artist Bidiniband

Bidiniband were formed out of the ashes of Rheostatics. This Toronto’s four-piece features songwriter and hat model Dave Bidini, heretofore the only Canadian to be nominated for a Juno, Gemini, and Genie Award, as well the country’s national book contest, Canada Reads, for his legendary "On A Cold Road." Bidiniband have released two albums on Pheromone Recordings, "The Land is Wild" and "In the Rock Hall." “In the Rock Hall” and was recorded in six days at Revolution Recording in Toronto by engineer Joe Dunphy. It was the first rock album made at Revolution and was expertly produced by drummer Don Kerr (Ron Sexsmith) and mixed by Michael Phillip-Wojewoda (BNL, Rheostatics). Bidiniband features Paul Linklater of the Pinecones on guitar and Doug Friesen (John K Samson, Peter Elkas) on bass. The title track was based on the poem “In the Rock Hall” by author Paul Quarrington, and another track, “Eunoia,” draws its lyrics from the epic literary work of the same name by Christian Bok. Otherwise, the band’s Big Rock sounds touch on themes familiar to fans of Bidniband: pirates, war, dating, boating, Smurfs, the 80s, and movie-making. The music on “In the Rock Hall” was borne out of two years gigging in small clubs across the country, and many of the songs were moulded after live experiments with songs road-tested before they were studio-ready. Mastered by world-reknowned Joao Carvalho, “In the Rock Hall” is an expressive, white-hot rock and roll statement from one of Canada’s longstanding musical and literary pioneers and counts among his finest work in an artistic life that has already spanned four decades. The band is available for engagements at aimbookingagency.com/