The English Teeth
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The English Teeth were a band from Calgary
Calgary
Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...

, Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...

, Canada
Canada
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. They played a mostly Anglo blend of 60s garage and discerning 70s and 80s rock and punk.

History

Most of the songs are about sex
Sex
In biology, sex is a process of combining and mixing genetic traits, often resulting in the specialization of organisms into a male or female variety . Sexual reproduction involves combining specialized cells to form offspring that inherit traits from both parents...

, food and a trip members Bagley and Igglesden took to England
England
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 almost years ago. The band featured Tom Bagley on guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

 and vocals (Forbidden Dimension / Colour Me Psycho), Mark Igglesden (The Primrods, The Earthquake Pills, Forbidden Dimension), Craig Evans (Forbidden Dimension, Creep'r, The New 1-2), and Adam Kamis (The Brenda Vaqueros, Agriculture Club). The English Teeth scored the soundtrack to FUBAR
FUBAR: The Movie
FUBAR is a 2002 mockumentary film, directed by Michael Dowse, based on the lives of two lifelong friends and head-bangers living out their lives, constantly drinking beer. FUBAR debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in the 'Park City at Midnight' category, which previously launched such films as...

 but credited the songs to various non-existent bands in an attempt to remain deliberately obscure.

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...

  • Music of Alberta
    Music of Alberta
    Alberta has a diverse music scene of pop, rock, country, jazz, folk, caribbean, classical and blues music. Music festivals in the Summers are representing these genres. Choral music, ethnic music of many nationalities, all are found in Alberta...

  • 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
  • List of bands from Canada
  • :Category:Canadian musical groups

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