High Holy Days is a

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music group based in North Bay The most current lineup consists of

vocalist Singing is the art of creating music with the voice. It is the oldest form of musical expression, and the human voice can be considered the first musical instrument. The definition of singing varies across sources. Some sources define singi ...

Marc Arcand,

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ist Bill MacGregor,

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ist Chris Amey, and

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mer Brian Finner. Former members of the band include Dave Thompson (

ist), Jeremy Galda (

ist), Brian Bird (

mer), Brett Hind (guitarist) and Jason Guindon (

mer).

History

Arcand, MacGregor, Galda, and Guindon began performing together as the Arcand Band in 1998. In 2000 they changed their name to High Holy Days."Celebrate the True North, strong and free"
''Sudbury.com'', BY Tracey DuGuay The band released their debut album '' All My Real Friends'' independently. High Holy Days toured in Canada with Theory of a Deadman in the summer of 2003, and that year signed to

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. Roadrunner re-released ''All My Real Friends'' in March 2004; the album subsequently spawned the Canadian hit singles "All My Real Friends", "The River of Styx" and "The Getaway". The album was also released in the

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in the fall of 2004. In

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MuchMusic aired the videos for ''All My Real Friends'' and ''The Getaway''. In the

the video for ''The Getaway'' aired on Fuse (then MMUSA). In 2005 the band was nominated as "Best New Band" at the Canadian Radio Music Awards. In April 2006, the band spent some time working in a studio in

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, in the United Kingdom, recording tracks for their second album. Inbetween recording sessions they played gigs in Leigh and in The Tavern in Wigan. The completed album, titled ''It's Not OK'', was never officially released. High Holy Days continues to write music and perform in northern Ontario."Cory Marquardt joins headliners at Rock 'n Ribs Music and Ribs Festival"
''Bay Today'', Feb 26, 2016 by: Jeff Turl

Albums

Singles

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:High Holy Days Musical groups established in 1998 Musical groups from Northern Ontario Canadian post-grunge groups Fat Possum Records artists 1998 establishments in Ontario