André Ethier (born 1977) is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter and visual artist, who was formerly associated with the

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band

The Deadly Snakes The Deadly Snakes were a Canadian indie rock band influenced by garage rock, folk rock, and early R&B. History Formed in Toronto in 1996, the band's final line-up consisted of André Ethier on vocals and guitars, Matthew Carlson on guitar, tr ...

. He has also released numerous solo albums.

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, "Andre Ethier's long break from music ends with him examining maturity". ''

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'', January 19, 2018. He attended

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for Visual Arts and received a BFA from Concordia University in 2001.

Musical career

While with the Deadly Snakes, Ethier released his debut solo album, ''André Ethier with Christopher Sandes featuring Pickles and Price'' in 2004. This was later cited by his bandmate Max "Age of Danger" McCabe-Lokos as having fomented creative tensions during the recording of the band's

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-nominated 2005 album '' Porcella'', and ultimately to the band's breakup."After tomorrow, they'll be on different planes"
''

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'', August 24, 2006. Ethier's second solo album, ''Secondathallam'', was released in 2006. His song "Self-Love" was featured on the soundtrack to the 2007 film ''

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''. On June 10, 2007, Ethier sang "

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" in Los Angeles, where the

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were hosting his hometown

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. He got the gig because he shares his name with Dodgers outfielder

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.Eric Koreen, "It's not who you know, but what you're named". ''

'', May 14, 2007. Ethier followed up with the album ''On Blue Fog'' in 2007, and the sequel album ''Born of Blue Fog'' in 2008. In 2011 he contributed to the

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with

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and filmmaker

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and

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. He has had solo shows at Honor Fraser Gallery in Los Angeles, Greener Pastures Contemporary Art in Toronto, and Derek Eller Gallery in New York. He is represented by Derek Eller Gallery. In ''

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'' Ken Johnson wrote: "André Ethier's funny, faux-naïve paintings resemble the works of a self-taught, semi-talented high school stoner steeped in heavy-metal music, fantasy novels and the visionary arts of the French Symbolists."

Discography

* ''André Ethier with Christopher Sandes featuring Pickles and Price'' (2004) * ''Secondathallam'' (2006) * ''On Blue Fog'' (2007) * ''Born of Blue Fog'' (2008) * ''Under Grape Leaves'' (2017) * ''Croak in the Weeds'' (2019) * ''Further Up Island'' (2021) * ''Fresh Pepper'' (2022, with

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)

References

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