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wafer thin mints

chevettes, hornets, gremlins,& datsuns

About Me

Described as " Roots Inspired Pop" - The Wafer thin Mints sound cuts across rock ,urban folk, country , and power pop with a tip of the hat to that lost genre, Pub Rock. Their first album, " The Finest Car They Ever Built in 1983" launched the band on to the Canadian music scene propelled along by the single "Hot Chevette " . The album received extensive airplay on CKUA and made it into the top 50 of the stations top 100 albums of 2006.2007 saw the Mints playing shows across Alberta to enthusiastic response from audiences at clubs and festivals . The bands live show quickly gelled into an appealing musical combination of variety , spontaneity, humour, and energy. The market for The Wafer thin Mints music has been narrowed down to aggressive, tattooed punk rock fans sporting Ramones T-shirts , soccer moms and their kids , and the elderly.The Wafer thin Mints are working on their second album and will be on tour again in 2008 . Look for them wherever fine music is performed.To Buy A Copy Of " The Finest Car They Ever Built In 1983" go to www.indiepool.com/WTM0001also available at MegaTunes in Calgary and Edmonton

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/20/2006
Band Website: contact [email protected]
Band Members: russell baker - electric guitar / john newton - drums/ troy nowaselski - bass & vocals/ pat strain - vocals & acoustic guitar
Influences: jonathan richman , lou reed , willie nelson , cake , moe berg, tom petty,feist,the ambers ,ben sures, xtc, the sugarplastic, fountains of wayne, the specials,marshall crenshaw, joe jackson, ben folds , william shatner, the rutles, richard thompson,warren zevon. nick lowe
Type of Label: None

My Blog

canmore hotel july 20

our first gig at the canmore hotel was a bit of an unknown entity. what do you think when the nickname of the place is "the Ho"  - classy . also , a friend from banff said she wouldn't go there b...
Posted by wafer thin mints on Sun, 22 Jul 2007 01:47:00 PST