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Moist came out of Vancouver in the early nineties with a moody, melodic take on alternative rock that stood apart from the louder grunge coming out of the Pacific Northwest at the time. David Usher's voice sat on top of layered, atmospheric guitars, and songs like "Push," "Silver," and "Breathe" made them one of the bigger Canadian rock bands of that decade. They wound down around 2001, came back years later, and have kept recording on their own terms since.
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Silver (1994). Their debut is where the sound came together, and it holds most of the songs people still know them by. "Push," "Silver," and "Believe Me" are all here, and it captures the band at their most urgent.
Biography
Moist is a Canadian rock band that formed in 1992. It consists of David Usher as lead vocalist, Mark Makoway on lead guitars, Jonathan Gallivan on guitars, Kevin Young on keyboards, Francis Fillion on drums, and Jeff Pearce on bass. Drummer Paul Wilcox left the band just before its hiatus in 2000.
Moist was signed by EMI Music in 1994 and released three studio albums in the 1990s, becoming a staple of Canadian rock music. Shortly after releasing a compilation album in 2001, the band underwent an unplanned hiatus for over a decade, and then became officially re-established in June 2013. Shortly after reuniting, the band began work on their fourth studio album, entitled Glory Under Dangerous Skies, which was released in 2014. Their fifth album, End of the Ocean, was released in January 2022.
The band has been nominated for ten Juno Awards, winning two. Between 1996 and 2016, Moist was among the top 50 best-selling Canadian artists in Canada and among the top 20 best-selling Canadian bands in Canada.
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Studio albums
Discography
Official studio albums and EPs.
- 2022End of the OceanAlbum
- 2014Glory Under Dangerous SkiesAlbum
- 1999Mercedes 5 and DimeAlbum
- 1999Special Release For Fan Club Volume 03EP
- 1996CreatureAlbum
- 1994SilverAlbum
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