The Wet Secrets are: Lyle Bell (bass, vocals), Trevor Anderson (drums, vocals), Kim Rackel (tuba, trumpet, vocals), Donna Ball (trombone, vocals), and Doug Organ (keys, vocals).
The musicians who played on ROCK FANTASY are: Lyle Bell as Ambrose Hamballs on bass, keyboards and vocals; Kim Rackel as Fifi von Boozerhausen on tuba, trumpet, aux. percussion and vocals; Donna Ball as Anelle LeKage on tromboner, aux. percussion and vocals; Jeremy Nischuk (2005 - 2006) as Jeepers H. Crackers ..boards; Diego Medina as Pablo el Diablo ..boards; Trevor Anderson as the Chinball Wizard on drums, paintcans, timpani and vocals.
And handclaps and backup screaming were done in the middle of the night by The Secretions: Vanessa Lefebvre, Franciska Bakker, Amelia Aspen Schultz-MacPherson, Penny Szmata, Clinton St. John, Jeff "Can't Clap" McLeod, Matt "8-Way" Flegel, Chris Reimer, Mark Rimmer, Javier Palomino and some dude named Gabe. And Ian Russell! Was Ian Russell there?
It all started with a racy (staged) photograph snapped in dim light back in 2005, under the dankest of circumstances. Half-hearted promises to form a band were soon forgotten due to epic alcohol consumption, but would rear back like an angry stallion months later when it became apparent that The Wet Secrets might not be a bad idea after all. Formed out of contractual obligation (contracted while drunk most likely) The Secrets wrote and recorded the haphazardly magical 'Whale of a Cow' album in the seven days preceding the first gig. Tubas, paint cans and trombones poke into the mix of campy, homo-centric fuzz rock. Upon release, it teetered and lurched its way onto Edmonton area charts and lists, burrowed into the hearts and minds of the artistic and then scampered off into local band lore... A secret album by a secret band from a desolate place, eked out and sought after but rarely found.
By 2006, time constraints from other projects (Shout Out Out Out Out, Whitey Houston, The Vertical Struts, Dirt City Films & Capital City Burlesque) forced the Secrets to conscript the Calgary-based Chilean ex-pat, Diego "my ears are fatigued" Medina, for a grueling, year long, multi-city recording experiment/fiasco. Of the 18 songs recorded between Jan 2006 - Jan 2007, nine tracks finally made it through the mixing and onto 'Rock Fantasy'. Made temporarily available for free download on the band's website, the song 'Secret March' surged to the 2 spot on CBC Radio 3 in the spring of 2007. Now, finally, 'Rock Fantasy' is being given wide release in spring 2008, with remixes by Cadence Weapon and Shout Out Out Out Out's Nik Kozub.
Hey, Whats up? Thought I would come to your page and show some love. How are you doin? Would appreciate if you took some time and checked out my tracks on E-MUSIC. Come back at let me know what you think. Thank you. Much Love.
Hello from the amazing windy plains just outside Calgary , Alberta(weather subject to change on the 1/2 hour with out notification) Wonderful music in your space.Many discoveries made at your space, very nice indeed to be m8s.Cheers ! (mO:) moreno
In a act of Kindness endorphin levels are elevated in the Giver, the Receiver and the Observer, how nice is that.
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thank you so much for accepting our request :) it really means a lot to us considering there are so many bands on myspace... Don't be shy to hit our page! TMB
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I hear you kicked ass at SXSW. We'll be posting our IndieCan report soon and yes, you're in it.
This week you know we Juno the IndieCan way - we say it as we see it, back stage at the awards, front-row-centre at the Juno Cup, in the crowd at JunoFest and rolling our eyes on the Red Carpet. We also take the time to shout-out to Radio Star finalists, The Stills, Stephen Fearing, Dearly Beloved and much more. Check www.indiecan.com/reviews for more Juno coverage, www.indiecan.com/events for CMW including the Andy Kim Radio Star play-off and connect at www.indiecan.com/radio.htm for free downloads or streaming of the same show we'll broadcast to XM Satellite Radio, FM stations across Canada and ErrorFM.com over the net.
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I wanted to ask you if you didnt mind to vote for me for my award nomination. I am in the Artist Of The Year Category.. It is in the second category down from the top. Just follow this link and if you could ask your friends to do the same..
