The Moffatts
Encyclopedia
The Moffatts were a Canadian pop/rock band, composed of brothers Scott
, Clint, Bob and Dave Moffatt
. Eldest brother Scott was born on March 30, 1983 in Whitehorse, Yukon
. Less than a year later, on March 8, 1984, triplets
Bob, Clint and Dave were born in Vancouver
, British Columbia
. Although born on the same date, Bob and Clint are identical twins while Dave is a fraternal triplet.
, Canada, The Moffatts learned singing early in their lives and singing country music with their mother, Darlana and father, Frank Moffatt, first appearing on-stage in 1990. In 1992, after performing at large-scale country music festivals, the group was nominated for five awards by the British Columbia Country Music Association
.
In 1992, the Moffatt family moved to Branson, Missouri
where they performed at the Osmonds theatre. In March 1993 they moved to Nashville, Tennessee
where they became regulars on TNN's Nashville Now with Ralph Emery. In October, they joined the cast of the Country Tonite show at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas. In 1994 Country Tonite opened a new theatre in Branson and the Moffatts became a part of that cast. In June 1995 they released their first country album, titled The Moffatts. In 1996, the brothers' parents divorced and the boys lived primarily with their father, who also managed the group until their 2001 break up.
In their teens, the group dropped out of the country music genre and recorded a new album, Chapter I: A New Beginning
, and began singing pop/rock music. Prior to their teens the band would only sparingly perform their own instruments and had a back-up band, but now chose to go it alone with Scott on lead guitar
, Clint on bass guitar
, Dave on keyboards
and Bob on drums
. Lead vocals on the album were shared between Scott and Dave, however live they all took their turns. Chapter One sold more than two million copies worldwide and almost went double platinum in their native Canada. It was produced in part by the Berman Brothers (who also worked for Hanson
and Real McCoy
) in New York
and Toronto
. One single on the US version, the Glen Ballard
-produced "Until You Loved Me
," appeared in the Drew Barrymore
film, Never Been Kissed. "Misery" in Chapter I: A New Beginning (US Version) is on the soundtrack
of the movie Teaching Mrs. Tingle starring Katie Holmes. Chapter One was also very popular in Europe. During their stay in Koln Germany The Moffatts met a young German guitar player German
teen idol Gil Ofarim
and co-wrote with him what was to be his breakout first single "If You Only Knew".
The follow-up album Submodalities
was released in October 2000, and contained a more classic/harder edged rock flavor than typical "boy band
" fare. The transition between the bubblegum pop of their prior album and the harder edge of the new was captured in the 2001 documentary, The Moffatts: Closing of Chapter One. The Moffatts wrote or co-wrote almost all of the album songs. Bob Rock
, who has produced albums for such superstars as Metallica
and Bon Jovi
, produced Submodalities. The album was also certified platinum by the CRIA
selling over 100,000 copies.. The first single, "Bang Bang Boom
" at that time was the fastest rising single to # 1 in Canadian music history and topped the retail singles chart in Canada. The Ottawa based radio station Hot 89.9 declared the band, the best new band of 1998.
on July 3, 1995.
Throughout the nineties, The Moffatts made hundreds of live performances and hundreds of television appearances worldwide. In addition to these performances and interviews, the band also appeared as themselves on the NBC
TV show Hang Time in 1999, performing the song "Girl of My Dreams" for the school. In 2000, they again played themselves on the Disney Channel
show So Weird
in the episode "Destiny". Fiona Phillips, the lead character in the show, was an obsessed fan on the show, while her mom Molly Phillips, played by Mackenzie Phillips
, was performing with The Moffatts. During the same year, the group appeared in the documentary, The Closing of Chapter One, detailing their move from pop to rock. In 1999, The Moffatts also did an episode of TV show Campbell Scramble, a show that Calgary's CTV sports newscaster Glenn Campbell made. His three daughters, Kate, Madeline, and Amy appeared on this episode as well.
, where it was stated that the band broke up because his father was not able to accept his sexuality. It was also stated that "The Moffatts" was his father's dream, and that he had pushed himself and his brothers into it.
