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Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...
musician, currently a songwriter,
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and multi-instrumentalist for the psychedelic pop act The Foreign Films."Bill Majoros". ''
View Magazine ''VIEW'' is a free magazine located in Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Ontario. Hamilton has a Canada 2016 Census, population of 569,353, and its Census Metropolitan ...
'', August 30, 2007.
Born in
Hamilton, Ontario Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Hamilton has a population of 569,353, and its census metropolitan area, which includes Burlington and Grimsby, has a population of 785,184. The city is approximately southwest of T ...
, Majoros has toured and recorded with many Canadian acts including The Nines, Flux A.D., Universal Honey, The Paper Airplane Company, Altogether Morris and The Cloudsmen. From 1997 to 2004, he worked as main writer & guitarist in Flux A.D., winning a Hamilton Music Award in 2004 for "Best Alternative Album of the Year". Fellow members in Flux A.D. included
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, and Graham Walsh from Holy Fuck."A Conversation with The Foreign Films"
''Sticky Magazine'', November 10, 2011.
Majoros's songs gained support from music luminaries Daniel Lanois,
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and
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. After Flux AD splintered into various projects Majoros began to release new music as The Foreign Films. The Foreign Films' debut double length CD ''Distant Star'' was released in 2007. The 22 song LP was nominated for "Album of the Year" at the Hamilton Music Awards in 2007. He was also nominated as guitar player of the year. The Foreign Films released a seven-song follow-up EP in November 2011. He has have since released several follow-up singles, including "Glitter"/"Night Without the Day", "Sweet Sorrow"/"You Were My Summer Sun" and "Fall of the Summer Heart". Again, under the name The Foreign Films, Bill Majoros recorded a 31-song, six-sided vinyl LP "The Record Collector", releasing one "side" at a time. The triple LP deluxe vinyl edition was released in 2018 to critical acclaim, topping many "best of the year lists". "Epic" Jeff Elbel (Chicago-Sun Times and Illinois entertainer) Guest musicians include Kori Pop Aaron Goldstein, City and Colour, Joel Stouffer, Dragonette and Rebecca Everette. In the same timeframe, he also collaborated with Steve Eggers, ( The Nines). Four albums (Night Surfer and the Cassette Kids, Alejandro's Visions, Circles in the Snow and Colour Radio-American Transistor have emerged. They have received positive critical feedback from such legendary musicians as
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), Michael Nesmith ( Monkees) and Jason Falkner (
Paul McCartney Sir James Paul McCartney (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter and musician who gained worldwide fame with the Beatles, for whom he played bass guitar and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. One ...
,
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). In 2017 and 2018 Bill Majoros was nominated for musician of the year for the Hamilton Ontario Arts Awards. Majoros has toured with and played support shows for artists such as Alanis Morissette, The Tragically Hip, Echo and the Bunnymen, Jewel, Ron Sexsmith, 5440, Fountains of Wayne, Big Sugar, Blue Rodeo, Robyn Hitchcock, The Goo Goo Dolls and Pete Best etc. As well as recording and playing live with The Foreign Films, Majoros produced Mary Avery's album The Fire and S.G Sinnicks. He also plays guitar with Rebecca Everette.


Discography


Albums/EPs

The Foreign Films *''Distant Star'' (2007) *''The Foreign Films'' *'' Fire from Spark EP(2010)'' *''The Record Collector'' (31 songs, triple vinyl LP and short story) (2018) *''Ocean Moon (New Songs and Hidden Gems)'' (2020) *''Starlight Serenade'' (2021) The Nines *''Night Surfer and the Cassette kids'' (2015) *''Circles in the Snow EP'' (2016) *''Alehandro's Visions'' (2016) *''Colour Radio-American Transistor'' (2017)


Singles

*"Glitter/Night Without the Day" *"Sweet Sorrow/You Were My Summer Sun" *"Fall of the Summer Heart" *Teardrop Town *Epire of the Night *Girl by the River *Shadow in the Light *Junior Astronomer's Club *The Sun Will Shine Again


References


External links


The Foreign Films
{{DEFAULTSORT:Majoros, Bill Living people Canadian rock guitarists Canadian male guitarists Canadian male songwriters Musicians from Hamilton, Ontario Canadian alternative rock musicians Alternative rock guitarists Year of birth missing (living people)