Bloody Chicletts

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Bloody Chicletts
Origin Vancouver, Canada
Genres
[1]
Years active1995–1997
Labels BMG, Ariola
MembersGlen Reid
Devin Reschny
Gabe Tracey
Chad Reid
Kurt Dahle
Glenn Kruger

Bloody Chicletts was a Canadian new wave, power pop band based in Vancouver. Band members were guitarist/vocalist Glen Reid, keyboardist Devin Reschny, bassist Chad Reid, and drummer Gabe Tracey. They were signed to BMG Music Canada [2] and released one album, 1996's Presenting...Bloody Chicletts.

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History

Reid and Reschny are from Calgary and moved to Vancouver's Kitsilano neighbourhood to escape the cold Calgary climate and to find additional musicians. Reid recruited his cousin Chad, and the band connected with drummer Kurt Dahle. Dahle later left to focus on his other active projects, Age of Electric and Limblifter, and was replaced by drummer/vocalist Glenn Kruger (Carly Rae Jepsen, Mudgirl, the Paperboys, the Real McKenzies) and later Gabe Tracy.

Taking influence from the Police, the Cars, and Blondie, the group developed a power pop repertoire and signed with BMG Canada in 1996. [3] Soon after, they released the album Presenting...Bloody Chicletts. It was mixed by Garth "GGGarth" Richardson and charted on the Canadian Campus Radio Chart, debuting at No. 30. [4] The album spent eight weeks on the chart and reached No. 21 in February 1997. [5] Presenting...Bloody Chicletts was produced by drummer Kurt Dahle. [6] [7] Record sales were moderate. [8]

"She's a Freak", the lead single from Presenting...Bloody Chicletts, was promoted through a video directed by Matt Mahurin. [9] It debuted at No. 29 on the RPM Alternative 30 charts on November 11, 1996, [10] and stayed on the chart for eight weeks, eventually reaching No. 13 in January 1997. [11]

The band opened for Matthew Sweet, [12] The Killjoys, and Odds in 1996 and 1997. [13]

In his 2008 book, Shake Some Action: The Ultimate Power Pop Guide, John M. Borack ranked Presenting...Bloody Chicletts at No. 184 in his list of the 200 best power pop albums of all time.[ citation needed ]

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  2. ↑ Larry LeBlanc (October 19, 1996). "Artist manager makes mark at A&R". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 57. ISSN   0006-2510.
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  4. ↑ Campus Radio Chart For December 10, 1996 [ dead link ]
  5. ↑ Campus Radio Chart for February 18, 1997 [ dead link ]
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