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unusual facts about Crash Test Dummies


Mountain Stage

Among the luminaries who appeared on Mountain Stage before they were famous or whose first national-exposure in the US on Mountain Stage are Sarah McLachlan, Norah Jones, Crash Test Dummies, Barenaked Ladies, Ben Harper, Paula Cole, Nickel Creek, Cassandra Wilson, Counting Crows, Phish and R.E.M., which is the band that gave Mountain Stage its first national exposure.


Acoustically Inclined

Paul James was the programming engineer and digital editor on A Worm's Life, the 1996 Crash Test Dummies album.

He Liked to Feel It

"He Liked to Feel It" is a song by Canadian group Crash Test Dummies and was the first single from their 1996 album A Worm's Life.

My Own Sunrise

"My Own Sunrise" is a song by Canadian group Crash Test Dummies and was the second and last single from their 1996 album A Worm's Life.

Songs of the Unforgiven

Songs of the Unforgiven is the seventh album recorded by the Crash Test Dummies, released in 2004.

Symptomology of a Rock Band: The Case of Crash Test Dummies

Symptomology of a Rock Band: The Case of Crash Test Dummies (1994, Arista/BMG) is a 45-minute video directed by Kris Lefcoe, about the band Crash Test Dummies, done in the style of a medically oriented rockumentary.

Winnipeg Is a Frozen Shithole

Samples of Winnipeg musicians Randy Bachman and Crash Test Dummies, director Guy Maddin's The Saddest Music in the World, and CKND newscaster Peter Chura (saying "a Winnipeg wrestling coach was accused of sexually assaulting one of his athletes" on "Winnipeg is Fucking Over") are all present on the album.


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Give Yourself a Hand

For their third album A Worm's Life, Crash Test Dummies were given a lot of creative freedom, thanks to the success of God Shuffled His Feet.