Frank's take on these comments were - "The Moffatts break up had nothing to do with Dave's sexuality, but it does make for good press." As for The Moffatts being Frank's dream, he stated that the dream originally was Scott's, however he does admit to pushing the band once the ball was in motion. "You can't be the best young band (Backstreet Boys & NSYNC were vocal boy-band groups) in the world without consistency and hard work, but granted there may have been a better way of me doing things." He then commented, "I'll be the first one to admit I wasn't the perfect father, but we all have good relationships now and I'm working on improving my parenting skills daily." Frank also commented, "I think the fact that they are all still active in music answers a lot of questions in itself."
After the break-up, two of the triplets, Bob and Clint Moffatt, briefly joined a group called Pusch and performed at the 2002 Winter Olympics. The band was later renamed Hidell, and lasted slightly over a year and released one album. Bob relocated to Ban Phe, Thailand, where he began working on an English singing contest with an educational organization called TEFL International. Bob convinced Clint to join him in Thailand
and start a band called Same Same
under the Thailand
label. Same Same had chart-topping hits in Thailand, Indonesia
, Malaysia and the Philippines
.
Scott Moffatt resurfaced in an Ontario-based band The Boston Post, named after the old New England newspaper
. The original lineup included Shawn Everett on drums, Jon Gant on guitar and Neal Gupta on bass. They released an EP
titled It's 99PM in 2003. A video interview with Scott Moffatt
from the Holiday Train show in Sparwood, BC on December 13, 2005 confirmed that he planned to go solo and was recording in LA. On April 10, 2006, song previews from the upcoming independent release The Allegory of the City were put up on his music page along with the promise of a limited edition version soon being available for pre order. The new songs are all acoustic and reveal a folk rock/pop vibe. He played all instruments and did all vocals on the record, as well as produced it. The album is available at www.myspace.com/scottmoffattmusic. Scott is currently in Thailand producing a rock band called Slot Machine.
Dave Moffatt eventually relocated to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, at first with aspirations of attending the University of Winnipeg
and then deciding to launch an acting and modeling career. In addition to hosting karaoke
nights at a local gay bar (including Calgary
's Twisted Element), Dave also appeared in a 2005 Winnipeg production of Miss Saigon
and was a contestant on Canadian Idol
, making it into the top 32 before being eliminated.
In 2004, the Canadian Pacific Railway
announced in a press release that Bob and Clint were "reunited" and appeared under the name "The Moffatts" for the railway's Holiday Train program, a mobile fundraiser for community food banks. In 2005, Scott also joined the tour (see this photograph (Clint to the far left, Scott and Bob to the far right).
Although the group has shut down its main website, the Moffatts remain popular in Europe; its German fansite, linked below, is quite active.
Scott Moffatt
is currently in Bangkok, Thailand working with rock bands for record label's Sony BMG and GMM Grammy. Clint and Bob Moffatt moved to Thailand in 2006 and formed Same Same
. They now reside in Nashville, Tennessee and perform country music under the name Like Strangers. They also participated in the Task Force Afghanistan Show Tour in December 2008 to entertain the Canadian troops. Dave Moffatt
was in a Toronto-based band called Lights Out Love. He still lives in Canada.
2011 update. Bob and Clint now reside in Nashville, TN. They had been writing songs and performing under the name Two Bullet Parade, but have now changed their name again to Like Strangers. They appear in venues around the Nashville Meto area.
^ "Just Another Phase" was still climbing the RPM
charts when the magazine ceased publication.
Scott Moffatt
Scott Andrew Moffatt was born on March 30, 1983 in Whitehorse, Yukon to Frank and Darlana Moffatt. Within a year after his birth, he became big brother to triplets Clint, Bob and Dave...
, Clint, Bob and Dave Moffatt
Dave Moffatt
David Michael William Moffatt is a Canadian actor and singer.-Early life:Moffatt was born March 8, 1984, in Vancouver, British Columbia to Frank and Darlana Moffatt. Moffatt is a fraternal triplet, while his brothers Bob and Clint, who were born on the same date, are identical twins.-Singing...
. Eldest brother Scott was born on March 30, 1983 in Whitehorse, Yukon
Whitehorse, Yukon
Whitehorse is Yukon's capital and largest city . It was incorporated in 1950 and is located at kilometre 1476 on the Alaska Highway in southern Yukon. Whitehorse's downtown and Riverdale areas occupy both shores of the Yukon River, which originates in British Columbia and meets the Bering Sea in...
