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Artist
Standing 8
12+ albums
Nu Metal
about
standing 8 was formed in november of 1996, in pickering, ontario canada. at the time jesse played drums in a band called electrolux, but quit that band to devote himself fully to standing 8. we played our first show on valentines day, febuary 14th 1997, in ajax, ontario. we then played in oakville, ont. and it was obvious our style was very different from any other canadian bands around at the time. at that show, we were invited to perform live on CHRY 105.5 FM. we played numerous other shows and played in quebec and in columbus ohio at the more than music fest. in ohio, we met many people, including the kids who run eudora records, based in detroit, mi. within a month, there was an agreement to do a 12" with eudora records for the end of that year. over time it was decided that it should be a 7" instead because it would enable the record to be released earlier. eudora records then booked a 3 day tour of michigan for us to promote the band and create interest in the upcoming 7". one month before the tour robin young joined the band to play keyboards and played her first show in grandhaven, MI. after the 3 day tour, we decided to not play any shows and work on new songs for the 7". mike then moved to toronto and so did robin. mike was busy at university and was very seldom able to attend practice, so the inital decision was to work on the new songs without him and then the bass lines could be added later. after completion of 4 new songs without a bass player, we found that
