Pony Da Look was an

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band from

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. The band members were Temple Bates (composer/keyboards/vocals), Amy Bowles (lyrics/vocals/keyboards), Catherine Stockhausen (keyboards/vocals), and Rob Gordon (drums). Former members include Rebecca Mendoza (drums). Their music combined heavy drum beats, raw keyboard riffs and forceful vocals with unconventional lyrics."Pony Da Look Toronto, ON February 10"
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''Exclaim!'', By I. Khider May 01, 2002

History

Bates, Bowles, and Mendoza came together as Pony Da Look and released their first self-titled album in 2001. Tara Azzopardi and Megan Dunlop also played with them in 2001. With the addition of Stockhausen on keyboard, they followed it up with ''The Forcefield Weakens'' in 2003."Pony Da Look Shatter Dimensions With New Album"
''Chart Attack'' - Apr 29, 2008 After Mendoza and Sloan's

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celebrated the birth of their child in 2007, Pony Da Look signed to Sloan's label

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and released ''Shattered Dimensions'' in 2008. Mendoza left the band and was replaced on drums by Rob Gordon. Pony Da Look continued to perform in the Toronto area until 2011. Bowles and Bates are painters who continue to exhibit regularly, Mendoza is a modern dancer and choreographer and Stockhausen is a TV producer and photographer. Bowles served as one of the inspirations for the character Envy in '' Scott Pilgrim v the World''.Edgar Wright's A Fistful Of Fingers: once upon a time in the West Country
by Nick De Semlyen. ''Empire''. 18 Nov 2015. Accessed 30 Nov 2018.

Studio albums

*2001: ''Pony Da Look'' *2003: ''The Forcefield Weakens'' *2008: ''Shattered Dimensions''

References

External links

Pony Da Look
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