From Maplemusic.com (and somewhat outdated, to boot): Ford Pier is known internationally for his many years' work collaborating in the studio and on tour with such diverse acts as D.O.A., Jr. Gone Wild, Neko Case, Tankhog, John (Spirit Of The West) Mann, and others. He remains in the regular touring lineups of Veda Hille, Martin (Rheostatics) Tielli, and Carolyn Mark, while continuing to write and record with NoMeansNo-affiliated supergroup, The Showbusiness Giants. Most who have experienced his solo work - which has been his principal focus for the past several years, agree that on his own he sounds unlike any of them, yet not unlike all of them; at once, separately, and otherwise - with a twist! Like the kind you'd get in your neck from whirling about too quickly to catch a glimpse of a traffic accident. In 1995, Wrong Records released his debut, Meconium, a 14-song mosaic of raging post-punk, true-blue country, folk balladry, and avant-garde soul of which The Vancouver Sun's Katherine Monk was moved to write, "If one indie release could speak for the West Coast, this is the one. The song "What's Wrong With Lumme", featured on the compilation Johnny Hanson Presents Puck Rock Vol. 1 was cited by The Hockey News as being one of the Top 20 Hockey Anthems of all time." Live, Ford has shown himself to be an engaging performer equally at home with the acoustic folk set (Ford has been a featured solo act at Canadian folk festivals including Vancouver and Winnipeg) or sharing a