Event Description
If quality, not popularity was the true measure of a band’s success, Halifax’s prodigal band Sloan would go down as one of the greatest Canadian bands of all times. Not that they haven’t been popular, but due to complicated record label politics they haven’t received the exposure that is perhaps their due.
Formed like so many bands before them, Sloan was the product of a “coming together of friends". Started at the Nova Scotia College of Art & Design in 1991, the band made waves on the local level with both their energetic live show and their debut EP Peppermint .
Peppermint , which was released by the band’s own Murder Records label, put the spotlight on Sloan and led several larger labels to actively pursue the talented band. DGC Records won the race, signing Sloan and ...
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In-Person Event
Wed. October 25th 2006 + Add to Calendar
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9:00pm
$20.00
