Hot Panda is a Canadian

Canada

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 indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band formed in 2006 based in Edmonton

Edmonton

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, Alberta

Alberta

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, Canada

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History

Hot Panda formed in 2006 naming themselves after a Chinese restaurant in Edmonton. The band released their debut EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 Whale Headed Girl July 2007. They subsequently signed to Mint Records

Mint Records

Mint Records is a Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based independent record label founded in January 1991, by friends and campus radio enthusiasts Randy Iwata and Bill Baker....

 and released their full-length debut album, Volcano...Bloody Volcano February 10, 2009. The album debuted at #1 in !earshot and #21 in CMJ.

The band toured North America, including a show at the 2009 South by Southwest music festival, to support their album. Hot Panda followed by a stint touring Europe

Europe

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 with The Von Bondies

The Von Bondies

The Von Bondies were an American alternative rock band. The group disbanded in July 2011. Its most recent members were Jason Stollsteimer on vocals and lead guitar, Christy Hunt on rhythm guitar and Leann Banks on bass guitar...

 in April, and then resumed touring North America.

Members

Hot Panda consists of vocalist, guitarist and main songwriter Chris Connelly, keyboardist Heath Parsons, bassist Catherine Hiltz and drummer Maghan Campbell.

Current

• Maghan Campbell (2006–present)
• Chris Connelly (2006–present)
• Heath Parsons (2008–present)
• Catherine Hiltz (2009–present)

See also

• Music of Canada
  Music of Canada
  The music of Canada has influences that have shaped the country. Aboriginals, the British, and the French have all made unique contributions to the musical heritage of Canada. The music has subsequently been heavily influenced by American culture because of its proximity and migration between...
  
  
• Canadian rock
  Canadian rock
  Canadian rock describes a wide and diverse variety of music produced by Canadians, beginning with American style rock 'n' roll in the mid-20th century. Since then Canada has had a considerable impact on the development of the modern popular music called rock...
  
  
• List of Canadian musicians
• :Category:Canadian musical groups