The New Meanies, originally called the Blue Meanies, are a Canadian four piece

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History

Formed around 1990 by high school friends Damon Mitchell (lead vocals, guitar, harmonica), Jeff Hondubura (guitar, vocals), Sky Onosson (bass, vocals, keyboards) and Jason Kane (drums, percussion) started playing blues-influenced rock. After releasing two independent albums, ''Experience is Lost'' (independently released on cassette only) and ''The Blue Meanies'', they toured extensively throughout Western Canada in the early 1990s. In 1996 the band signed with

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. The band changed its name to the New Meanies due to the existence of another Blue Meanies based in Chicago, and recorded a new album ''Three Seeds'' in the

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. The album was released in 1998, and the single "Letting Time Pass" achieved major airplay on radio and television, charting at No. 14 on RPM Magazine's

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. In 1999 the band performed in Toronto with Danko Jones and Tricky Woo."Live Reviews: PW Long / Flashing Lights / Don Caballero / The New Meanies / Danko Jones / Tricky Woo March 6, 1999 The Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto, ON"
''Chart Attack'', review by Vanessa Lewis In 2000, the band went indie again and released a new album, ''Highways'', in 2001.

Discography

Albums

*''Experience is Lost'' (1993) *''The Blue Meanies'' (1995) *''Three Seeds'' (1998) *''Highways'' (2001)

Current status

The New Meanies are currently only performing sporadically.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:New Meanies Musical groups with year of establishment missing Musical groups from Winnipeg Canadian indie rock groups Musical groups established in 1990 1990 establishments in Manitoba