Pony Da Look

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Pony Da Look
Origin Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genres Indie rock
Years active2001 (2001)–2011
Labels Murderecords
Members
  • Temple Bates
  • Amy Bowles
  • Catherine Stockhausen
  • Rob Gordon
Past membersRebecca Mendoza

Pony Da Look was an indie rock band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The band members were Temple Bates (composer/keyboards/vocals), Amy Bowles (lyrics/vocals/keyboards), Catherine Stockhausen (keyboards/vocals), and Rob Gordon (drums). Former members include Rebecca Mendoza (drums). Their music combined heavy drum beats, raw keyboard riffs and forceful vocals with unconventional lyrics. [1] [2]

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History

Bates, Bowles, and Mendoza came together as Pony Da Look and released their first self-titled album in 2001. Tara Azzopardi and Megan Dunlop also played with them in 2001. [3] [2] With the addition of Stockhausen on keyboard, they followed it up with The Forcefield Weakens in 2003. [4] [5]

After Mendoza and Sloan's Chris Murphy celebrated the birth of their child in 2007, [5] Pony Da Look signed to Sloan's label Murderecords and released Shattered Dimensions in 2008. [6] Mendoza left the band and was replaced on drums by Rob Gordon. Pony Da Look continued to perform in the Toronto area until 2011. [1] [7]

Bowles and Bates are painters who continue to exhibit regularly, Mendoza is a modern dancer and choreographer and Stockhausen is a TV producer and photographer.

Bowles served as one of the inspirations for the character Envy Adams in Scott Pilgrim v the World . [8]

Studio albums

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