Blurtonia was a

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indie rock group formed by

Ian Blurton Ian Blurton (born 1965) is a Canadian musician and record producer. Early life He was born in Champaign, Illinois in 1965, and moved to Toronto in 1973. Musical career He has been a part of Toronto's indie music scene since the early 1980s. He ...

, after the break-up of his previous band, Change of Heart.

History

Blurtonia was formed in May 1999 to play live shows in support of Blurton's self-released debut ''Adventures in the Kingdom of Blurtonia''. The band began performing in Toronto, including at the Rivoli and at Humble & Fred Fest at

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, The album was co-produced by Daryl Smith, Jon McCann played drums in the original line-up and it was later re-released by

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. In addition to ''Adventures'', Blurtonia released a self-titled album on

Grenadine Records Grenadine Records was an independent record label based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The music label was founded in 1997 by Eric Y. Lapointe and Alex Megelas who met at Bishop's University's radio station CJMQ-FM. The label, initially named B ...

in 2002. At the time, the band was composed of

on guitar and vox, Al Kelso (ex-

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) on guitar, Randy Curnew on drums, Sam De Medeiros on bass, plus

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and

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. McCann left the band to play with Guided By Voices. The band made a cross-Canada tour in September 2002 with Eric Larock on bass, in place of Medeiros. In 2006, Blurtonia released the album ''The Survivalists''."Blurtonia The Survivalists"
''Exclaim!'', By Jason Schneider Jan 01, 2006 Blurton later joined the band C'Mon, and worked as a recording and producing engineer at Chemical Sounds in

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. Drew and Canning went on to solo careers; Canning formed his own record label.

References

External links

Blurtonia @ Grenadine Records

Blurtonia profile
at New Music Canada. {{DEFAULTSORT:Blurtonia Musical groups established in 1999 Musical groups disestablished in 2002 Canadian indie rock groups Musical groups from Toronto 1999 establishments in Ontario 2002 disestablishments in Ontario

History

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