music industry, after Universal Music Group (UMG) and Sony Music Entertainment (SME). Formerly owned by Time Warner (later called WarnerMedia and its successor is Warner Bros. Discovery), the company sold WMG in 2004 to a group of private investors led by Edgar Bronfman Jr., in a move to alleviate Time Warner's debt load related to its merger with AOL. WMG was publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange from 2005 until 2011, when it announced its privatization and sale to Access Industries. It later had its second IPO on Nasdaq in 2020, once again becoming a public company. As of 2025, Access Industries remains the company's largest shareholder, owning 72% ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chad Michael Stewart
Machete Avenue is a Canadian indie rock duo from London, Ontario, composed of lead vocalist Chad Michael Stewart and keyboardist Scott Parker. History Stewart, from St. Thomas, and Parker, from London (also known as Scotty Scheid), formed Machete Avenue in 2005. They began performing in London and in the Toronto area, and later that year the pair released an EP, ''The First Cuts''. The tracks consisted of vocals, keyboard and acoustic guitar. Machete Avenue took part in Guelph's Wakestock festival in 2007, and won London Music Awards in 2007 and 2008. A second album, "Machete Avenue", was released in 2008. A percussionist, Vince Jerzy, joined the group in 2008. The band performed and recorded together ''UWO Gazette'', 28/11/2006 until early 2009, after w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rob Moir (musician)
Robert Daniel Moir, known as Rob Moir, is a Canadian songwriter, guitarist, poet, and singer. Early life and education Moir was born and raised in Toronto Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a p ..., Ontario. Career Moir began writing and performing music in his early teens. His first band The Stiffs began playing shows in 1995. After renaming themselves Dead Letter Dept., the band released their debut full length ''Rock'n'Roll Hates You'' in 2005 and participated in Underground Operations' Unity Tour. Following the break up of Dead Letter Dept., Moir began touring and writing personal, acoustic based songs. In December 2010, he independently released his first solo EP entitled ''This Is The Lie'' with backing band The Great Lates. In support of this album he toured North ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Protest The Hero
Protest the Hero is a Canadian progressive metal band from Whitby, Ontario. Originally named Happy Go Lucky, the band changed their name to Protest the Hero, then released their debut EP, '' Search for the Truth'', in 2002. In 2005, the band released their first album '' Kezia'' on Canadian indie label Underground Operations. On January 23, 2006, the band signed with Vagrant Records for ''Kezias American release on April 4, 2006. Their second album, ''Fortress'' was released by Underground Operations in Canada and by Vagrant Records worldwide on January 29, 2008. The band released their third studio album, '' Scurrilous'', on March 22, 2011. Expressing frustrations with record labels, in January of 2013 the band announced that they would crowdfund their fourth album. The Indiegogo campaign was a runaway success, and the independently-released '' Volition'' debuted on October 29, 2013, distributed with the help of Razor & Tie. In October of 2015, the band announced that the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Means (band)
Means was a Canadian post-hardcore and melodic hardcore band from Regina, Saskatchewan. History The band was formed in 2001 under the name of Means 2 An End as a three-piece by main-songwriter and lyricist Matt Goud. They were originally from the small city of Dauphin, Manitoba. In 2003, they relocated to Regina, Saskatchewan. They eventually integrated elements of hardcore into their sound and dropped "2 An End" from their name. It was around this time, in 2005, that original bassist Blair Roberts quit to pursue a family. He was replaced by Dylan Johnstone, formerly of Yorkton, Saskatchewan hardcore group Statement of Service. They remained a three-piece until mid-2006 when Wells joined so Johnstone could switch to lead vocals. This era of the band saw them switch to a mainly metalcore sound inspired by Shai Hulud and Misery Signals. The group toured in the US and Canada, and was featured in the June 2007 issue of ''Alternative Press Alternative press may refer to: Individua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marilyn's Vitamins
Marilyn's Vitamins were a Canadian punk rock band formed in 1995 from Orangeville, Ontario, Canada, playing their last show December 28, 1999 in Toronto, Ontario. In those near-five years they released two albums on Raw Energy and 7"s on Ductape, and Ugly Pop Vinyl. A posthumous collection was released on Underground Operations in 2003. The band consisted of Rob Moir (guitar), Danny Complex (guitar/vocals), Colin Lichti (vocals), Adam Cook (bass/vocals), Jeff Breen (guitar), Kristoffer Wood (bass) and Shawn Dickey (drums). Members of the band went on to form Bombs Over Providence, Hostage Life and Dead Letter Dept. Their lyrics mainly dealt with various political issues of the time. Members * Jeff Breen (AKA "Jeff Obnoxious") * Dan Christopher (AKA "Danny Complex") * Adam Cook (AKA "Adam Purile") * Shawn Dickey (AKA "Dick Teenager") * Colin Lichti (AKA "Colin Vitamin", Colin Ridiculouspunkpseudonym) * Rob Moir (AKA Rob Stiff, Rob Potential) * Kris Wood (AKA "Wooder") Dis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lights (musician)
