The Perpetrators are a Canadian

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formed in 1999 in

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, Canada. The band was nominated for a 2006 Juno Award in the Blues Album of the Year category for '' The Gas and the Clutch''.

History

Currently they are J "Howik" Nowicki (guitar, vocals), Ken "KMac" McMahon (drums, vocals) and John "Josco" Scoles (bass, vocals). Their best known songs include "Six Pack" and "She Lets Me Know". Past members include Ryan Menard, Scotty Hills, Chris "MAMA" Bauer, Chris Carmichael and Chris Saywell (also of the D.Rangers). They have played back up for

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, George "Wild Child" Butler, Jim Byrnes, Kenny Brown, and

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, as well as recording with

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winners

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and

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. The band was a 2006

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recipient for Outstanding Blues Album. The Perpetrators have also been nominated for a

and for ''Electric Act of the Year'' at the Toronto Blues Society's Ninth Annual

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. On January 25, 2007, The Perpetrators released a new single on

radio stations titled "You're Gonna Kill Me" for their new album titled ''

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''. The album was released in April 2007 and was nominated for two 2008 Western Canadian Music Awards - best blues and best independent recordings. In the fall of 2008, their fourth album, recorded live at their home base, the High & Lonesome Club, was released just before they undertook their fourth

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an tour, with Scotty Hills behind the

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. Nowicki currently performs regularly with

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. McMahon and Menard perform with a variety of acts. The Perpetrators continue to play shows in and around Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and occasionally tour as the members' schedules permit.

Discography

Albums

* '' The Perpetrators'' (2003) * '' The Gas and the Clutch'' (2005, WCMA Blues album of the year) * ''

'' (2007) * ''Live at the High & Lonesome Club'' (2008) * '' Stick Em Up'' (2013)

Compilations

* ''Winnipeg: The High & Lonesome Years, Vol. I'' and ''Vol. III'' (2002 and 2004) * ''Guess Who's Home'' (tribute to

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) (2005) * ''We Best Choose to Pick the Blues'' (tribute to Big Dave McLean) (2005)

References

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