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| Webpage: http://www.adamfaux.com | ||||
| Location: Sutton, Ontario, Canada | ||||
| Description: Pop/Rock with an alternative buzz | ||||
| Biography:
Adam Faux was born in Toronto Canada to a eccentric designer and proto
hippie sculptor. He spent years living in geodesic domes and 28 sided
houses and even a real farm house, and attended the Ontario college of Art
at the tender age of 5. Okay, he ran around the halls for a year or so
while Al Faux taught, and around maggies Farm (an o.c.a.d campus, 69-72)
while hippies got their freak on. By the age of 16, Adam had left home and was living in the heart of
Toronto’s art and music scene, on Queen west. His first mohican was
administered by Pete Lawson and Handsome Ned, and his first real job was
“kitchen slave” at Yofi’s restaurant on fabled Baldwin Street, a mecca for
vegetarians and green haired punk rocks. While At Yofi’s, Adam met John
DesLauriers of the “10 Commandments” and “l’etranger”, and hassled him
until finally forming “Pigfarm” in the mid eighty’s. There was in the mean time, a stay in Mexico hunting iguanas and
fishing commercially near isla mujeures, and a residency at Paris north
station in France, as well as “street level existence” in 9 other
countries in europe, ending in England, where he recovered from a Grecian
motorcycle crash, having his broken fingers set by a widow whose husband
had died that day, on the Greek island of Naxos. Pigfarm recorded and performed from 1985-1994 in various forms
throughout Canada and the United States and charted number 34 on the
college music charts in America (after they had broken up for the first
time), and held top honor on most Canadian university radio stations at at
varying times, and enjoyed a publishing deal with peermusic world wide
during which time Adam delivered Whitney Houston’s diamond award for the
BodyGuard soundtrack to New York, and held up the train at the U.S. Canada
border because immigration didn’t believe the dread locked and messy lead
singer was telling the truth...about the contents of the box...... The “Lost Dakotas” list Adam as a founding member on wikipedia, and the
“Urban Decay Group” appears if you google long enough; Andy Stochansky,
Cyrus Sundar - Singh being key members...Adam counts among his most
memorable accomplishments, working with Michael Snow (Canadian Hotshot
Artist, see walking woman) on “the Audience” a massive sculpture at
Toronto’s Skydome, producing and/or recording and playing on Kyp harness’s
breakthrough “the Floating World” and “All her Love”, and recording/
mixing on the gemini award winning film “The Film Club” directed by Cyrus
Sundar Singh, doin' the same plus playin' on the award winning doc “the
Jews of India” by the same director, and including producer Vanessa
Laufer. Adam has in one way or another had video's rotated on Much Music, CTV,
and CBC among others. Been the focus of the Dini Petty show(CTV), swinging
on a star (CBC Radio), Much Music's 'the wedge" and countless other
newpaper, tv and periodical features. Presently, Adam’s focus is with a gang of disparate characters,
"Exploding Band". Adam Faux, Jesse Capon, Curtis Faux, and Pete Fusco make
up the live and recording band. Jake Chisholme, Brandi Disterheft (guitar
and bass respectively) play on 3 tunes in the exploding band's recorded
repertoire. Michael Philip Wojewoda appears on two tracks pounding the
skins, and John Deslauriers plays bass on "The Same Great Gasp". Adam
produced, co-wrote and performed on the “the Fourway Flashers” debut 2007
pop rock release, and is occasionally jazzing with fundamentalist pop
players “The Tiny Specks”. | ||||
| Press Release: ADAM FAUX www.adamfaux.com/player/ www.adamfaux.com www.myspace.com/adamfaux radio3.cbc.ca/bands/adam-faux ADAM FAUX, acclaimed singer/songwriter is releasing his debut pop
single from his soon to be released EP. “The Exploding Band” is ADAM FAUX’s sensational new unit that supports
him on stage and with his latest venture in this world of music. Adam has assembled some of the finest players in this country to man
THE EXPLODING BAND including bassists Peter Fusco, drummer Jesse Capon and
guitarist extraordinaire Curtis Faux (yep, they are related…it’s in the
DNA in this family). When this band hits the stage they really do
explode. Once the leader of Canadian Indie legends “Pigfarm” who garnered an
international publishing deal with Peer Music and a #1 song at Campus
radio in both the U.S. and Canada….. Adam states: “My perception of what I
do now is very similar to what I did with Pigfarm.It’s the same spirit,
faith and energy.” Toronto writer, Karen Bliss writes: “Recorded at Toronto’s “The Rogue”,
the band makes it’s introduction via an EP featuring seven catchy pop/rock
songs, ranging from melancholy meander “Brooklyn Avenue to the blistering
“How Do you Spend your Love” and Adam’s best ever pop song “She’s Not My
Girlfriend”. We have included a link for you to see “She’s Not My Girlfriend” video
which is a kaleidoscope of primary color and astounding showmanship. It is
truly a treat to view The Exploding Band’s show…..do not miss the chance
to see Adam’s band in action…. Adam has enjoyed an illustrious career in music. He produced Mike
Lynch’s Shindig in 2001, which spawned two Top 40 hits, engineered, mixed
and co-produced and performed on two break through albums for Kyp Harness,
2001 All Her Love and 2002’s The Floating World. Adam also co-produced,
co-wrote and performed on The Fourway Flashers’ 2007 debut EP. Adam’s
credits are many and varied as he also was a guitarist for Laura Repo for
6 years and recorded and mixed the soundtrack for Gemini Award winning The
Film Club. He has also held his own in two improve/jazz bands, The Tiny
Specs and Hotfogandhi in 2004 and 2006. “As my career progressed, I wanted to learn more and find out what my
limits were”, says ADAM…. As you can hear from the song, “She’s Not My Girlfriend” with it’s
sizzling lyrics and undeniable pop hooks….”I let her have me for free”
& “She hates it when my heart gets in her way” as well as the
universal “love gone astray” feeling of “Something about me wants more
while I run for the door”. “She’s Not My Girlfriend” will make your day. Imagine what it could do
for your listeners. www.adamfaux.com/player/ www.adamfaux.com www.myspace.com/adamfaux radio3.cbc.ca/bands/adam-faux | ||||
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