Odds (band)

Odds were a Canadian alternative rock band in the 1990s. The band's power pop style was frequently compared to that of American contemporaries such as Matthew Sweet. (The band is sometimes referred to as The Odds, although they were always credited on album covers as simply "Odds".)

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Canadian - Alternative rock - 1990s - Power pop - American - Matthew Sweet

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The band was formed in 1987 in Vancouver, and consisted of vocalist-guitarists Craig Northey and Steven Drake, bassist Doug Elliott and drummer Paul Brennan. The band supplemented their income by also performing as a 1960s and 1970s cover band, Dawn Patrol.

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1987 - Vancouver - Craig Northey - Steven Drake - Doug Elliott - Paul Brennan - 1960s - 1970s

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They subsequently relocated to Los Angeles, and released their debut album, Neopolitan, in 1991. That album's most famous single was the controversial "Wendy Under the Stars", which featured the chorus I was fucking Wendy under the stars/The night that Elvis died. (A radio edit changed the lyric to "I made love to Wendy".)

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Los Angeles - 1991 - Elvis

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In 1993, the band released Bedbugs, which attracted attention for its lead single "Heterosexual Man". The video for that song featured the band members performing in drag as participants in a beauty contest, with The Kids in the Hall (themselves often noted for drag performances) as the stereotypically macho judges.

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1993 - Drag - The Kids in the Hall - Macho

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Brennan left the band in 1994, and subsequently joined Big Sugar. He was replaced by Pat Steward.

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1994 - Big Sugar - Pat Steward

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The band followed up with Good Weird Feeling, their most commercially successful album, in 1995 and Nest in 1996.

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1995 - 1996

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The band broke up in 1999, releasing a greatest hits compilation in 2000. Northey, Elliott, Steward and Simon Kendall subsequently formed the new band Sharkskin. Drake became a record producer, helming albums for The Tragically Hip, Kim Bingham, 54-40 and Static in Stereo. In 2005, the members of Sharkskin backed the Hip's Rob Baker in the side project Stripper's Union Local 518.

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1999 - 2000 - Simon Kendall - Sharkskin - Record producer - The Tragically Hip - Kim Bingham - 54-40 - Static in Stereo - 2005 - Rob Baker - Stripper's Union Local 518

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