Christian Tanna

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Christian Tanna is a Canadian drummer and music event organizer based in Peterborough, Ontario. He is best known for being a co-founding member and drummer for the band I Mother Earth.

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Early life

Tanna was born Christian Koshowski in Hamilton, Ontario. His family moved to Peterborough when he was in elementary school. [1] [2] Tanna began playing drums in high school.

Career

Tanna, along with his brother, Jagori Tanna, and vocalist Edwin, formed I Mother Earth in 1990. [3] [4] Tanna played on 1993's Dig ; in 1994 the band won a Juno Award for Best Rock Album. [5]

Tanna also drummed on the band's 1996's double platinum album Scenery and Fish , [6] 1999's Blue Green Orange , and 2003's The Quicksilver Meat Dream . He wrote all of I Mother Earth's lyrics.

After I Mother Earth broke up in 2004, Tanna created and organized Blue Sky Revival, an event to support Earth Day, in Toronto on 22 April 2005. He took over management duties for the band dodger, and also worked as a manager at the record label UpperLeftSide Music. Tanna also drummed in ex-I Mother Earth bandmate Brian Byrne's band in 2008.[ citation needed ]

Tanna worked as the event planner for the Park Playhouse in Cobourg, Ontario. [7] He also drummed for the indie band the Flaming Hoops, [8] and in 2010 became the general manager of The Venue, a concert and events venue in Peterborough, Ontario.

Tanna and the rest of the final I Mother Earth lineup reunited in 2012 to play several live performances at venues across Canada and release a new song. They continued to perform together from time to time, [9] and in 2016 came together with their former lead singer, Edwin, to tour with Our Lady Peace and Finger Eleven. [10] [11] Also that year, Tanna became the event manager for the Oshawa Music Hall. [12]

Tanna continued to tour with I Mother Earth, including a performance in St. John's, Newfoundland in 2018. [13] [14]

In October 2022, Tanna joined Oshawa radio station CKGE-FM as host of Generation Next Radio, its program devoted to new and emerging rock musicians. [15]

From April–May 2023, Tanna did a drum clinic tour across multiple "Long and Mcquade" music stores in British Columbia and Ontario, where he performed songs, shared stories from his career and being on tour, and answered fan questions.

Tanna has been an endorser of Mapex Drums since 2012, and for Scenery and Fish and onwards, primarily used and continues to use (as of 2023), a famous Ludwig Drums "Black Beauty" snare drum for most of I Mother Earth’s material and tours.

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References

  1. ↑ "General manager of The Venue named". 4 Feb 2010 by Paul Rellinger, Peterborough This Week.
  2. ↑ "In depth, in present tense: Peterborough's biggest alternative rock exports set to play a rare local show to benefit Corus Feeds Kids". 3 Dec 2014, Peterborough Examiner
  3. ↑ "Edwin to leave band after Edgefest gig". Canoe.ca. 22 April 1997. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 22 October 2009.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ↑ "WTFEST PREVIEW: I Mother Earth has got the love". 5 Jun 2015 by Sean Allen . Brant News
  5. ↑ "Reunited I Mother Earth Continues Cross-Canada Tour, Readies For Road Trip with Our Lady Peace ". Music Life, 25 August 2016 by Jim Barber
  6. ↑ Larry LeBlanc (1 June 1996). "Capital sees Canadian band as more than metal". Billboard magazine. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. p. 17. ISSN   0006-2510.
  7. ↑ "Christian Tanna to be manager The Venue when it opens". Peterborough Examiner. 20 February 2010. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2010.
  8. ↑ "PtboPics: The Flaming Hoops At The Venue Wine Bar". PTBO Canada, 7 May 2011
  9. ↑ "The Dadbods Came in Droves for I Mother Earth". Noisey, 4 May 2015
  10. ↑ "I Mother Earth will bring the buzz for Day 2 at Rock On The River". Timmins Daily Press, John Emms, 19 July 2019
  11. ↑ " A nineties rock revival at the Rose". Peel Region Review, 12 December 2018 Jeff Jones
  12. ↑ "Oshawa venue, originally the Biltmore Theatre, gets new name, owners". 30 Apr 2016 by Sean Heeger. Oshawa This Week
  13. ↑ "Review – I Mother Earth, Finger Eleven & Sea Dogs at George Street Festival 2018". Canadian Beats, By Melissa Wiseman on 4 August 2018
  14. ↑ "Rockers bring it home". Peterborough Examiner, 4 Jul 2016
  15. ↑ Connie Thiessen, "I Mother Earth drummer Christian Tanna joins 94.9 The Rock". Broadcast Dialogue, 26 October 2022.
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