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Moxy Früvous
Origin Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
Genre(s) Folk rock
College rock
Comedy rock
Years active 1989–2002
Label(s) Warner Music Canada
Bottom Line Records
Website Früvous.com
Members
Jian Ghomeshi
Murray Foster
Mike Ford
Dave Matheson

Moxy Früvous was a socially conscious and politically satirical folk-pop band from Thornhill, Ontario, Canada. Thornhill ( 2006 population 106394 is an upscale community in the Greater Toronto Area in southern Ontario, Canada, located on the northern Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of Folk music and rock music. College rock was a term used in the United States to describe 1980s Alternative rock before the term "alternative" came into common usage Comedy rock is a term used to describe Rock music that is mixed with satire or other forms of Comedy. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Warner Music Canada is the Canadian subsidiary of Warner Music Group and is owned by Edgar Bronfman Jr Jian Ghomeshi (born June 9, 1967) is a Canadian broadcaster writer and musician born in London, England, and raised in Toronto Murray Foster (born June 29, 1967 in Thornhill Ontario) is a Canadian musician Mike Ford is a Canadian Singer-songwriter, and a former member of Toronto band Moxy Früvous. David Matheson was the lead vocalist of Moxy Früvous and The Ground Crew, formerly of By Divine Right Head and Change of Heart Political satire is a significant part of Satire that specializes in gaining entertainment from politicsusing political cartoons politicians and public affairs Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous Thornhill ( 2006 population 106394 is an upscale community in the Greater Toronto Area in southern Ontario, Canada, located on the northern Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The band was founded in 1989, and was active throughout the 1990s. Common themes in Früvous songs include Canada and the "human experience".

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History

The band formed in 1989 when Jian Ghomeshi, Murray Foster and Mike Ford, former classmates at the local Thornlea Secondary School and playing in a pub band called The Chia Pets at the time, joined with David Matheson to busk in Toronto. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Jian Ghomeshi (born June 9, 1967) is a Canadian broadcaster writer and musician born in London, England, and raised in Toronto Murray Foster (born June 29, 1967 in Thornhill Ontario) is a Canadian musician Mike Ford is a Canadian Singer-songwriter, and a former member of Toronto band Moxy Früvous. Thornlea redirects here for other uses see Thornlea (disambiguation Thornlea Secondary School is a private high school that opened in David Matheson was the lead vocalist of Moxy Früvous and The Ground Crew, formerly of By Divine Right Head and Change of Heart Busking is the practice of performing in Public places for Tips and Gratuities. They drew unusually large crowds, and, eventually, the attention of Toronto-based CBC Radio, which commissioned songs about political and local issues for the radio show Later the Same Day. CBC Radio One is the English-language news and information Radio network of the publicly-owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Some songs written for the show later appeared on their albums; these songs include "The Gulf War Song" and "My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors", which was written for a Toronto authors' festival. "My Baby Loves a Bunch of Authors" is a song by Canadian pop group Moxy Früvous.

They cut a six-song demo tape in 1992, and their first major-label album, Bargainville, was released the next year. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Bargainville was a 1993 (see 1993 in music) Album by Canadian band Moxy Früvous, their first major- label release Its single, "King of Spain", was only the second Canadian independent #1 hit in that country's history. " King of Spain " (sometimes written as " The King of Spain " is a song by Canadian musical group Moxy Früvous, and was the second independent (Torontonians Barenaked Ladies were first by a few months, with 1991's "Be My Yoko Ono". Barenaked Ladies (often abbreviated BNL or occasionally BnL) is a Juno -winning and Grammy -nominated Canadian Alternative ) Shortly after, they embarked on a touring schedule that continued, practically without stopping except to record new material, until the end of 2000.

The band sometimes sang with little or no accompaniment in a style similar to contemporary a cappella, drawing comparisons to Da Vinci's Notebook. A cappella (Italian or Latin "From the chapel/choir" Music is Vocal music or Singing without instrumental Accompaniment Da Vinci's Notebook (or simply DVN) is a comedic A cappella singing group A number of their songs also express the band's progressive political leanings ("The Greatest Man in America", for instance, harps on Rush Limbaugh, and "Big Fish" lambastes former Premier of Ontario Mike Harris). Progressivism is a term that refers to a broad school of international social and political philosophies. Rush Hudson Limbaugh III (born January 12, 1951) is an American radio host and conservative Political commentator. The Premier of Ontario is the first Minister of the Crown for the Canadian province of Ontario. Michael Deane Harris (born January 23, 1945, in Toronto Ontario) was the twenty-second Premier of Ontario from June 26, Früvous was also known for their close relationship with their fans and their live shows, which were full of political commentary, humorous banter, and musical improvisation.

The band gave its last concert in 2000 (excepting performances at annual fan conventions in 2001 and 2002), and the last update to the band's website occurred in 2002. On September 5, 2005, Ford, Foster and Ghomeshi performed on CIUT, the U of T's campus radio station, as part of the morning program Toronto Unlocked (an ad hoc program produced and hosted by locked-out CBC Radio One staff). Events 1590 - Alexander Farnese 's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. CIUT-FM is a college and community radio station owned and operated by the University of Toronto community This article is about the University of Toronto's St George Campus Campus radio (also known as college radio, university radio or student radio) is a type of Radio station that is run by the students of a college A lockout is a Work stoppage in which an Employer prevents employees from working

Where are they now?

Band name

The name "Moxy Früvous" is a null phrase, although the liner notes of their first CD Bargainville contained a faux-dictionary listing of definitions for früvous. The band was known to never provide a straight answer (and for that matter, almost never the same answer twice) when defining the band's name. However, in an interview with WBER radio in Rochester, New York, on November 23, 1999, Jian explained the band's name origin by saying that they were "trying to think of a name that wasn't easy to remember and doesn't mean anything," going against the two conventions most bands might use in determining a band name. WBER is a listener and school district supported community Radio station in Rochester New York, owned and operated by the Board of Cooperative Educational Services The name includes a heavy metal umlaut. The heavy metal umlaut is the gratuitous or decorative use of an umlaut over letters in the name of a heavy metal band such as

Album discography

External links

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