Biography

Mike Bond and Ben Ong formed the band in 2005, and later added Tony Salomone and Nik Must to round out the foursome. Bocce has toured throughout Canada and played several music festivals including Pop Montreal

Pop Montreal

Pop Montreal is an annual music festival occurring in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in the early fall, usually at the end of September or the beginning of October. More than 400 acts are scheduled to play in more than 50 venues across the city, mostly located in the Mile End area...

, Hillside Inside, LOLA

London Ontario Live Arts Festival

The London Ontario Live Arts Festival also known as LOLA fest, takes place every year in London, Ontario Canada, the third week of September, in its downtown core. The festival is not a music festival but a hugely imaginative live arts festival from well-known and emerging artists...

 and Canadian Music Week

Canadian Music Week

Canadian Music Week is an industry conference and music festival held over four days in various venues throughout Toronto, Ontario, Canada.-History:...

. Their first EP, Hi Birdbear, was released in 2006 to positive reviews in the Canadian press and reached #9 on Earshot!'s Canadian
campus and community radio charts. Bocce released a limited edition EP, …Should Be an Olympic Sport, in 2008 and remixed several Canadian artists including You Say Party! We Say Die!

You Say Party! We Say Die!

You Say Party was a Canadian five piece dance-punk band from Abbotsford, British Columbia. Their album Hit the Floor! was released in September 2005, and the band recently completed their second Canadian tour, an appearance at South by Southwest and a tour of the United States, before touring the...

's "Poison" and Slow Hand Motem's "Mathemagical" in the year following. In Spring 2010, Bocce released their first full length album, Disambiguation, both as a physical disc and as a Pay what you can

Pay what you can

Pay what you can is a non-profit or for-profit business model which does not depend on set prices for its goods, but instead asks customers to pay what they feel the product or service is worth to them. It is often used as a promotional tactic, but can also be the regular method of doing business...

 digital download.

Members

• Mike Bond (Drums)
• Ben Ong (Synthesizer, Omnichord)
• Tony Salomone (Vocals, Synthesizer)
• Nik Must (Synthesizer, Piano)

Contributions

• Friends in Bellwoods II
  Friends in Bellwoods II
  Friends in Bellwoods is a compilation album, released in 2009 by Out of This Spark as a benefit for Toronto's Daily Bread Food Bank. The album is a sequel to the 2007 compilation Friends in Bellwoods....
  
  (2009): "Inspiration"
• You Say Party! We Say Die!
  You Say Party! We Say Die!
  You Say Party was a Canadian five piece dance-punk band from Abbotsford, British Columbia. Their album Hit the Floor! was released in September 2005, and the band recently completed their second Canadian tour, an appearance at South by Southwest and a tour of the United States, before touring the...
  
  - Remik's Cube
  Remik's Cube
  Remik's Cube is the third album by You Say Party , released digital-only on Paper Bag Digital on August 26, 2008...
  
  (2009): "Poison"
• Slow Hand Motem - Mathemagical (2009): "Mathemagical"

External links

• Official Bocce Webpage