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, Quebec, Elkas spent twelve years as part of the Montreal band

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, with whom he started playing as a teenager. He released his first solo album, ''

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produced Elkas' 2007 release, '' Wall of Fire''. Along with Ian McGettigan, Elkas produced an album of all original material, 2011's '' Repeat Offender'' on New Scotland Records.

Discography

Local Rabbits

*1993: ''The Super Duper EP'' *1994: ''Put on Your Snowsuit, You Are Going to Hell!'' ( 7") *1995: ''You Can't Touch This'' *1998: ''Basic Concept'' *2001: ''This Is It Here We Go''

Solo albums

*2004: ''

'' *2007: '' Wall of Fire'' *2011: '' Repeat Offender'' *2018: '' Lion (Peter Elkas Band)''

With Other Artists

*2009: '' Three'' Joel Plaskett

References

External links

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Peter Elkas
at CBC Radio 3 1976 births Living people Anglophone Quebec people Canadian singer-songwriters Canadian rock singers Canadian rock guitarists Canadian male guitarists Canadian indie rock musicians Musicians from Montreal 21st-century Canadian guitarists 21st-century Canadian male singers Canadian male singer-songwriters {{singer-songwriter-stub