Shallow North Dakota was a Canadian

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/ sludge metal band from

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. The band was well-know known for its loud, aggressive music and live shows, which often included destroying stage equipment.

History

Shallow North Dakota was formed in Hamilton in 1993 by Tony Jacome (vocals, drums), Dan Dunham (guitar), and Biff Young (bass). In 1994, the band released their debut album, ''Auto Body Crusher'', on local label

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, following it up with ''This Apparatus Must Be Earthed'' in 1997. Throughout the decade, the band toured with other Canadian noise rock acts like Chore and

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. The band's cover of the Sugarloaf song "Green Eyed Lady" was featured on Sonic Unyon's 1998 compilation ''Sonic Unyon: Now We Are 5''. In 2004, Shallow North Dakota released their third album, ''Mob Wheel''. It was distributed to retail shops in Canada via their previous label, Sonic Unyon. The group disbanded the following year. On 13 October 2018, the band reunited to perform at a friend's birthday party, after which they played a series of shows in Western Canada with

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. They played their final show on 13 April 2019 at La Vitrola in Montreal. The band's song "Backbone" was featured on Sonic Unyon's 2019 compilation ''Sonic Unyon: Now We Are 25''. In January 2021, Tony Jacome was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer. That same month, Wordclock Records released a 3-track EP entitled ''Shallow North Dakota // KEN Mode // Kowloon Walled City'' to raise money for Jacome and his family. The EP featured a previously unreleased track, "Burly Bearded Man", along with

's cover of "Outside Dakota / Six Foot Foam Lover" and Kowloon Walled City's cover of "The Milkman". Jacome died on 2 October 2021 at age 45. A tribute album entitled ''Rhino Body Lover: A Tribute to Shallow North Dakota'', featuring artists like Conan Neutron, SIANspheric, Bison, and

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was released on 21 January 2022.

Discography

Albums

*''Auto Body Crusher'' (1994) *''This Apparatus Must Be Earthed'' (1997) *''Mob Wheel'' (2004)

Singles and EPs

*''Pop the Hood'' (1993) *"Gleam" (1994) *''Rhinoceros Love'' (with

) (1996) *''Shallow North Dakota // KEN Mode // Kowloon Walled City'' (with

and Kowloon Walled City) (2021)

References

External links

Sonic Unyon RecordsShallow North Dakota on Myspace"The Lubber" (from This Apparatus Must Be Earthed) on YoutubeBrad Davis denies Shallow North Dakota related hi-fi mishap
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