. Less than a year later, on March 8, 1984, triplets
Multiple birth
A multiple birth occurs when more than one fetus is carried to term in a single pregnancy. Different names for multiple births are used, depending on the number of offspring. Common multiples are two and three, known as twins and triplets...
Bob, Clint and Dave were born in Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...
, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
. Although born on the same date, Bob and Clint are identical twins while Dave is a fraternal triplet.
Musical career
Growing up in Tumbler Ridge and later Victoria, British ColumbiaVictoria, British Columbia
Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...
, Canada, The Moffatts learned singing early in their lives and singing country music with their mother, Darlana and father, Frank Moffatt, first appearing on-stage in 1990. In 1992, after performing at large-scale country music festivals, the group was nominated for five awards by the British Columbia Country Music Association
British Columbia Country Music Association
The British Columbia Country Music Association is a Canadian artist organization designed "to promote, foster and encourage the development, public appreciation of, and interest in, the British Columbia Country Music Community - provincially, nationally and internationally."One of BCCMA's most...
.
In 1992, the Moffatt family moved to Branson, Missouri
Branson, Missouri
Branson is a city in Taney County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It was named after Reuben Branson, postmaster and operator of a general store in the area in the 1880s....
where they performed at the Osmonds theatre. In March 1993 they moved to Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
where they became regulars on TNN's Nashville Now with Ralph Emery. In October, they joined the cast of the Country Tonite show at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas. In 1994 Country Tonite opened a new theatre in Branson and the Moffatts became a part of that cast. In June 1995 they released their first country album, titled The Moffatts. In 1996, the brothers' parents divorced and the boys lived primarily with their father, who also managed the group until their 2001 break up.
In their teens, the group dropped out of the country music genre and recorded a new album, Chapter I: A New Beginning
Chapter I: A New Beginning
Chapter I: A New Beginning is the third album by Canadian pop rock group The Moffatts, and the first to be released on a major label. The album was released in Canada in 1998, with the American version released the year later. The album was very successful in Southeast Asia, and the band gained...
, and began singing pop/rock music. Prior to their teens the band would only sparingly perform their own instruments and had a back-up band, but now chose to go it alone with Scott on lead guitar
Lead guitar
Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
, Clint on bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, Dave on keyboards
Keyboard instrument
A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
and Bob on drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
. Lead vocals on the album were shared between Scott and Dave, however live they all took their turns. Chapter One sold more than two million copies worldwide and almost went double platinum in their native Canada. It was produced in part by the Berman Brothers (who also worked for Hanson
Hanson (band)
Hanson are an American pop rock band formed in Tulsa, Oklahoma, by brothers Isaac , Taylor , and Zac Hanson . They are best known for the 1997 hit song "MMMBop" from their major label debut album Middle of Nowhere, which earned three Grammy nominations...
and Real McCoy
Real McCoy (band)
Real McCoy, originally known as M.C. Sar & The Real McCoy, is a German band, best known for their 1993/1994 singles "Another Night" and "Run Away", which were both Top 10 hits in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom.-Formation:...
) in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
and Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
. One single on the US version, the Glen Ballard
Glen Ballard
Glen Ballard is an American songwriter and record producer, best known for co-writing and producing Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill , which won Grammy Award for "Best Rock Album", and "Album of the Year" amongst others, and is ranked by the Rolling Stone amongst The 500 Greatest Albums of...
-produced "Until You Loved Me
Until You Loved Me
"Until You Loved Me" is a song by Canadian pop rock band The Moffatts. It was released in April 1999 as the fourth single from their third album, Chapter I: A New Beginning. The song was a hit in Canada, reaching #23 on Canada's singles chart and peaked at #57 on the Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary...
," appeared in the Drew Barrymore
Drew Barrymore
Drew Blyth Barrymore is an American actress, film director, screenwriter, producer and model. She is a member of the Barrymore family of American actors and granddaughter of John Barrymore. She first appeared in an advertisement when she was 11 months old. Barrymore made her film debut in Altered...
film, Never Been Kissed. "Misery" in Chapter I: A New Beginning (US Version) is on the soundtrack
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
of the movie Teaching Mrs. Tingle starring Katie Holmes. Chapter One was also very popular in Europe. During their stay in Koln Germany The Moffatts met a young German guitar player German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
teen idol Gil Ofarim
Gil Ofarim
Gil Doron Reichstadt Ofarim is a German singer, songwriter and occasional actor, currently also known as the lead singer of the bands Zoo Army & Acht.-Music career:...
and co-wrote with him what was to be his breakout first single "If You Only Knew".
