Warsawpack was a Canadian experimental

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, September 18, 2003. based in

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. The band's music fuses hip hop,

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'', September 2003. The band's songs contained mostly politically charged lyrics that critiqued Western

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History

Warsawpack was formed in 1999 by Lee Raback, Scott Rankin, Jaroslav Wassman and Matt Cormier. Rankin later left the band and was replaced by guitarist Ajit Rao, and later members added to the band included tenor saxophonist and flautist Simon Oczkowski, baritone saxophonist Adam Bryant, and turntablist Aaron Sakala. Following their debut EP ''Due to Long Foreseen Events'', the band signed to

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, which released both of the band's full-length albums. The band released ''Gross Domestic Product'' in 2003. Their second full-length album, ''Stocks and Bombs'',"Warsawpack’s Lee Raback Becomes Lee Reed"

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, January 30, 2009. appeared on the !earshot National Top 50 Chart in late 2003. Warsawpack performed as part of Canada Music Week in 2004. In spite of some commercial success, the band broke up later that year. Raback released his solo debut album ''Introductory Offer'' in 2009 under the stage name Lee Reed. He has since followed up with the albums ''Emergency Broadcast'' (2011) and ''The Butcher, the Banker, the Bitumen Tanker'' (2015), and the EPs ''Written Large'' (2013) and ''The Steal City EP'' (2018). In June 2019, ''The Steal City EP'' was named to the initial longlist for the

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, June 20, 2019. In 2015, the Warsawpack song "Poorboy Blues" was voted one of the top four songs by a Hamilton band in a

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song contest.

Discography

* ''Due to Long Foreseen Events'' (2000) * ''Gross Domestic Product'' (2002) * ''Stocks and Bombs'' (2003)"Review: Warsawpack"
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References

{{Authority control Canadian indie rock groups G7 Welcoming Committee Records artists Musical groups from Hamilton, Ontario Musical groups established in 1999 Musical groups disestablished in 2004 1999 establishments in Ontario 2004 disestablishments in Ontario