Stabilo (band)
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Stabilo are a rock
band from Maple Ridge, British Columbia
, Canada. Formed around 1999, they are best known for their songs "Everybody
", One More Pill, "Don't Look In Their Eyes", "Flawed Design
", and "Kidding Ourselves
".
Molly played their last show at a barn in Maple Ridge only to walk back onto the stage as Stabilo Boss, sporting a new line-up with both Christopher and Jesse leading the band. The band's acoustic-rock sound featured Nathan Wylie, an accomplished drummer and friend of Dryfhout and John, and Karl Williaume on bass.
In 1999, the band recorded Kitchen Sessions, so named as it was an independent recording made in a kitchen. The EP was a completely home-made affair, the band and their university friends burning and distributing the discs themselves. Around this time, Stabilo Boss began to grow a solid local fan base based on the core support of their peers in school.
In the summer of 2000, the band recorded their self-titled debut with Recording Producer/Engineer, Matthew J Doughty at Praiz Sound Studio in Northern California. Released independently in early 2001, the album quickly sold out of its first pressing as Stabilo Boss began to become regulars in the local Vancouver music scene. The band's big break came roughly a year later when a DJ at the Vancouver's XFM decided to play "Everybody" on their music competition show, Chaos.
The band's solid songwriting and loyal fan base lead to the song beating out other offerings from more well established artists and dominating the station's Top 7@7 charts for nearly a month. With this exposure, the band sold 5000 copies of their album independently and began to be courted by major labels.
In the midst of all of the excitement over "Everybody", the band quietly released The Beautiful Madness EP which they sold only at their shows. The four song disc was recorded live off of the soundboard and prominently featured a grand piano on all tracks. It quickly sold out.
Rather than accept the first offers coming in from major labels, the band began to record their next album at Mushroom studios. According to John, the studio's owner John Wozniak
(Marcy Playground
) liked the band so much that he "basically just gave us free time there". By 2003, the band had completed their next album, produced by Wozniak and local musician/producer Jon Anderson (Radiogram/Jonathan Inc.).
At this point, the album was not released as Stabilo Boss was courting the record companies. After a search, they signed a deal with EMI Canada. With this transition to the big time, the band shortened their name to Stabilo. In an interview, Jesse stated that the band's name came from the Stabilo Boss brand highlighter they used to write down possible band names.
After touring Canada, sharing the stage with notable Canadian performers such as Blue Rodeo
, Our Lady Peace
, Sam Roberts
, K-OS
, Finger 11, Sloan
, Hawksley Workman
, Jack Soul, Metric
, Danko Jones
, Thornley
, 54-40
, Matthew Good
, Tomi Swick
, Loverboy
, Pilot Speed
, The Trews
, Wide Mouth Mason
, The Tea Party
, Mike Todd
, and Lesley Pike, and waiting a year, the new material recorded in 2002 was included in the album 'Cupid?', released on May 11, 2004. The radio-friendly release was somewhat of a let down to longtime fans who had been waiting for the release of a new album's worth of material for two years. Most of the new material recorded was shelved in favor of a seven song disc featuring only three previously unreleased tracks.
For the uninitiated, the album was well received across Canada with "Everybody" repeating much of its original success in many new locations. The re-release of "Everybody" was followed by the single "One More Pill", which was also culled from the self-titled disc.
Stabilo released their second album with EMI Canada on April 4, 2006 called Happiness and Disaster
. The first single, "Flawed Design
", was played on radio stations across Canada (and in nearby U.S. areas such as Detroit) rising to Number 1 on the Canadian charts. The video was aired on MuchMusic
, MuchMoreMusic
and Most Requested
In May 2006, Stabilo was announced as the opening act for the Canadian arm of INXS
's tour.
In July 2006, Stabilo released their second single and video from the Happiness and Disaster album, "Kidding Ourselves
".
In September 2006, Stabilo was awarded the SOCAN(Society of Composers,Authors and Music Publishers of Canada)#1 song award for "Flawed Design
", which topped the Canadian Music Networks' Hot Adult Contemporary Chart on May 16, 2006.
In March 2007, Stabilo was nominated as the Juno Awards New Band of the Year, but lost to Mobile
.
In November 2007, Stabilo was awarded the SOCAN award for "Flawed Design
" in the category of pop song that achieved the greatest number of plays on Canadian radio for 2006.
In April 2011, the band released a statement declaring they were on permanent hiatus.
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band from Maple Ridge, British Columbia
Maple Ridge, British Columbia
Maple Ridge is a District Municipality in British Columbia, located in the northeastern section of Metro Vancouver. Maple Ridge has a population of approximately 68,949.-History:...
