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Biography

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (1997 – present)

The New Pornographers are a Canadian indie rock group formed in 1997 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Their sound is influenced by that of such power pop bands as The Cars and Cheap Trick, but they use much more sophisticated rhythms and chord changes. Although it was widely reported that the New Pornographers got their name from a pamphlet put out by televangelist Jimmy Swaggart condemning rock ‘n’ roll as “the new pornography,” Carl Newman has stated that he came up with the name after watching Shohei Imamura’s The Pornographers (1966).

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2	Challengers	675
3	Crash Years	648
4	The Bleeding Heart Show	634
5	Myriad Harbour	489
6	Adventures In Solitude	467
7	Sing Me Spanish Techno	444
8	Mass Romantic	425
9	Your Hands (Together)	405
10	Use It	368
11	My Rights Versus Yours	364
12	Letter From an Occupant	353
13	Twin Cinema	346
14	The Laws Have Changed	330
14	Sweet Talk, Sweet Talk	330