It all started in autumn of 1996 in Burlington, Ontario, Canada, where Dan Edmunds met up with an eager and amazing guitarist named Andreas Kaiser. The two quickly recruited bass player Greg Blower, and drummer Ken Steepe. After a few local shows at high schools, Andreas left the band leaving Dan as front man. In 2001 lead guitarist Todd Paron was added to the roster, as well as drummer Andrew Dobson. Over the next couple years the band went through yet another line up change with the addition of drummer Nick Smyth and bassist Zander Gut. Finding the right chemistry is the most difficult part for this band. Throughout the years the music has evolved from skate-punk to aggressive, melodic punk rock. The first album entitled Long Cut was released in 1997, and it was around this time that the band became known for their entertaining live shows. About a year later Sellout Skaterock was released. This album struck a chord with the people at Crack Records, prompting them to sign the band. In 2000 from the pages of Chad Muskoka was released on the label. With nationwide distribution, and around 2000 copies of the CD sold, things were looking up. However, after many years of service, Crack Records folded. In 2002 the CD Hoofin or Goofin was released, which quickly caught the attention of Seattle-based 206 records, and was added to their compilation CD entitled Punk Rock Vol. II. The latest release The Illusion of Sight & Sound is the bands renaissance album, as it takes the music in a whole new direction. Over the years the band has played some great shows with acts like Guttermouth, The Planet Smashers, SNFU, Jersey, Bigwig, Tsunami Bomb, Downway, Silverstein, Idle Sons, and The Reason, just to name a few. We are so happy about where this band is and where we see it going. We've grown up quite a bit and things have calmed down. Our focus turned to the music, and the message. We attribute the change to the state of the world, and the simple fact that we are always learning and we were all fortunate enough to have some sort of education that allowed us to develop our own opinions. It's not until you see more of life that you realize how fucked up this world is, and how we need to spread the word and take action in educating others about this unequally ranked society and how it blindly effects how we live. Although we insist our music is non-political, it's been said it definitely has that feeling. That's what is great about music. Everyone has their own interpretation. But nevertheless we've grown immensely; spiritually, personally and musically. Whatever happens from here on in, we'll be satisfied that we've found where we want to be, met some great friends, and we've grown so much together that we can't find the words to describe how cool it is. We've found why we started a band in the first place, and there is no feeling that can replace that. Thank you to everyone that has supported us over the years by coming to shows, buying our merchandise and telling us that our music has touched them in someway. We will see you all real soon and always remember to question everything and live for what's really important. YOU, NOT THEM! See you down the road. Shift-D
As promised, we have added three new songs to our player recently! They are the top three...the remix of "Slanted," the remix of "Because of You," and our newest single "Bleed."
Feel free to drop by when you get a chance and check them out. We've also added new videos and pics, so come drop by for a little Oral Compensation, cause everyone loves...
Our friends at Juicebox Recordings have helped us out by making our new EP available for FREE download. The band consists of ex members from the now defunct Cain & Abel and Kilhuminzu.
If downloading isn't your thing you can stream all the new songs from our Myspace profile as well!
Click the link to check it out and thank you for your time!
Please take a moment to give Oral Compensation your support! So, we have finally decided to take a step, and are entering the battle of the bands...that's right folks, we're going up against some of the best of the best, for a chance to make it in the battle of the bands.
We can't do it without everyone's help though, we really need your support. We've entered "Slanted" as our song to battle it out with. If you love this song, please take a minute to click on this link below, and vote for Oral Compensation. If you get a bit lost looking for us, look in the city of Vancouver, BC, for Oral Compensation and you'll find us!!!! To vote for us...click on competitions, then on the map it brings up, click on the button that represents Vancouver, BC (top left dot on the map...you know in Canada, for those of you that suck at Geography...lol). Once you are in there, use the scroll on the left side to find Oral Compensation. It will bring up our song we have entered with, and gives you the option to vote for our band on the left side. You can only vote once per day, but you can vote as many days as you want for us, so show us some love!!!!
Thanks so much for your support guys, it really means a lot to us!!!
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