Choke (band)

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Choke
Origin Edmonton, Canada
Genres Punk rock
Melodic hardcore
Post-hardcore
Skate punk
Years active1994–2007
LabelsSmallman Records
MembersClay Shea
Jack Jaggard
Shawn Moncrieff
Graham Churchill
Past membersStefan Levasseur

Choke is a Canadian punk rock band from Edmonton.

History

With original members Jack Jaggard, Clay Shea, Shawn Moncrieff and Stefan Levasseur, Choke has toured in Canada and the USA.

Contents

Choke released their first two albums independently, Lotion in 1995 and Give'er in 1996, which was later released through Smallman Records, who signed the band in 1997. Choke released Needless To Say the following year, an album that was chosen by Exclaim! magazine as one of the top ten punk albums of the year. [1] 1999 saw the release of Foreword . A departure from the skate-punk sound that defined "Needless to Say", "Foreword" was described jokingly by Shea as the "career killer". [2] Despite this, Exclaim! magazine called the album "a tremendous accomplishment by punk standards". [1] Foreword cemented the band's reputation as one of Canada's top punk acts, alongside Propagandhi, Painted Thin, and I Spy.

In 2002, There's A Story To This Moral was released, followed by 2005's Slow Fade Or How I Learned To Question Infinity. The latter was recorded in Vancouver, with Blair Calibaba (Gob, Propagandhi) and Paul Forgues (Slayer, Nine Inch Nails, Treble Charger), and became the fifth release through Smallman Records. The band was heralded by Exclaim! as "...one of the finest technically progressive bands on the planet." [3]

Breakup

In 2007, the band decided to split up after one more tour that would end in Edmonton on June 9. Band members Shawn Moncrieff and Clay Shea started a new band Passenger Action with Ryan Podlubny (ex. The Fullblast, Fordirelifesake) and Allan Harding (ex. Thirty Nights of Violence, Sleeping Girl, and Path of a Logical Liar).

In 2013, the band reunited for one final tour. [4]

In 2022, the band began playing live shows and recorded a new song "Out of Sync".

Band members

Discography

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References

  1. 1 2 "Choke [foreword]| Exclaim!". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  2. ↑ "Choke - In Sickness and In Health (Page 2) • On the Cover • exclaim.ca". Archived from the original on 10 July 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "Exclaim! article - March 2005". Archived from the original on 2007-05-22. Retrieved 2010-01-13.
  4. ↑ "Choke reunites for one final tour". Piquenewsmagazine.com. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
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