Showbusiness Giants
Encyclopedia
Showbusiness Giants is a Canadian
indie rock
band, with a rotating lineup centred around musician Tom Holliston
. Other contributors to the band have included Scott Henderson, John Wright, Andy Kerr
, Carolyn Mark
, Ken Kempster
, Keith Rose, Ford Pier
and Jello Biafra
, who appeared in spirit form only during a seance conducted by the mystical Holliston.
Their best known song, from their 1995 album Let's Have a Talk With the Dead, is "I've Got a Crush on Wendy Mesley
."
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
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, with a rotating lineup centred around musician Tom Holliston
Tom Holliston
Tom Holliston is a musician, composing and playing in such bands as Showbusiness Giants, NoMeansNo and The Hanson Brothers, as well as releasing three solo records since 2002...
. Other contributors to the band have included Scott Henderson, John Wright, Andy Kerr
Andy Kerr (musician)
Andy Kerr is a Canadian-born musician, originally from British Columbia and currently residing in Amsterdam, Holland. Kerr is best known as the former guitarist, frequent vocalist, and co-songwriter in the progressive punk rock/punk jazz band NoMeansNo...
, Carolyn Mark
Carolyn Mark
Carolyn Mark is a Canadian alternative country singer-songwriter. She has recorded as a solo artist and as a member of the duo The Corn Sisters with American colleague Neko Case, as well as with the bands the Vinaigrettes, Jr. Gone Wild, Showbusiness Giants, the Fixin's and the Metronome Cowboys...
, Ken Kempster
Ken Kempster
Ken Kempster is a Canadian musician.Kempster has played drums in the Canadian punk rock bands Shovlhead, Swell Prod., The Showbusiness Giants , The Hanson Brothers , and NoMeansNo -External links:*...
, Keith Rose, Ford Pier
Ford Pier
,Ford Pier is a Canadian singer-songwriter. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He resides in Vancouver. In addition to his solo albums, he has been a member of Jr...
and Jello Biafra
Jello Biafra
Jello Biafra is an American musician, spoken word artist and leading figure of the Green Party of the United States. Biafra first gained attention as the lead singer and songwriter for San Francisco punk rock band Dead Kennedys...
, who appeared in spirit form only during a seance conducted by the mystical Holliston.
Their best known song, from their 1995 album Let's Have a Talk With the Dead, is "I've Got a Crush on Wendy Mesley
Wendy Mesley
Wendy Mesley is a host and reporter for CBC Television's consumer investigation series Marketplace. She is also a frequent back-up anchor for CBC's flagship evening news program The National. She also co-hosts Test the Nation with Brent Bambury...
."
Discography
- 1988 Gold Love (cassette)
- 1989 The Benevolent Horn (cassette)
- 1991 I Thought It Was a Fig
- 1991 Maybe It's Just Me
- 1995 Let's Have a Talk With the Dead
- 1997 Will There Be Corn?
- 2000 Self-Aggrandizement Keeps Us Going