The follow-up album Submodalities
Submodalities (album)
Submodalities is the fourth and final studio album by Canadian Pop rock group The Moffatts. The album debuted at #8 on the Canadian Albums Chart and went platinum based solely on the #1 hit "Bang Bang Boom".-Track listing:# "Just Another Phase" – 4:12...
was released in October 2000, and contained a more classic/harder edged rock flavor than typical "boy band
Boy band
A boy band is loosely defined as a popular music act consisting of only male singers. The members are expected to dance as well as sing, usually giving highly choreographed performances. More often than not, boy band members do not play musical instruments, either in recording sessions or on...
" fare. The transition between the bubblegum pop of their prior album and the harder edge of the new was captured in the 2001 documentary, The Moffatts: Closing of Chapter One. The Moffatts wrote or co-wrote almost all of the album songs. Bob Rock
Bob Rock
Robert Jens Rock, , is a Canadian musician, sound engineer, and record producer best known for producing bands such as Aerosmith, The Cult, Bon Jovi, Mötley Crüe, 311, Metallica, Our Lady Peace, The Offspring and most recently Bush.-Payola$ and Rock and Hyde:Rock began his music career in Langford,...
, who has produced albums for such superstars as Metallica
Metallica
Metallica is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1981 when James Hetfield responded to an advertisement that drummer Lars Ulrich had posted in a local newspaper. The current line-up features long-time lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo ...
and Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi is an American rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Formed in 1983, Bon Jovi consists of lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi , guitarist Richie Sambora, keyboardist David Bryan, drummer Tico Torres, as well as current bassist Hugh McDonald...
, produced Submodalities. The album was also certified platinum by the CRIA
Cria
A cria is the name for a baby camelid such as a llama, alpaca, vicuña, or guanaco. It comes from the Spanish word cría, meaning "baby". Its false cognate in English, crya , was coined by British sailors who explored Chile in the 18th century and were quick to describe the camelids onomatopoeically...
selling over 100,000 copies.. The first single, "Bang Bang Boom
Bang Bang Boom
"Bang Bang Boom" is a song by Canadian pop rock band The Moffatts. It was released in July 2000 as the first single from their fourth and final album, Submodalities. The song was a hit in Canada, reaching #1 on Canada's singles chart, and was the band's final successful single before their break-up...
" at that time was the fastest rising single to # 1 in Canadian music history and topped the retail singles chart in Canada. The Ottawa based radio station Hot 89.9 declared the band, the best new band of 1998.
TV appearances
They performed "Guns of Love" on Good Morning AmericaGood Morning America
Good Morning America is an American morning news and talk show that is broadcast on the ABC television network; it debuted on November 3, 1975. The weekday program airs for two hours; a third hour aired between 2007 and 2008 exclusively on ABC News Now...
on July 3, 1995.
Throughout the nineties, The Moffatts made hundreds of live performances and hundreds of television appearances worldwide. In addition to these performances and interviews, the band also appeared as themselves on the NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
TV show Hang Time in 1999, performing the song "Girl of My Dreams" for the school. In 2000, they again played themselves on the Disney Channel
Disney Channel
Disney Channel is an American basic cable and satellite television network, owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company. It is under the direction of Disney-ABC Television Group President Anne Sweeney. The channel's headquarters is located on West Alameda Ave. in...
show So Weird
So Weird
So Weird is a television series shot in Vancouver, British Columbia that aired on the Disney Channel as a midseason replacement from January 18, 1999 to September 28, 2001. In season one and season two, the series centered around teenage girl Fiona Phillips who toured with her rock star mom ,...
in the episode "Destiny". Fiona Phillips, the lead character in the show, was an obsessed fan on the show, while her mom Molly Phillips, played by Mackenzie Phillips
Mackenzie Phillips
Mackenzie Phillips is an American actress and singer best known for her roles in American Graffiti and as rebellious teenager Julie Cooper Horvath on the sitcom One Day at a Time...
