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Thornhill, Ontario, Canada (1990 – present)
Moxy Früvous was a folk-pop, geek-rock, socially conscious, politically-satirical band (1990-ca.2002) from Thornhill, ontario, canada, just north of toronto. Canada and the “human experience” are a common theme in Früvous songs.
The band formed in 1990 when Jian Ghomeshi and Murray Foster, former classmates at the local Thornlea Secondary School, and participants in the school choir, joined with Mike Ford and David Matheson to busk in Toronto. They drew unusually large crowds, and, eventually, the attention of Toronto-based CBC Radio One, which commissioned songs about political and local issues for the radio show Later the Same Day. Some songs written for the show later appeared on their albums; these songs include “The Gulf War Song” and “My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors”, which was written for a Toronto authors’ festival.
They cut a six-song demo tape in 1992, and their first major-label album was released the next year. Its single, “King Of Spain”, was only the second Canadian independent #1 hit in that country’s history. (Torontonians Barenaked Ladies were first by a few months, with 1991’s “Be My Yoko Ono”.) Shortly after, they embarked on a touring schedule that continued, practically without stopping except to record new material, until the end of 2000.
The band reminds some listeners of The Beatles (which Früvous happily acknowledges) or They Might Be Giants. They sometimes sang with little or no accompaniment in a style similar to contemporary a cappella, drawing comparisons to Da Vinci’s Notebook. A number of their songs also express the band’s progressive political leanings (“The Greatest Man In America”, for instance, harps on Rush Limbaugh, and “big fish” lambasts former Premier of Ontario Mike Harris).
The band formed in 1990 when Jian Ghomeshi and Murray Foster, former classmates at the local Thornlea Secondary School, and participants in the school choir, joined with Mike Ford and David Matheson to busk in Toronto. They drew unusually large crowds, and, eventually, the attention of Toronto-based CBC Radio One, which commissioned songs about political and local issues for the radio show Later the Same Day. Some songs written for the show later appeared on their albums; these songs include “The Gulf War Song” and “My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors”, which was written for a Toronto authors’ festival.
They cut a six-song demo tape in 1992, and their first major-label album was released the next year. Its single, “King Of Spain”, was only the second Canadian independent #1 hit in that country’s history. (Torontonians Barenaked Ladies were first by a few months, with 1991’s “Be My Yoko Ono”.) Shortly after, they embarked on a touring schedule that continued, practically without stopping except to record new material, until the end of 2000.
The band reminds some listeners of The Beatles (which Früvous happily acknowledges) or They Might Be Giants. They sometimes sang with little or no accompaniment in a style similar to contemporary a cappella, drawing comparisons to Da Vinci’s Notebook. A number of their songs also express the band’s progressive political leanings (“The Greatest Man In America”, for instance, harps on Rush Limbaugh, and “big fish” lambasts former Premier of Ontario Mike Harris).
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rahaeli wrote:
For those who discovered Früvous after the breakup, the Internet Music Archive has a ton of their live shows, all of which were generally recorded via direct patch into the soundboard: http://www.archive.org/search.php?query=collection%3AMoxyFruvous Excellent way to get the live Früvous vibe!
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MinkyUrungus wrote:
Heh. Yeah, they're awesome.
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JAMOOL wrote:
still, I kinda dig 'em
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JAMOOL wrote:
"the cat is fat the cat is fat", man fuck this band
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Murrdox wrote:
I'll always be a Fru-head. I spent New Years Eve 1999 in Buffalo with these awesome guys. Still hoping for a reunion.
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Archaenon wrote:
I'm a closet Moxy fan. :D
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NapoMarx wrote:
OMG I LOVE THEY MIGHT BE... wait a second
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Larintha wrote:
I am the king of spain :D
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oriental_green wrote:
I miss the Fru . . .
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j2n4me wrote:
Intergalactic, totally spastic.
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ZZardozZ wrote:
Laika, where is it man?
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SpiderJeruslm wrote:
I'm so mad that I never got to see this band live, I hear they were amazing live, really good to their fans.
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TheOtherAndrew wrote:
Reunion please.
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bluelight157 wrote:
They were so fun live....I miss them so much!!!!
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IAmBritish wrote:
I love you guys so much. n________n
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Ccladonia wrote:
freaking awesome band. my bf just gave me all ur cds and i love em. Especially Thornhill. It's tooooo good. :)
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danielull wrote:
the best concert i've ever attended!!!!!! a couple of minutes before the show everything went black and they started a capella...... true musicans
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Nic33rd wrote:
Jian Gomeshi? Crazy.
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quickwatson wrote:
J'entends au loin les sirenes qui comme une vague me tirent, m'amènent chez Morphée.
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infant-tango wrote:
my baby's hooked on short works of fiction!
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