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band, formed in 1991 in Ajax. The band was originally formed by

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and Brendan Canning as an acoustic duo,"hHead music simple, melancholy; Disc reminiscent of 'Seattle sound'". ''

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'', October 20, 1994. with a rotating succession of drummers rounding out the trio after they evolved into a harder rock band. They were originally known as ''Head'', but added the second ''h'' after discovering that another band was already recording as Head, although both hHead and the Vancouver band

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regularly joked in promotional interviews that the extra h had been traded between the bands by either donation or theft."Band gets the 'H' out, hits the road". ''

'', October 20, 1994. The band's first album, ''Fireman'', was released independently in 1992, and became popular on Canadian

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. It received wider distribution in 1993,"T.O. trio making hHeadway". ''

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'', May 27, 1993. and the band toured Canada both as a headliner in rock clubs and as an opening act for My Bloody Valentine, Sloan,

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and Stone Temple Pilots. In 1993, the band won CFNY-FM's Discovery to Disc contest, which awarded them $100,000 toward the recording of a new album. The band landed a contract with

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in 1994, releasing their second album, ''Jerk'', that year. The album was supported by a large-scale national tour as an opening act for Moist, and by an appearance on the Edgefest bill in 1995. However, IRS Records was at this point in financial trouble, and declared bankruptcy in 1996. The band then moved to the Canadian independent label

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s during their career, with a cover of

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''. In 2015, the previously unreleased track "Fempire" and a solo track by Canning titled "Born from the Ashes" appeared on

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' 20th anniversary ''Return of Our Stupid Noise'' compilation. The band broke up in 1997. Mintz is now a mastering engineer for artists such as

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and The Dears, and has recorded solo material as

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. Canning joined

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for that band's third album '' Bless This Mess'', and later formed the bands Broken Social Scene with

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and

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with Bernard Maiezza."Broken Social Scene's Brendan Canning Reviving Cookie Duster Project?"
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'', November 10, 2011. Broken Social Scene's album ''

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'' includes a song titled "hHallmark", alluding to the unique typography of hHead's name.

Members

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/Vocals (1991–1997) * Brendan Canning -

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/Backing vocals (1991–1997) *Jason Ray - Drums (1996–1997) **Mark Bartkiw - Drums (1992–1995) **Roland Rainer - Drums (1991–1992) **Zak Hanna - Additional Guitar (on Fireman) (1991–1992)

Discography

*1992 — '' Fireman'' (re-released 1993) *1994 — '' Jerk'' *1996 — ''

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References

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