, was performing with The Moffatts. During the same year, the group appeared in the documentary, The Closing of Chapter One, detailing their move from pop to rock. In 1999, The Moffatts also did an episode of TV show Campbell Scramble, a show that Calgary's CTV sports newscaster Glenn Campbell made. His three daughters, Kate, Madeline, and Amy appeared on this episode as well.
Break-up
On August 25, 2001, the group broke up following their concert in London, Ontario. Scott Moffatt had enough of the comparisons to boy-bands and felt that the band wasn't receiving the credit they deserved as both musicians and entertainers, and now that he had completed his seven year commitment to the band, chose to quit (a major distinction between The Moffatts and the other boy bands was that The Moffatts wrote their own songs and played their own instruments both live and in the studio). Dave Moffatt recently appeared on the Canadian TV program Entertainment Tonight CanadaEntertainment Tonight Canada
Entertainment Tonight Canada is a daily entertainment newsmagazine show that airs primetime on Global Television in Canada. Encore presentations can also be found on the Slice and TVtropolis channels, both of which are part of the Shaw Media network...
, where it was stated that the band broke up because his father was not able to accept his sexuality. It was also stated that "The Moffatts" was his father's dream, and that he had pushed himself and his brothers into it.
Frank's take on these comments were - "The Moffatts break up had nothing to do with Dave's sexuality, but it does make for good press." As for The Moffatts being Frank's dream, he stated that the dream originally was Scott's, however he does admit to pushing the band once the ball was in motion. "You can't be the best young band (Backstreet Boys & NSYNC were vocal boy-band groups) in the world without consistency and hard work, but granted there may have been a better way of me doing things." He then commented, "I'll be the first one to admit I wasn't the perfect father, but we all have good relationships now and I'm working on improving my parenting skills daily." Frank also commented, "I think the fact that they are all still active in music answers a lot of questions in itself."
After the break-up, two of the triplets, Bob and Clint Moffatt, briefly joined a group called Pusch and performed at the 2002 Winter Olympics. The band was later renamed Hidell, and lasted slightly over a year and released one album. Bob relocated to Ban Phe, Thailand, where he began working on an English singing contest with an educational organization called TEFL International. Bob convinced Clint to join him in Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
and start a band called Same Same
Same Same
Same Same was a pop band consisting of identical twins, Bob and Clint Moffatt, originally members of the Canadian boyband The Moffatts. Same Same was based in Thailand and they sold albums and perform mainly in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.On March 26, 2006, Same Same released...
under the Thailand
Sony BMG Music Entertainment
Sony BMG Music Entertainment was a recorded music company, which was a 50–50 joint venture between the Sony Corporation of America and Bertelsmann AG...
label. Same Same had chart-topping hits in Thailand, Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
, Malaysia and the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
.
Scott Moffatt resurfaced in an Ontario-based band The Boston Post, named after the old New England newspaper
Boston Post
The Boston Post was the most popular daily newspaper in New England for over a hundred years before it folded in 1956. The Post was founded in November 1831 by two prominent Boston businessmen, Charles G...
. The original lineup included Shawn Everett on drums, Jon Gant on guitar and Neal Gupta on bass. They released an 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...
titled It's 99PM in 2003. A video interview with Scott Moffatt
Scott Moffatt
Scott Andrew Moffatt was born on March 30, 1983 in Whitehorse, Yukon to Frank and Darlana Moffatt. Within a year after his birth, he became big brother to triplets Clint, Bob and Dave...
from the Holiday Train show in Sparwood, BC on December 13, 2005 confirmed that he planned to go solo and was recording in LA. On April 10, 2006, song previews from the upcoming independent release The Allegory of the City were put up on his music page along with the promise of a limited edition version soon being available for pre order. The new songs are all acoustic and reveal a folk rock/pop vibe. He played all instruments and did all vocals on the record, as well as produced it. The album is available at www.myspace.com/scottmoffattmusic. Scott is currently in Thailand producing a rock band called Slot Machine.