, Canada. Formed around 1999, they are best known for their songs "Everybody
Everybody (Stabilo song)
"Everybody" is a song by Canadian rock band Stabilo. Originally released from Stabilo Boss, and was again released on Cupid?. Both times it was a single, though much of the production of later versions seem to echo the direction of its 2000 Producer, Matthew J Doughty .Air time for Everybody, and...
", One More Pill, "Don't Look In Their Eyes", "Flawed Design
Flawed Design
"Flawed design" may also refer to the argument from poor design in the context of God's existence"Flawed Design" is the title of a song by Canadian rock band Stabilo. It was released in January 2006 as the first single from their album Happiness and Disaster, their second album with EMI Canada...
", and "Kidding Ourselves
Kidding Ourselves
"Kidding Ourselves" is a song by Canadian rock band Stabilo. It is the second single from their album Happiness and Disaster, their second album with EMI Canada....
".
Band history
Members Jesse Dryfhout and Christopher John (then Chris Moerman) were high-school classmates who played in a band called Molly along with Shaun Bennett and McKenzie Dougall. Molly released their only EP Ghosts of Yesterday in 1997. Dryfhout was originally the drummer of the band until he came to the band with the first song that he had ever written: "Everybody". Soon after, he and John started to share song-writing and singing duties.Molly played their last show at a barn in Maple Ridge only to walk back onto the stage as Stabilo Boss, sporting a new line-up with both Christopher and Jesse leading the band. The band's acoustic-rock sound featured Nathan Wylie, an accomplished drummer and friend of Dryfhout and John, and Karl Williaume on bass.
In 1999, the band recorded Kitchen Sessions, so named as it was an independent recording made in a kitchen. The EP was a completely home-made affair, the band and their university friends burning and distributing the discs themselves. Around this time, Stabilo Boss began to grow a solid local fan base based on the core support of their peers in school.
In the summer of 2000, the band recorded their self-titled debut with Recording Producer/Engineer, Matthew J Doughty at Praiz Sound Studio in Northern California. Released independently in early 2001, the album quickly sold out of its first pressing as Stabilo Boss began to become regulars in the local Vancouver music scene. The band's big break came roughly a year later when a DJ at the Vancouver's XFM decided to play "Everybody" on their music competition show, Chaos.
The band's solid songwriting and loyal fan base lead to the song beating out other offerings from more well established artists and dominating the station's Top 7@7 charts for nearly a month. With this exposure, the band sold 5000 copies of their album independently and began to be courted by major labels.
In the midst of all of the excitement over "Everybody", the band quietly released The Beautiful Madness EP which they sold only at their shows. The four song disc was recorded live off of the soundboard and prominently featured a grand piano on all tracks. It quickly sold out.
Rather than accept the first offers coming in from major labels, the band began to record their next album at Mushroom studios. According to John, the studio's owner John Wozniak
John Wozniak
John Keith Wozniak is an American musician, best known as the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter of the band Marcy Playground. He is the son of a developmental psychologist dad and a free spirited Bohemian mother....
(Marcy Playground
Marcy Playground
Marcy Playground is an American alternative rock band consisting of three members: John Wozniak , Dylan Keefe , and Shlomi Lavie . The band is best known for their 1997 hit "Sex and Candy".-Early years:...
) liked the band so much that he "basically just gave us free time there". By 2003, the band had completed their next album, produced by Wozniak and local musician/producer Jon Anderson (Radiogram/Jonathan Inc.).
At this point, the album was not released as Stabilo Boss was courting the record companies. After a search, they signed a deal with EMI Canada. With this transition to the big time, the band shortened their name to Stabilo. In an interview, Jesse stated that the band's name came from the Stabilo Boss brand highlighter they used to write down possible band names.
After touring Canada, sharing the stage with notable Canadian performers such as Blue Rodeo
Blue Rodeo
Blue Rodeo is a Canadian pop and country rock band, which was formed in 1984 in Toronto, Ontario. They have been signed with Warner Music Group since their debut album Outskirts in March 1987...
, Our Lady Peace
Our Lady Peace
Our Lady Peace is a Canadian alternative rock band that formed in Toronto, Ontario in 1992. Headed by lead vocalist Raine Maida since its formation, the band additionally consists of Jeremy Taggart on percussion, Duncan Coutts on bass, and Steve Mazur as lead guitarist...
, Sam Roberts
Sam Roberts
Sam Roberts is a Juno Award-winning Canadian rock singer-songwriter, whose 2001 debut release, The Inhuman Condition, became one of the bestselling independent releases in Quebec and Canadian music history.-Life and career:...
, K-OS
K-os
Kevin Brereton , better known by his stage name k-os , is a Canadian rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer...
, Finger 11, Sloan
Sloan (band)
Sloan is a Toronto-based alternative rock quartet from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Throughout their 20-year tenure Sloan has released 10 LPs , two EPs, a live album, a "best of" collection and no less than thirty singles...
