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Canadian
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indie rock
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band from
Toronto
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,
Ontario
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. The band consisted of vocalist Nirmala Basnayake, guitarists Colwyn Llewellyn-Thomas and Scott Kaija, bassist Ronnie Morris and drummer Jeff Scheven. The band took its name from a song by
Shotmaker
Shotmaker was a Canadian post-hardcore/emo group formed in 1993 by Matt, Tim, and Nick from Belleville and Ottawa, Ontario.
History
Shotmaker's catalogue comprises three 7"s, two full-length LP's and a 12" split EP. There is also a Shotmake ...
.
History
The band formed in 2002, and played their first shows using the name The Prefix. Their rhythmic
post-punk
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style had been compared by critics to
Joy Division
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Sumner and Hook formed the band after att ...
,
The Slits
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and
Public Image Ltd.
Their debut album, ''
History
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'', was released on
Paper Bag Records
Paper Bag Records is a Canadian independent record label, artist-management company, and music publisher founded in 2002 and based in Toronto.
History
The label was created to focus on the Toronto-area indie rock music scene. Initial signings w ...
in 2004.
["Controller.Controller reunites for Wavelength, talk future and that time Bahamas opened for them"]
''Post City'', February 11, 2015. The follow-up album, ''
X-Amounts'', was released October 11, 2005.
Also in 2005, Basnayake participated in Ladeez Quire, an improvisational music show that also featured
Sook-Yin Lee and
Elisha Lim.
After the release of ''X-Amounts'', the band went on a tour around North America and the UK to support the album.
["Ronnie Morris Recovery"]
by Kevin Ritchie May 21, 2015
In October 2006 Basnayake decided to leave the band, and this resulted in its disbanding.
Members Jeff Scheven and Ronnie Morris formed the new band
Lioness with vocalist Vanessa Fischer in 2007,
["controller.controller Have Reunited And It Feels So Good"]
''Noisey
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'', January 8, 2015. while Scott Kaija formed the new band Medallions with vocalist/guitarist John Hunter, drummer Mick Jackson and Daniel Brooks.
[ Basnayake remained an occasional contributor to one-off musical projects, most notably Toronto band Stop Die Resuscitate's 2009 single "Measurements".
The band reunited in February 2015 for a reunion show at Sneaky Dee's, as part of the 15th anniversary of Toronto's influential Wavelength concert series. Shortly thereafter Morris suffered a disabling stroke.]
''Chart Attack'', Richard Trapunski - Sep 16, 2015
Discography
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History
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'' (2004)
*''
X-Amounts'' (2005)
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Music of Canada
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Canadian rock
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List of bands from Canada
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References
External links
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AllMusicGuide Entry
AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databas ...
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Musical groups established in 2002
Musical groups disestablished in 2006
Canadian indie rock groups
Musical groups from Toronto
Paper Bag Records artists
2002 establishments in Ontario
2006 disestablishments in Ontario