Biography
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Years Active
1999 – present (25 years)
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Founded In
Winnipeg, Winnipeg Capital Region, Manitoba, Canada
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The Perpetrators are a rock and roll / blues band formed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in the late 1990s. Currently without a permanent drummer, they are J "Howik" Nowicki (guitar, vocals, drums, bass) and Ryan "ODL" Menard (bass, vocals, guitar). Their best known songs include "Six Pack" and "She Lets Me Know." Past members include Scotty Hills, Chris "MAMA" Bauer, Chris Carmichael and Chris Saywell (currently with D.Rangers).
They have played back up for Hubert Sumlin, Louisiana Red, Paul "Wine" Jones, Downchild Blues Band, "Wild Child" Butler, Jim Byrnes, Kenny Brown and Cedric Burnside, as well as recording with Juno winners Sue Foley and Big Dave McLean.
2006 Western Canadian Music Award winners for Outstanding Blues Album, The Perps have also been nominated for a Juno and for Electric Act of the Year at the Toronto Blues Society's Ninth Annual Maple Blues Awards.
On January 25, 2007, The Perpetrators released a new single on Winnipeg radio stations titled You're Gonna Kill Me for their new album titled Tow Truck. The album was released in April 2007and was nominated for two 2008 Western Canadian Music Awards - best blues and best independant recordings. In the fall of 2008, their fourth album, recorded live at their home base, Times Change(d) High & Lonesome Club, was released just before they crossed the ocean their fourth European tour, with Scotty Hills behind the drumkit.
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