December 8, 1998 - Hear The New Album! December 3, 1998 - Finalized Tracklist
The band is in Toronto this week shooting the video for Keep A Lid On Things with U.S. director Clark Eddy.
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Crash Test Dummies are a
five-person musical group from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The band's material is rather
difficult to classify, but can be described as an unusually literate, eclectic brand of
pop with noticable folk influences. Their songs are characterized by whimsical,
thoughtful, and dryly humourous lyrics, creative musical arrangements, and the
unmistakable prescence of lead singer Brad Roberts' distinctive voice. Crash Test Dummies first appeared on the Canadian musical scene in the late 1980's and began to achieve commercial success with the release of their first album, The Ghosts That Haunt Me, in 1991. The album eventually reached quadruple platinum sales (400,000) in Canada, largely due to the overwhelming popularity of the smash hit single Superman's Song, and earned CTD the 1991 Juno Award for Group of the Year. However, the Dummies did not receive much international recognition until the 1993 release of their second album, God Shuffled His Feet. Particularly instrumental in increasing CTD's exposure in the U.S. market was the appearance of a new type of radio format: adult album-oriented alternative rock (AAA). These stations put the single Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm in high rotation, with the result that by mid-1994 the album had passed the platinum sales mark in the U.S. (one million), and had also earned the Dummies three Grammy nominations and three more Juno nominations. To date, GSHF has sold more than five and a half million copies worldwide. In 1996, the Dummies' third album, A Worm's Life, was released to mixed critical and moderate commercial success. The singles were warmly received in some markets, but nothing matched the runaway success of either Supe's Song or Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm. Still, the album went platinum in Canada in less than one month. (Excerpt from the DummyFAQ)The members are: |
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Compilations:
Singles: | Click here for a complete list | Bootlegs: | Click here for a complete list | Videos: Symptomology of a rock band: The case of the Crash Test Dummies |
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