Broken Social Scene

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Toronto, Canada (1999 – present)

Broken Social Scene is an group formed in 1999 in Toronto, Canada.

The band’s core members are Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning. This duo recorded and released the band’s debut album Feel Good Lost, in 2001, with contributions from Ohad Benchetrit (also known as Years), Evan Cranley, Leslie Feist, Justin Peroff, Bill Priddle, and Charles Spearin. All of these musicians would emerge as key members of Broken Social Scene in future endeavors.

After the release of Feel Good Lost (an almost entirely album), Drew and Canning decided to transition the band into a more energetic sound reflective of the Toronto music scene of the early 2000’s. As a result, they brought in a number of local artistic and musicial friends — the Apostle Of Hustle Andrew Whiteman, Jason Collett, Metric’s Emily Haines, and Leslie Feist — to flesh out their live show with lyrics and vocals. Over time, the band also came to include contributions from James Shaw, John Crossingham, Lisa Lobsinger, Julie Penner, Sam Goldberg, and Stars’ Amy Millan.

Many of the later guest musicians joined with Drew, Canning, Peroff and Spearin to record the band’s second album You Forgot It In People in 2002 on the label Arts & Crafts. This album, an eclectic, restlessly creative collection of yet accessible songs, became the band’s critical and breakthrough — it was greeted with widely positive reviews, and landed on many music critics’ year-end Best-Of lists.
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    shampoo suicide

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  • xgamer11

    It just destroys me how long we'll need to wait for another tour, let alone another album..

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    I'm still your fag c:

    14 days ago

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    Wish they were still around. I'd kill to see them live.

    14 days ago

  • kouta55

    V those are "Broken Social Scene Presents..."

    15 days ago

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    Similar Artist: Broken Social Scene

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  • cliiv

    new album please

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THIS MOVIE IS BROKEN - DVD RELEASE

24 Sep 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/brokensocialscene

This Movie Is Broken will be available on DVD and Blu-Ray in stores across Canada Tuesday, September 28th. The DVD can be ordered right now from GalleryAC and you can also pick up a copy by …

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