Dave Moffatt eventually relocated to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, at first with aspirations of attending the University of Winnipeg
University of Winnipeg
The University of Winnipeg is a public university in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada that offers undergraduate faculties of art, business and economics, education, science and theology as well as graduate programs. The U of W's founding colleges were Manitoba College and Wesley College, which merged...
and then deciding to launch an acting and modeling career. In addition to hosting karaoke
Karaoke
is a form of interactive entertainment or video game in which amateur singers sing along with recorded music using a microphone and public address system. The music is typically a well-known pop song minus the lead vocal. Lyrics are usually displayed on a video screen, along with a moving symbol,...
nights at a local gay bar (including 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...
's Twisted Element), Dave also appeared in a 2005 Winnipeg production of Miss Saigon
Miss Saigon
Miss Saigon is a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby, Jr.. It is based on Giacomo Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly, and similarly tells the tragic tale of a doomed romance involving an Asian woman abandoned by her American lover...
and was a contestant on Canadian Idol
Canadian Idol
Canadian Idol is a Canadian reality television competition show which aired on CTV, based on the British show Pop Idol. The show was a competition to find the most talented young singer in Canada, and was hosted by Ben Mulroney. Jon Dore was the "roving reporter" for the first three seasons...
, making it into the top 32 before being eliminated.
In 2004, the Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway , formerly also known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railway founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001...
announced in a press release that Bob and Clint were "reunited" and appeared under the name "The Moffatts" for the railway's Holiday Train program, a mobile fundraiser for community food banks. In 2005, Scott also joined the tour (see this photograph (Clint to the far left, Scott and Bob to the far right).
Although the group has shut down its main website, the Moffatts remain popular in Europe; its German fansite, linked below, is quite active.
Scott Moffatt
Scott Moffatt
Scott Andrew Moffatt was born on March 30, 1983 in Whitehorse, Yukon to Frank and Darlana Moffatt. Within a year after his birth, he became big brother to triplets Clint, Bob and Dave...
is currently in Bangkok, Thailand working with rock bands for record label's Sony BMG and GMM Grammy. Clint and Bob Moffatt moved to Thailand in 2006 and formed Same Same
Same Same
Same Same was a pop band consisting of identical twins, Bob and Clint Moffatt, originally members of the Canadian boyband The Moffatts. Same Same was based in Thailand and they sold albums and perform mainly in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.On March 26, 2006, Same Same released...
. They now reside in Nashville, Tennessee and perform country music under the name Like Strangers. They also participated in the Task Force Afghanistan Show Tour in December 2008 to entertain the Canadian troops. Dave Moffatt
Dave Moffatt
David Michael William Moffatt is a Canadian actor and singer.-Early life:Moffatt was born March 8, 1984, in Vancouver, British Columbia to Frank and Darlana Moffatt. Moffatt is a fraternal triplet, while his brothers Bob and Clint, who were born on the same date, are identical twins.-Singing...
was in a Toronto-based band called Lights Out Love. He still lives in Canada.
2011 update. Bob and Clint now reside in Nashville, TN. They had been writing songs and performing under the name Two Bullet Parade, but have now changed their name again to Like Strangers. They appear in venues around the Nashville Meto area.
Full names
- Scott Andrew Moffatt (Scott MoffattScott MoffattScott Andrew Moffatt was born on March 30, 1983 in Whitehorse, Yukon to Frank and Darlana Moffatt. Within a year after his birth, he became big brother to triplets Clint, Bob and Dave...
) - Lead vocals, Guitars - Clinton Thomas John Moffatt (Clint Moffatt) - Lead vocals, BassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, Percussion - Robert Franklin Peter Moffatt (Bob Moffatt) - Lead vocals, Drums
- David Michael William Moffatt (Dave MoffattDave MoffattDavid Michael William Moffatt is a Canadian actor and singer.-Early life:Moffatt was born March 8, 1984, in Vancouver, British Columbia to Frank and Darlana Moffatt. Moffatt is a fraternal triplet, while his brothers Bob and Clint, who were born on the same date, are identical twins.-Singing...