, Hawksley Workman
Hawksley Workman
Ryan Corrigan , better known by the stage name Hawksley Workman, is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter who has garnered critical acclaim for his blend of cabaret pop and glam rock. Workman has released eleven full length albums throughout his career...
, Jack Soul, Metric
Metric (band)
Metric is a Canadian indie rock and New Wave band founded in 1998 in Toronto. The band has also at various times been based in Montreal, London, New York City and Los Angeles...
, Danko Jones
Danko Jones
Danko Jones is a Canadian rock band from Toronto, Ontario. The band consists of Danko Jones and JC...
, Thornley
Thornley (band)
Thornley is a Canadian post-grunge/hard rock band formed by Ian Thornley in 2002. The band was started when Ian Thornley returned to Toronto after the breakup of his earlier band, Big Wreck. With the help of Chad Kroeger of Nickelback, Thornley signed on to Kroeger's 604 Records...
, 54-40
54-40
54•40 is a Canadian alternative rock group from Tsawwassen, British Columbia.The band takes their name from the slogan "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!", coined to express the expansionist agenda of James K...
, Matthew Good
Matthew Good
Matthew Frederick Robert Good is a Canadian rock musician. He was the lead singer for the Matthew Good Band, one of Canada's most successful alternative rock bands in the 1990s, before dissolving the band in 2002...
, Tomi Swick
Tomi Swick
Tomi Swick is a Canadian singer-songwriter from Hamilton, Ontario signed to Warner Music Canada.By age 13, Swick had learned to play several instruments, including the bagpipes, military drums, piano and guitar. At 19 he began playing in a Hamilton band but soon pursued a solo career. He is a...
, Loverboy
Loverboy
Loverboy is a Canadian rock group formed in 1980 in Calgary, Alberta. Throughout the 1980s, the band accumulated numerous hit songs in Canada and the United States, earning four multi-platinum albums and selling millions of records...
, Pilot Speed
Pilot Speed
Pilot Speed is a Canadian rock band that formed in 1999 in Toronto, Ontario. The quartet's debut EP, For All That's Given, Wasted, was released in 2001 which gathered attention from MapleMusic Recordings who later signed them...
, The Trews
The Trews
The Trews are a Canadian rock band from Antigonish, Nova Scotia, consisting of vocalist Colin MacDonald, guitarist John-Angus MacDonald, bassist Jack Syperek, and drummer Sean Dalton...
, Wide Mouth Mason
Wide Mouth Mason
Wide Mouth Mason is a Canadian blues-based rock band, consisting of Shaun Verreault , Safwan Javed , and Gordie Johnson . Former bassist Earl Pereira was also co-founder of Wide Mouth Mason...
, The Tea Party
The Tea Party
The Tea Party is a Canadian rock band with blues, progressive rock, Indian and Middle Eastern influences, dubbed "Moroccan roll" by the media. Active throughout the 1990s up until 2005 when the band broke up, The Tea Party released eight albums on EMI Music Canada, selling 1.6 million records...
, Mike Todd
Mike Todd
Michael Todd was an American theatre and film producer, best known for his 1956 production of Around the World in Eighty Days, which won an Academy Award for Best Picture...
, and Lesley Pike, and waiting a year, the new material recorded in 2002 was included in the album 'Cupid?', released on May 11, 2004. The radio-friendly release was somewhat of a let down to longtime fans who had been waiting for the release of a new album's worth of material for two years. Most of the new material recorded was shelved in favor of a seven song disc featuring only three previously unreleased tracks.
For the uninitiated, the album was well received across Canada with "Everybody" repeating much of its original success in many new locations. The re-release of "Everybody" was followed by the single "One More Pill", which was also culled from the self-titled disc.
Stabilo released their second album with EMI Canada on April 4, 2006 called Happiness and Disaster
Happiness and Disaster
Happiness & Disaster is the first full length album by Stabilo with EMI Canada. The album debuted at #6 on the digital album chart and #20 on the Soundscan Top 200....
. The first single, "Flawed Design
Flawed Design
"Flawed design" may also refer to the argument from poor design in the context of God's existence"Flawed Design" is the title of a song by Canadian rock band Stabilo. It was released in January 2006 as the first single from their album Happiness and Disaster, their second album with EMI Canada...
", was played on radio stations across Canada (and in nearby U.S. areas such as Detroit) rising to Number 1 on the Canadian charts. The video was aired on MuchMusic
MuchMusic
MuchMusic is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel owned by Bell Media. MuchMusic is dedicated to music-related programs, pop and youth culture.-History:...
