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4 unusual facts about Rheostatics


Justin Stephenson

In addition, he has directed music videos for Canadian Musicians such as Rheostatics, Sarah Slean and Ron Sexsmith.

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The best-known of these early singles was "The Ballad of Wendel Clark, Parts 1 & 2", an ode to the Toronto Maple Leafs player Wendel Clark, which became the band's first hit on college radio and CFNY.

Australian novelist Patrick Holland mentions lead singer Martin Tielli in his comic fantasy novel The Long Road of the Junkmailer.

Whale Music

Quarrington wrote the film's screenplay, and the Canadian indie rock band Rheostatics composed the film's soundtrack.


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David Celia

Celia’s third album, I Tried, features, among others, Joan Besen of Prairie Oyster on keyboards, Don Kerr (Ron Sexsmith, Rheostatics) and Cleave Anderson (formerly of Blue Rodeo) on drums, Gurf Morlix (Lucinda Williams) on guitar and Ben Mink (k.d. lang, FM) on violin.

Dylan Hudecki

He has also recorded a solo cover of Rheostatics' "Satan is the Whistler" for the 2007 Rheostatics tribute album The Secret Sessions.

Kurt Swinghammer

In addition to his own albums, he has appeared as a guest musician on albums by Ani DiFranco, Rheostatics, Sarah Slean, Mia Sheard, Dan Bryk and Great Big Sea.

Michael Phillip Wojewoda

Wojewoda has produced several of the most critically and commercially successful Canadian albums of the 1990s, including Barenaked Ladies' Gordon, Spirit of the West's Faithlift, Ashley MacIsaac's Hi™ How Are You Today? and Rheostatics' Whale Music.

Noah Mintz

He works as a mastering engineer at the Toronto studio Lacquer Channel, where he has worked on albums by The Constantines, Sarah Harmer, Arkells, Broken Social Scene, Death from Above 1979, Dual, The Marble Index, Danko Jones, Rheostatics, The Dears, Len, Hayden, This Rigid Empire, Uncle Seth and Stars.

Tim Mech

Mech joined Barenaked Ladies onstage playing the guitar solo (which he played on the original album version) for a live cover of Rheostatics' "Legal Age Life at Variety Store" for the 2007 Rheostatics tribute album The Secret Sessions.


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