Pony Da Look was an indie rock band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The band members were Temple Bates (composer/keyboards/vocals), Amy Bowles (lyrics/vocals/keyboards), Catherine Stockhausen (keyboards/vocals), and Rob Gordon (drums). Former members include Rebecca Mendoza (drums). Their music combined heavy drum beats, raw keyboard riffs and forceful vocals with unconventional lyrics.[1][2]
Pony Da Look | |
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| Origin | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Indie rock |
| Years active | 2001–2011 |
| Labels | Murderecords |
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| Past members | Rebecca Mendoza |
History edit
Bates, Bowles, and Mendoza came together as Pony Da Look and released their first self-titled album in 2001. Tara Azzopardi and Megan Dunlop also played with them in 2001.[3][2] With the addition of Stockhausen on keyboard, they followed it up with The Forcefield Weakens in 2003.[4][5]
After Mendoza and Sloan's Chris Murphy celebrated the birth of their child in 2007,[5] Pony Da Look signed to Sloan's label Murderecords and released Shattered Dimensions in 2008.[6] Mendoza left the band and was replaced on drums by Rob Gordon. Pony Da Look continued to perform in the Toronto area until 2011.[1][7]
Bowles and Bates are painters who continue to exhibit regularly, Mendoza is a modern dancer and choreographer and Stockhausen is a TV producer and photographer.
Bowles served as one of the inspirations for the character Envy in Scott Pilgrim v the World.[8]
Studio albums edit
- 2001: Pony Da Look
- 2003: The Forcefield Weakens
- 2008: Shattered Dimensions
References edit
- ^ a b "Pony Da Look Toronto, ON February 10". Exclaim!, By Scott A. Gray Feb 11, 2010
- ^ a b "Pony Da Look Pony Da Look". Exclaim!, By I. Khider May 01, 2002
- ^ "Local Spotlight: Pony da Look - NOW Magazine". Archived from the original on 2018-10-29. Retrieved 2018-10-29.
- ^ " The sound of even half-baked ingenuity". CARL WILSON. Globe and Mail, Jul. 25, 2003
- ^ a b "Pony Da Look Shatter Dimensions With New Album"[usurped]. Chart Attack - Apr 29, 2008
- ^ "PONY DA LOOK Shattered Dimensions (Murderecords)". NOW Magazine, by Lucie Davies April 24, 2008
- ^ "Florence and the Machine at the Mod Club, Toronto". The Snipe News, November 5, 2009
- ^ "Edgar Wright's A Fistful Of Fingers: once upon a time in the West Country" by Nick De Semlyen. Empire. 18 Nov 2015. Accessed 30 Nov 2018.