, MuchMoreMusic
MuchMoreMusic
MuchMore is a Canadian English language Category A specialty channel owned by Bell Media, based at 299 Queen Street West in Toronto, Ontario....
and Most Requested
Most Requested
Most Requested is the debut album for "Mean" Gene Kelton and the Die Hards. It was released in 2000 by Jambone Records. It contains 15 of the most requested songs from the band's live performances.-Track listing:All Tracks by Mean Gene Kelton...
In May 2006, Stabilo was announced as the opening act for the Canadian arm of INXS
INXS
INXS are an Australian rock band, formed as The Farriss Brothers in 1977 in Sydney, New South Wales. Mainstays are Garry Gary Beers on bass guitar, Andrew Farriss on guitar/keyboards, Jon Farriss on drums, Tim Farriss on lead guitar and Kirk Pengilly on guitar/sax...
's tour.
In July 2006, Stabilo released their second single and video from the Happiness and Disaster album, "Kidding Ourselves
Kidding Ourselves
"Kidding Ourselves" is a song by Canadian rock band Stabilo. It is the second single from their album Happiness and Disaster, their second album with EMI Canada....
".
In September 2006, Stabilo was awarded the SOCAN(Society of Composers,Authors and Music Publishers of Canada)#1 song award for "Flawed Design
Flawed Design
"Flawed design" may also refer to the argument from poor design in the context of God's existence"Flawed Design" is the title of a song by Canadian rock band Stabilo. It was released in January 2006 as the first single from their album Happiness and Disaster, their second album with EMI Canada...
", which topped the Canadian Music Networks' Hot Adult Contemporary Chart on May 16, 2006.
In March 2007, Stabilo was nominated as the Juno Awards New Band of the Year, but lost to Mobile
Mobile (band)
Mobile were a Canadian Alternative Rock band from Montreal initially composed of Mathieu Joly , Christian Brais , Pierre-Marc Hamelin , Dominic Viola and Frank Williamson . Their debut album, Tomorrow Starts Today, was released in 2006. The band was nominated for two Juno Awards in 2007 and went...
.
In November 2007, Stabilo was awarded the SOCAN award for "Flawed Design
Flawed Design
"Flawed design" may also refer to the argument from poor design in the context of God's existence"Flawed Design" is the title of a song by Canadian rock band Stabilo. It was released in January 2006 as the first single from their album Happiness and Disaster, their second album with EMI Canada...
" in the category of pop song that achieved the greatest number of plays on Canadian radio for 2006.
In April 2011, the band released a statement declaring they were on permanent hiatus.
Discography
- Kitchen Sessions (1999)
- Stabilo BossStabilo Boss (album)Stabilo Boss is the self-titled first full length album by Stabilo Boss . This album was produced and engineered by Northern Californians Matthew J Doughty and Chris Davies, and was released independently across Canada and the USA.After the success of their single "Everybody", Stabilo Boss was the...
(2001) - The Beautiful Madness EPThe Beautiful Madness EPThe Beautiful Madness EP is an independently released EP by Stabilo Boss . This EP is available in limited quantities.There are two different copies known to be released. The first one is more rare, and has a solid black dot on the disc...
(2002) - Cupid?Cupid?Cupid? is the first album by Canadian rock band Stabilo with a major record label and their first with their new modified name . It contains seven songs, including the hit "Everybody". The songs "Stone", "Any Other Girl" and "Enemy" were new songs recorded specifically for the album...
(2004) - Happiness and DisasterHappiness and DisasterHappiness & Disaster is the first full length album by Stabilo with EMI Canada. The album debuted at #6 on the digital album chart and #20 on the Soundscan Top 200....
(2006)
Singles
- "EverybodyEverybody (Stabilo song)"Everybody" is a song by Canadian rock band Stabilo. Originally released from Stabilo Boss, and was again released on Cupid?. Both times it was a single, though much of the production of later versions seem to echo the direction of its 2000 Producer, Matthew J Doughty .Air time for Everybody, and...
" (2001) - One More Pill (2001)
- "Everybody"(re-release) (2004)
- "Flawed DesignFlawed Design"Flawed design" may also refer to the argument from poor design in the context of God's existence"Flawed Design" is the title of a song by Canadian rock band Stabilo. It was released in January 2006 as the first single from their album Happiness and Disaster, their second album with EMI Canada...
" (2006) (#1 on Canadian Singles Chart.) - "Kidding OurselvesKidding Ourselves"Kidding Ourselves" is a song by Canadian rock band Stabilo. It is the second single from their album Happiness and Disaster, their second album with EMI Canada....
" (2006) (#21 on Canadian Singles Chart) - "Don't Look In Their Eyes" (2006)
- "Starting FiresStarting FiresStarting Fires is a song by the Canadian band Stabilo.This B-Side single was originally released in limited quantities as an EMI Exclusive New Music Sampler on the same release date as the album Happiness and Disaster ....
" (2008)