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Independent George Biography

Canada's Independent George debut album Wake Up is a powerful mix of heavy rock and melodic pop with a variety of influences from the Beatles & Queen to STP & Alice in Chains. Angus Brady created the band as vocalist, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from his passion for timeless rock melodies and powerful vocals.

Wake Up was produced by John Shepp (Matthew Good Band, GOB, Bocephus King) , who fell in love with the music and joining the band as the lead guitarist. Canada's legendary RUSH producer Terry Brown mixed Wake Up, while Peter J Moore (Tragically Hip, Sloan, Cowboy Junkies) mastered.

“When we first approached John, the main thing on my mind was to create a dynamic pop rock album that was interesting and unique from one song to the next,” explains Brady. “We had an Indie budget and were lucky to have a producer who was passionate enough about our music to spend the time to get the results we wanted, in spite of the budget.”

With stand out tracks “Alright”, “Can’t Hide It”, “River” and the title track “Wake Up”, the songs flow from full on rock to smooth pop melodies that are all distictively Independent George.

“The music is organic in the sense that each track was played throughout the song without it having to be digitally edited or corrected,” says Brady about the recording process. “There are alot of guitars on this album, some would say this is a guitar album, and we included alot of specialty guitars that I think has added an interesting feel and depth to our music.”