) - Lead vocals, KeyboardsKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
Albums
| Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Certifications Music recording sales certification Music recording sales certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped or sold a certain number of copies, where the threshold quantity varies by type and by nation or territory .Almost all countries follow variations of the RIAA certification categories,... (sales thresholds) |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN Canadian Albums Chart The Canadian Albums Chart is the official album sales chart in Canada. It is compiled every Wednesday by U.S.-based music sales tracking company Nielsen Soundscan, and published every Thursday by Jam! Canoe and Billboard, along with its sister charts the Canadian Singles Chart and the Canadian BDS... |
US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US Country |
US Heat Top Heatseekers Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical... |
|||
| It's a Wonderful World |
|
— | — | — | — | |
| The Moffatts |
Polydor Records Polydor is a record label owned by Universal Music Group, headquartered in the United Kingdom.-Beginnings:Polydor was originally an independent branch of the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. Its name was first used as an export label in 1924, the British and German branches of the Gramophone... |
— | — | 44 | 13 | |
| Chapter I: A New Beginning Chapter I: A New Beginning Chapter I: A New Beginning is the third album by Canadian pop rock group The Moffatts, and the first to be released on a major label. The album was released in Canada in 1998, with the American version released the year later. The album was very successful in Southeast Asia, and the band gained... |
Capitol Records Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine... /EMI EMI The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major... |
49 | 124 | — | 3 |
Canadian Recording Industry Association Music Canada is a Toronto-based, non-profit trade organization that was founded 9 April 1963 to represent the interests of companies that record, artists, manufacture, production, promotion and distribution of music in Canada... : Platinum |
| Tour Souvenir Package |
|
— | — | — | — | |
| Submodalities Submodalities (album) Submodalities is the fourth and final studio album by Canadian Pop rock group The Moffatts. The album debuted at #8 on the Canadian Albums Chart and went platinum based solely on the #1 hit "Bang Bang Boom".-Track listing:# "Just Another Phase" – 4:12... |
|
8 | — | — | — |
|
| Best of The Moffatts |
|
— | — | — | — | |
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAN Canadian Singles Chart The Canadian Singles Chart is currently compiled by the U.S.-based music sales tracking company, Nielsen SoundScan . The chart is compiled every Wednesday, and is published by Jam! Canoe on Thursdays.... |
CAN AC |
UK UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ... |
US Billboard Hot 100 The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday... |
|||
| 1995 | "I Think She Likes Me" | — | — | — | — | The Moffatts |
| "Caterpillar Crawl" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Guns of Love" | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998 | "I'll Be There for You I'll Be There for You (The Moffatts song) "I'll Be There for You" is a song by Canadian pop rock band The Moffatts. It was released in April 1998 as the first single from their third album, Chapter I: A New Beginning. The song was a hit in Canada, reaching No. 5 on Canada's singles chart and peaked at No... " |
5 | 25 | — | — | Chapter I: A New Beginning |
| "Miss You Like Crazy" | 23 | 9 | 16 | — | ||
| "If Life Is So Short" | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Crazy" | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999 | "Girl of My Dreams Girl of My Dreams "Girl of My Dreams" is a song by Canadian pop rock band The Moffatts. It was released in January 1999 as the third single from their third album, Chapter I: A New Beginning. The song was a hit in Canada, reaching #19 on Canada's singles chart and peaked at #4 on the Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary... " |
19 | 4 | — | — | |
| "Until You Loved Me Until You Loved Me "Until You Loved Me" is a song by Canadian pop rock band The Moffatts. It was released in April 1999 as the fourth single from their third album, Chapter I: A New Beginning. The song was a hit in Canada, reaching #23 on Canada's singles chart and peaked at #57 on the Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary... " |
23 | 57 | 36 | 68 | ||
| "Misery" | 18 | 23 | 47 | — | ||
| 2000 | "Bang Bang Boom Bang Bang Boom "Bang Bang Boom" is a song by Canadian pop rock band The Moffatts. It was released in July 2000 as the first single from their fourth and final album, Submodalities. The song was a hit in Canada, reaching #1 on Canada's singles chart, and was the band's final successful single before their break-up... " |
1 | 21 | — | — | Submodalities |
| "Just Another Phase"[A] | 16 | — | — | — | ||
| 2001 | "Walking Behind" | — | — | — | — | |
| "Who Do You Love" | — | — | — | — | ||
DVDs
| Title | Video details | Notes |
|---|---|
| Chapter I: A New Beginning LIVE |
|
| The Closing of Chapter One |
|
^ "Just Another Phase" was still climbing the RPM
RPM (magazine)
RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,...
charts when the magazine ceased publication.