Poledo was a Canadian alternative rock band based in Thornhill, Ontario, consisting of vocalist and bassist Joshua Malinsky, vocalist and guitarist Mitch Roth[1] and drummer Dave Capogna,[2] Their music is characterized by loud, heavily distorted guitar riffs and screamed lyrics.[3]

Poledo
OriginThornhill, Ontario, Canada
Genresalternative rock, noise rock
Years active1994 (1994)–1998 (1998)
LabelsSonic Unyon, Squirtgun
Past membersJoshua Malinsky
Mitch Roth
Dave Capogna

History

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Poledo was formed in 1994 in Thornhill.[2] the band released two independent cassettes, Buzz Muffin and Let Up, before signing to Sonic Unyon.[2]

They released the full-length album There, You on Sonic Unyon in 1995,[4] and shared a split 7-inch single, Lunar Landing Confirmed, with Hayden on Toronto's Squirtgun Records in 1996.[2][5] Both releases charted on Canada's campus radio charts in 1996. The band performed as far west as Vancouver that year.[6]

The band broke up in December 1997; after performing one final show in early 1998, Malinsky and Roth both joined Hayden's touring band.[7][8] Rare unreleased tracks later appeared on two compilation albums, Sonic Unyon's Now We Are 5 and Squirtgun Records' More of Our Stupid Noise, and a cassette of recordings from their never-completed second album was released at their final show under the title The Poledo Demos.[2]

Malinsky subsequently went solo under the name Kid Lunch, releasing an eponymous CD on Teenage USA in 1999.[7][9]

References

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  1. ^ "Holy Poledo, it's loud Lenny Stoute". Toronto Star. December 21, 1995. Archived from the original on January 31, 2013. Retrieved April 2, 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e Poledo[usurped] at canoe.ca's Pop Music Encyclopedia].
  3. ^ "Noiseniks Poledo don^t believe the hype". The Varsity, May/June Edition 1995 by Stuart Berman
  4. ^ "Sonic Unyon wafts to greatness". Toronto Star, December 19, 1996.
  5. ^ " Hayden". AllMusic, Biography by Peter J. D'Angelo
  6. ^ "The Garden of Hardcore Sprouts Three Sonic Unyons". Dropd Magazine, July 25, 1996, Review by P. Freako
  7. ^ a b Stuart Berman, "Kid Lunch resurrects homemade indie-rock". Eye Weekly, June 10, 1999.
  8. ^ "Hayden - Full Biography". MTV. Archived from the original on April 16, 2008. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
  9. ^ "Don't forget about the tunes". Toronto Star, March 2, 2000.