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The Grapes of Wrath http://grapesofwrath.ca
The Grapes of Wrath formed in Kelowna, B.C. in 1983. Their 1985 debut, September Bowl of Green introduced listeners to Tom and Kevin's Byrds-ian harmonies. In 1987, The Grapes of Wrath broke through to Canadian mainstream radio with the dazzling folk-pop of its gold-selling sophomore effort, Treehouse. Now and Again (1989) spawned three Top 50 singles, including the quietly haunting "What Was Going Through My Head". Following the release of 1991's These Days - their second platinum album that spawned two Top 10 hits "You May Be Right" and "I Am Here" - the band decided to call it a day. On Oct. 30 2012, a star studded cast of Canadian musical greats including Sam Roberts, Ron Sexsmith, The Great Lakes Swimmers, Hayden, Julie Doiron and more joined our reformed alt-folk/pop pioneers, The Grapes of Wrath, on stage at Toronto's Mod Club to celebrate the official reformation of one of most popular Canadian recording acts of the late 80's and early 90's.
Multi-Platinum selling Canadian rock/pop trio The Grapes of Wrath
announce the release of High Road on March 19, 2013 via Toronto-based
imprint Aporia Records. High Road is the first album in 22 years to
feature all three of the band's original members Kevin Kane, Tom Hooper
and Chris Hooper.
*"Singles" album out now on EMI-Canada. (Hits package + 2 new songs).
https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/singles/id570544335
ABOUT THE GRAPES
Brothers Tom and Chris Hooper met Kevin Kane in 1977 during their teens
in Kelowna, British Columbia. Their first band was a punk combo called
Kill Pigs which played faster than the singer could sing. From there,
Kane and the Hoopers went on separate musical paths; Kane to art-rock
group Empty Set and the Hoopers forming the hardcore punk band Gentlemen
Of Horror. The Gentlemen were popular playing in and around Vancouver
and released a now highly sought after 7" single in 1980. During this
time, Tom Hooper edited a local punk 'zine called 'Indecent Exposure',
to which Kane and Chris Hooper contributed.
In April of 1983,
after putting together a one-off show as cover band Honda Civic, the
trio decided to work together musically again. From the Hooper family
garage they began rehearsals and gained enough confidence to open for
acts in Seattle and Vancouver as the newly christened Grapes Of Wrath
(from the classic movie of the same name).
By raising money at
flea markets and garage sales the act was able to record 4 songs with
up-and-coming producer/engineer Greg Reely in July and August 1984.
Unbeknownst to the band, a cassette recording of the material was passed
along to Terry McBride of the newly formed Nettwerk Records in
Vancouver, which led to the band being signed and releasing the tracks
as a self-titled EP in November 1984. The band played a farewell gig in
hometown Kelowna, packed up Tom's station wagon and the Grapes Of Wrath
moved to Vancouver.
In late summer of 1985, Nettwerk released
the first album 'September Bowl Of Green', which dented college and
alternative radio. Their first two videos "Misunderstanding" and "A
Dream (About You)" were heavily rotated by MUCHMusic. This attention led
to Nettwerk's negotiations with Capitol Records for a distribution deal
and the band returned to the studio in May 1986 to remix
"Misunderstanding" and "Love Comes Around" with Tom Cochrane. These
remixes would be issued on the 'September Bowl Of Green' CD re-issue.
The band continued playing live including a high profile show at the 2nd
Annual Independent Music Festival in 1986.
