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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox musical artist Bond was a Canadian rock band in the 1970s, most noted for garnering a Juno Award nomination for Most Promising Group at the Juno Awards of 1976.[1] The band released just one album during its lifetime, and had singles with "Dancin' (On a Saturday Night)" (written by Lynsey de Paul and Barry Blue[2]) and "When You're Up" in 1975,[3] but never released another album or had another hit single before breaking up in 1979.[3]

History

Formed in Toronto, Ontario in the late 1960s as Common Bond, the band shortened its name to Bond in 1970.[3] The band underwent frequent lineup changes, with vocalist and guitarist Bill Dunn as the only constant member,[3] while other members included Ted Trenholm, Gerry Mosby, John Jones, Mitch Lewis and Chris Livingston on keyboards; Barry Cobus, John Roles, Alex MacDougall and Jim Lamarche on guitar; Dunn and Roles on bass; and Jeff Hamilton, Kim Hunt and Colin Walker on drums.[3][4]

The band performed around Southern Ontario before signing to Columbia Records in 1974.[5] Their self-titled debut album was released in 1975, and was supported by a tour as an opening act for The Stampeders.[3] That year they released a cover of Barry Blue's "Dancin' (On a Saturday Night)". The single charted in the RPM Canadian Top 20 that year.[6] This left the band labelled by radio programmers as a bubblegum pop band, and follow-up singles which didn't fit with that perception failed to garner enough radio airplay to perform well on the charts.[3]

The band released one new non-album single, "I Can't Help It", in 1978, but broke up after that single also failed to chart.[3]

The band members went on to play with other bands, including Chilliwack, Doucette, Crowbar, King Biscuit Boy, Zon, The Hunt, The Ian Thomas Band and Payola$.[3] Lamarche had a brief career as a solo artist on A & M Records before becoming a studio engineer,[3] while Jones went on to become a noted record producer.[3]

References

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  1. "A history of Best New Artist". Ottawa Citizen, April 5, 2003.
  2. Шаблон:Cite web
  3. 3,00 3,01 3,02 3,03 3,04 3,05 3,06 3,07 3,08 3,09 3,10 "Bond" at canoe.ca's Pop Music Encyclopedia.
  4. "Bond". AllMusic Biography by John Bush
  5. Шаблон:Cite magazine
  6. "Top Singles". RPM - Volume 23, No. 1, Mar 01, 1975