Dale Morningstar is a Canadian rock musician and recording engineer and producer, originally from

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Biography

Morningstar is the founding member of

The Dinner Is Ruined The Dinner Is Ruined is a Canadian indie rock band. the band plays an experimental and improvisational brand of blues rock. The band members are Dale Morningstar, Dave Clark and Dr. Johnny Pee. History The Dinner Is Ruined was formed in 1991 by ...

, an avant-garde rock band based in Toronto in the early 1990s. The band is known for an unconventional approach to music, Morningstar once even playing the stationary bicycle live at

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. Morningstar, however, is perhaps best known for co-founding The Gas Station Recording studio, which has been called "the hub of the Canadian indie rock sound" with

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, where the studio remains today. Morningstar has provided record production, mixing, and engineering for countless musicians over the years including

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, Tristan Psionic,

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and

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. More recently, Morningstar was one of the contributing artists for the National Parks Project, recording an EP of atmospheric music in

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with Sophie Trudeau of

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and Chad Ross of

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and

Quest for Fire ''Quest for Fire'' may refer to: * '' The Quest for Fire'', a 1911 novel by J. H. Rosny * ''Quest for Fire'' (film), a 1981 film adaptation of the 1911 novel * "Quest for Fire", a song by Iron Maiden from 1983's ''Piece of Mind ''Piece of Min ...

Discography

Solo

*2002: ''I Grew Up on Sodom Road'' (

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)

The Dinner Is Ruined

*1991: ''Burn Your Dashiki'' (self-released) *1993: ''Love Songs from the Lubritorium'' ( Raw Energy) *1994: ''Worm Pickers Brawl'' (Gas Rackett) *1996: ''Ice Cream, Drugs, Rubber Goods'' (

) *1997: ''Elevator Music for Non-Claustrophobic People'' (

) *1999: ''A Maggot in Their Heads'' (

) *2001: ''Ray Charles Kinda Party'' (

) *2005: ''Legion Hall'' (self-released)

Gordon Downie

*2001: ''Coke Machine Glow'' (Zoë Records) *2003: ''Battle of the Nudes'' (Zoë Records) *2010: ''The Grand Bounce'' (Cobraside)

Various artists

*2011: ''

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)

References

External links

Gasstationrecordings.blogspot.com

Mationalparksproject.ca

{{DEFAULTSORT:Morningstar, Dale Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Musicians from the Regional Municipality of Niagara People from Niagara Falls, Ontario Canadian alternative rock musicians Canadian record producers Canadian indie rock musicians