Poledo

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Poledo
Origin Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
Genres alternative rock, noise rock
Years active1994 (1994)–1998 (1998)
Labels Sonic Unyon, Squirtgun
Past membersJoshua Malinsky
Mitch Roth
Dave Capogna

Poledo was a Canadian alternative rock band based in Thornhill, Ontario, consisting of vocalist and bassist Joshua Malinsky, vocalist and guitarist Mitch Roth [1] and drummer Dave Capogna, [2] Their music is characterized by loud, heavily distorted guitar riffs and screamed lyrics. [3]

History

Poledo was formed in 1994 in Thornhill. [2] the band released two independent cassettes, Buzz Muffin and Let Up, before signing to Sonic Unyon. [2]

They released the full-length album There, You on Sonic Unyon in 1995, [4] and shared a split 7-inch single, Lunar Landing Confirmed , with Hayden on Toronto's Squirtgun Records in 1996. [2] [5] Both releases charted on Canada's campus radio charts in 1996. The band performed as far west as Vancouver that year. [6]

The band broke up in December 1997; after performing one final show in early 1998, Malinsky and Roth both joined Hayden's touring band. [7] [8] Rare unreleased tracks later appeared on two compilation albums, Sonic Unyon's Now We Are 5 and Squirtgun Records' More of Our Stupid Noise , and a cassette of recordings from their never-completed second album was released at their final show under the title The Poledo Demos. [2]

Malinsky subsequently went solo under the name Kid Lunch, releasing an eponymous CD on Teenage USA in 1999. [7] [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Holy Poledo, it's loud Lenny Stoute". Toronto Star . December 21, 1995. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Poledo [usurped] at canoe.ca's Pop Music Encyclopedia].
  3. ↑ "Noiseniks Poledo don^t believe the hype". The Varsity, May/June Edition 1995 by Stuart Berman
  4. ↑ "Sonic Unyon wafts to greatness". Toronto Star , December 19, 1996.
  5. ↑ " Hayden". AllMusic, Biography by Peter J. D'Angelo
  6. ↑ "The Garden of Hardcore Sprouts Three Sonic Unyons". Dropd Magazine, July 25, 1996, Review by P. Freako
  7. 1 2 Stuart Berman, "Kid Lunch resurrects homemade indie-rock". Eye Weekly , June 10, 1999.
  8. ↑ "Hayden - Full Biography". MTV. Archived from the original on April 16, 2008. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
  9. ↑ "Don't forget about the tunes". Toronto Star , March 2, 2000.
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