Lights Valerie Anne Poxleitner-Bokan (born Valerie Anne Poxleitner; April 11, 1987), known Mononymous person, mononymously as Lights (previously stylized in all caps), is a Canadian musician, singer, comic book author and artist, and songwriter. Her debut album, ''The Listening (Lights album), The Listening'' (2009), included the singles "Drive My Soul" and "Saviour (Lights song), Saviour". Her second album, ''Siberia (Lights album), Siberia'', which featured the single "Toes (Lights song), Toes", was released in 2011. Her work has earned multiple Canadian Independent Music Awards, and Juno Awards including Juno Award for Pop Album of the Year, Pop Album of the Year for her third album ''Little Machines'', which included the single "Up We Go", and fourth album ''Skin & Earth'', in 2015 and 2018, respectively. Lights' fifth studio album, ''Pep (album), Pep'', was released in 2022. Her newest record ''A6'' was released May 2, 2025. Biography 1987–2007: early years Lights was b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdoms (band)
Kingdom commonly refers to: * A monarchic state or realm ruled by a king or queen. ** A monarchic chiefdom, represented or governed by a king or queen. * Kingdom (biology), a category in biological taxonomy Kingdom may also refer to: Arts and media Television * ''Kingdom'' (British TV series), a 2007 British television drama starring Stephen Fry * ''Kingdom'' (American TV series), a 2014 US television drama starring Frank Grillo * ''Kingdom'' (South Korean TV series), a 2019 South Korean television series *'' Kingdom: Legendary War'', a 2021 South Korean television series * Kingdom (Friday Night Lights), an episode of the TV series Friday Night Lights * "Kingdom" (''Runaways''), an episode of ''Runaways'' Music * Kingdom (group), a South Korean boy band * ''Kingdom'' (Koda Kumi album), 2008 * ''Kingdom'' (Bilal Hassani album), 2019 * ''Kingdom'' (Covenant Worship album), 2014 * ''Kingdoms'' (Life in Your Way album), 2011 * ''Kingdoms'' (Broadway album), 2009 * ''Kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Hate Sally
I Hate Sally was a heavy metal/post-hardcore band from Ontario, Canada. It was formed in 2000 in Kingston, Ontario by Marc Garniss, Ben Thomas and Kelly Payne. Biography After numerous line-up changes the band finally had a consistent and solid line-up, this being Marc Garniss, Ben Thomas, Nick Stecz and Dan Vokey. With this line-up they started touring and writing songs that would later be released on I Hate Sally's 2004 debut ''Sickness of the Ages''. 2005 brought the return of former bassist Dee Prescott back on for vocal duties. With Dee in the line-up, I Hate Sally began recording an EP entitled ''The Plague'' which was also released in 2005. In late 2005 Ben Thomas left the band after having issues with the band members. After Ben's departure, I Hate Sally considered starting a new band with the 4 remaining members, but instead decided to continue on as a four-piece I Hate Sally. In the spring of 2006 ''Don't Worry Lady'' was recorded, and after its completion drummer Nick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hostage Life
Hostage Life were a Canadian punk band from Toronto. History Formed in 2002, Hostage Life released its first EP, ''Sing for the Enemy'' on Toronto's independent punk rock label, Underground Operations, home to such bands as Closet Monster and Protest The Hero. The band's second album on the same label, titled Walking Papers, received positive criticism from reviewers, and the first single, "This Song Was Written By A Committee" achieved widespread radio-play on Toronto's alternative music radio station, CFNY. Lead singer Colin Lichti was the frontman for Brampton, Ontario band Marylin's Vitamins. More recently, they played at the SCENE Music Festival in St. Catharines, Ontario (a festival which was host to bands such as Alexisonfire, City And Colour, and The Salads, among others), as well as Toronto's Wakestock 2006, with the likes of Social Code, Boys Night Out, No Use for a Name and Sloan. They played their last show on November 20, 2009 at Sneaky Dee's. While rumours ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Holly Springs Disaster
The Holly Springs Disaster was a Canadian metalcore band formed in 2005 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. History They toured Canada numerous times to support their self-released eponymous EP (colloquially known as ''The Home Alone EP'') before collaborating with producer Zach Ohren to record their second EP, ''Motion Sickness Love''. The release was issued on September 18, 2007 by Canadian record label Underground Operations. After the release, THSD did a cross-country tour (Tour and Loathing) with Protest the Hero and All That Remains. Tour and Loathing marked the band's first time stopping to play east coast dates. The Holly Springs Disaster later debuted new material when they played The Reverb during Canadian Music Week 2008. At the end of 2008 the band supported Cancer Bats on their Canadian dates and in early 2009 the Holly Springs Disaster headlined dates across Canada with A Textbook Tragedy, Baptized in Blood, Sights & Sounds and more. Departure of Michael Froh On Apri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diemonds
Diemonds is a Canadian hard rock band formed in 2006 in Toronto and fronted by Priya Panda. History ''In the Rough'' ''Diemonds'' independently released their debut EP ''In the Rough'' in October 2008. Diemonds subsequently toured Canada and the United States heavily and played with bands like L.A. Guns, Faster Pussycat, John Corabi, Teenage Head, Rough Trade, and New York's Semi Precious Weapons. ''In the Rough'' was later re-released on limited edition cassette. ''The Bad Pack'' On August 10, 2012 it was announced that Diemonds had signed with Toronto based independent punk rock record label, Underground Operations. The announcement also came with the news that the long-awaited full-length debut from Diemonds, ''The Bad Pack'', would be released via Underground Operations with distribution through Universal Music Canada on October 2, 2012. ''The Bad Pack'' was recorded with Jon Drew (Fucked Up, Tokyo Police Club). Underground Operations president and founder Mark Spicoluk co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
