Zolty Cracker, was a Canadian band formed in 1989 based out of Vancouver

Vancouver

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, British Columbia

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, Canada

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. The band members were Gilles Zolty

Gilles Zolty

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 (lead vocals, guitar), Annie Wilkinson (bass, accordion, vocals, cello) and Wayne Adams

Geoff Berner

Geoff Berner is a Canadian singer-songwriter and accordion player from Vancouver, British Columbia.Due to his insightful humor, politically inflammatory compositions and showmanship, Berner has gained a cult following over the years, especially in Canada and Norway, where he recorded his first...

 (drums, percussion, harmonica, vocals).

History

Zolty Cracker toured Canada, the United States

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 and Europe

Europe

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 from 1989 to 1997, playing what has been described by The Province

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as an "eccentric punk-folk hybrid", although their mix of styles includes punk, rock, thrash

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, funk

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, world beat, acoustic folk and traditional waltz

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.

Their 1995 album Go Please Stay was financed on their own. The music video "Driver" was played in rotation on MuchMusic

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.

Others who adding their musical prowess to the band were Michael Louw, Michael Venart, Jatinder Sandhu, Lara Kowalsky, Clint Rice, Jimmy Goodrich, Pierre Lumoncel, Marcel Hildebrand and Eric Napier.

Discography

• Go Please Stay (1995)
• Flush (1997)
• Zolty Cracker (self-titled cassette, pre 1995)

External links

• Giles Zolty at CBC Radio 3
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