Grand Theft Bus

Grand Theft Bus is a Canadian band based in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada."Grand Theft Bus / Elliott Brood The Casbah, Hamilton ON – October 7, 2005". Exclaim!, By Shain Shapiro Nov 01, 2005 The group is known for incorporating multiple genres into their music and for performing extended improvisational sections during live shows.

History

Formed in 2000, the band consists of Tim Walker (guitar, vocals), Graeme Walker (bass, vocals), Dennis Goodwin (guitar, synths, vocals), and Bob Deveau (drums and electronics)."Canadian musicians Grand Theft Bus ", Canadian Geographic, December 2005. Retrieved on 2008-08-11. Their first album, Birth of Confusion, was released in 2003."Grand Theft Bus Birth Of Confusion". Exclaim!, By Marco Ursi Jun 01, 2003

Grand Theft Bus are a sonically dynamic group with an eclectic blend of songs ranging from pop to prog, heavy and intense to light and fluffy, quirky nonsense to meaningful melodrama."Grand Theft Bus". NOW Toronto, by Dylan Young May 13, 2004

The band regularly plays New Brunswick's Evolve Festival, as well as the Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival.Mersereau, Bob. "Bigger music, a bigger bus; Music Fredericton's Grand Theft Bus launches new CD it recorded at the lieutenant-governor's home", Telegraph-Journal, 2008-03-26, p. D1.

A mockumentary about the band, Rubarbicon, was filmed by independent filmmaker Greg Hemmings and released in 2006.

The band recorded its 2008 album, Made Upwards, in the main dining room of New Brunswick's lieutenant-governor's mansion.

The band has received the Newcap Radio Alternative Recording of the Year for their album Made Upwards.http://www.ecma.com/news.asp?section=&id=37 Grand Theft Bus at the ECMA awards.

Synth player Brad Perry joined the band in 2010. Their album Distracted Tracks appeared on the !earshot National Top 50 Chart in December 2015."The National Top 50 For the Week Ending: Tuesday, December 22, 2015". !earshot.

Discography Birth of Confusion (2003) Flies in the No Fly (2005) Made Upwards (2008) Say It With Me (2012) Distracted Tracks (EP – 2015) Are We Still Playing? (2019)

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