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Canadian indie band Sunriser recorded this music video while on a UK tour. Shot in Manchester, the band visits key Mancunian landmarks from Manchester Unitied’s Old Trafford Stadium to the Salford Lads Club made famous by Morrissey and The Smiths. If you look closely you will spot references to famous Manchester bands like Oasis and The Stone Roses as well as Manchester City’s stadium and other famous landmarks.

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Promesse d’Ivrogne - Le HENRI BAND - www.henriband.com
Filmer à la JOURNÉE NATIONALE DES PATRIOTES - Au Spectacle organiser par La Sociétée st-Jean Baptiste de Montréal -SSJB_M - Animateur; Mario St-Amand http://www.henriband.com/music/henri_2_text/texte_henri_2.html

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Canadian roots rock band Elliott Brood headlines a Canada Day celebration in Toronto.

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Looking For Slash Puppet - When The Whip Comes Down Video…

Slash Puppet is a little known Canadian band that made some great music before getting swept under the rug by the grunge invasion.
Formed in Toronto, Ontario by Mif (vocals), Frank Bartoletti (guitar), Lou Garscadden (guitar), Pete Dove (bass) and Franklin Wyles (drums), Slash Puppet would play their debut show on October 1989 at Rock ‘N’ Roll Heaven. In one short year they managed to win the Toronto Music Awards’ “Best Club Act” and are quickly picked up by Rush’s management and signed to a production deal with Sony/Anthem. The band released their first video, “Slow Down”, to MuchMusic in mid-1991 which helped sell over 2500 copies of their independent demo. A year later they were in the studio recording a 6-song EP.
During recording of the EP Slash Puppet went through some changes by being released of their management/label contracts and bringing in new bassist Dave Carreiro. With a second video, “When The Whip Comes Down”, on TV rotation to promote the new self-titled album the band also got a couple of songs included on the soundtrack to the movie Chain Of Command. After winning the “Best Independent Video” at the Los Angeles Area Music Awards the band replaced Garscadden with former Smashed Gladys and Succsexx axe slinger Marcel Lafleur and embarked on a short Canadian tour.
Sensing a musical climate change, Mif announced he was leaving the band to pursue an acting career and Slash Puppet performed four final shows before breaking up. Mif ended up releasing an album with THD in 1996 and Wyles is currently in The Cronics. 2007 saw the release of No Strings Attached, a collection of some of the band’s earliest works.

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’90’s hard rocking’ Canadian indie band Rock Dogs recorded this for the television show ‘Up and Coming’ in 1994. Also added by Much Music the same year. Off their debut self-titled CD.

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Diesel May, opening for Slaughter at Snatch Rock Bar in Calgary, Alberta. February 6, 2008.
Diesel May is an independent Canadian hard rock band from Red Deer, Alberta.

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Orange Quarter’s newest music video “U Turn.”

Check out www.orangequarter.com for more information on Orange Quarter!

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Idea City Conference, Toronto, Ontario.

Since their formation in 1998, Toronto’s Beyond the Pale has emerged as one of the most exciting ensembles in the Canadian klezmer, folk, and world music scenes. Rooted firmly in the spirit and forms of klezmer music, the group flirts with elements of other eastern-European folk styles (Romanian, Roma, Balkan) as well as modern and North American styles (bluegrass, reggae, funk) to forge a unique contemporary sound. Known both for inventive arrangements of traditional material and for compelling original compositions, their music has been described as “post-modern klezmer in all the best senses” and “an altogether original mix” (Victoria Times-Colonist).

The band performs at music festivals, concert theatres, and community and private events, and has toured across Canada and parts of the United States. Their debut CD “Routes” (2001, Borealis Records) has received rave reviews throughout North America and was nominated by the Canadian Independent Music Awards for World Album of the Year, 2001. The group features Eric Stein (mandolin, cimbalom), Martin van de Ven (clarinet), Bogdan Djukic (violin), Milos Popovic (accordion), and Bret Higgins (bass). They are frequently joined by guest vocalists.

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www.2access.ca / “2ACCESS” is a Canadian indie pop band (indie pop - a genre of alternative rock music that originated in the UK, quickly leading to similar revolution in the underground pop in the USA in the mid ’80s).

From its inception, the band’s music has been intended to be, and ever since has been described as, “enjoyable, eloquent, and prevailing indie pop”. Abundant instrumentation, dexterous production and mixing, highly literate and emotional lyrics, and fine, distinctive vocal tones set 2ACCESS apart from other bands in the music markets. The band’s style evolves lately, towards a rather electronic-pop sound, occasionally combining elements of pop/rock opera, ballad, instrumental, or even theatrical.

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The Original X-Men Theme for the old Fox Cartoon remixed and re-recorded hard rock style by Living Illusion. As a special bonus the video footage has some added Ultimate X-Men stills. Enjoy!

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