The Creeping Nobodies
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The Creeping Nobodies were a Canadian rock band
formed in Toronto, Ontario in 2001. They played their final gig in 2009.
The Creeping Nobodies began as a one-off performance for a tribute night to the UK band The Fall, and were put together by Derek Westerholm. The tribute night was held on September 21, 2001 at the El Mocambo club in Toronto, and the band name "The Creeping Nobodies" came from the name of a fictitious band mentioned in some artwork on a Fall record sleeve. Soon afterwards, the band became its own entity, investigating a wider range of musical influences.
The band released many of their records on Blocks Recording Club
(sometimes referred to simply as [][][][][][] Recording) - a workers co-operative which also released records by Final Fantasy
, Ninja High School
, Bob Wiseman
, Lenin I Shumov, The Hank Collective, and The Phonemes, among others. Other CD and vinyl releases have appeared on labels such as Deleted Art, fromSCRATCH, Bloodworks Music and Kosher Rock Records, as well as a number of compilation appearances.
The band line up was somehat fluid, with Westerholm himself leaving prior to the band's final few recordings. At the time of their last gig in May, 2009, The Creeping Nobodies were Dennis Amos, Matthew McDonough, Sarah Richardson and Valerie Uher.
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formed in Toronto, Ontario in 2001. They played their final gig in 2009.
The Creeping Nobodies began as a one-off performance for a tribute night to the UK band The Fall, and were put together by Derek Westerholm. The tribute night was held on September 21, 2001 at the El Mocambo club in Toronto, and the band name "The Creeping Nobodies" came from the name of a fictitious band mentioned in some artwork on a Fall record sleeve. Soon afterwards, the band became its own entity, investigating a wider range of musical influences.
The band released many of their records on Blocks Recording Club
Blocks Recording Club
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(sometimes referred to simply as [][][][][][] Recording) - a workers co-operative which also released records by Final Fantasy
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, Ninja High School
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, Lenin I Shumov, The Hank Collective, and The Phonemes, among others. Other CD and vinyl releases have appeared on labels such as Deleted Art, fromSCRATCH, Bloodworks Music and Kosher Rock Records, as well as a number of compilation appearances.
The band line up was somehat fluid, with Westerholm himself leaving prior to the band's final few recordings. At the time of their last gig in May, 2009, The Creeping Nobodies were Dennis Amos, Matthew McDonough, Sarah Richardson and Valerie Uher.
Albums
- Augurs & Auspices (Deleted Art, 2007)
- Sound of Joy (Blocks, 2006)
- Stop Movement Stop Loss (Blocks, 2004)
EPs and mini-albums
- Silver & Golden Apples 3" cdep (Akashic Records, 2007)
- Split cdep w/ Miranda (fromSCRATCH, 2007)
- Split 12" LP w/ Anagram (Blocks/Dead Astronaut, 2006)
- Half-Saboteur 12" LP (Bloodworks, 2005)
- I-X-U cd (Kosher Rock, 2002)
Other appearances
- Galactic Dossier Issue #8 CD Compilation (2009) (Song "Beltane")
- Suoni Il Per Popolo Festival Compilation (2006) (Song "Hollow Stems, A Hunter's Will")
- Perverted By Mark E. - A Tribute to The Fall Zick Zack Compilation (2004) (Song "Wings")
- Toronto is Great! Blocks Compilation (2004) (Song "Heatseek")
- In The Film They Made Us A Little More Articulate Escape Goat Records Compilation (2003) (Song "Cold Hands")
- Rosco Re-define Rosco Magazine Sampler (2002) (Song "State")
See also
- Music of CanadaMusic of CanadaThe 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 rockCanadian rockCanadian 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 bands from Canada
- List of Canadian musicians
- :Category:Canadian musical groups