The Age of Electric is a Canadian

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band founded in 1989 with members from Lanigan and

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. The members are

Todd Kerns Todd "Dammit" Kerns is a Canadian musician who has worked with several Canadian bands, most notably The Age of Electric. Kerns is currently the bass guitarist and back up vocalist for Slash in the band Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The ...

(vocals/guitar),

Ryan Dahle Ryan Dahle (born 1970) is a Canadian musician, best known for his contributions to the bands Age of Electric and Limblifter, each of which have scored several major radio hits. The Age of ''Electric'' The Age of Electric was a band founded in ...

(guitar/backing vocals), John Kerns (bass), and

Kurt Dahle Kurt Colin Dahle is a Juno Award winning, Grammy nominated Canadian musician. Dahle is best known for his work as a drummer and vocalist with the rock bands Age of Electric, Limblifter, and The New Pornographers. Dahle's known for a heavy swing o ...

(drums/backing vocals).

History

The Age of Electric band was conceived by Todd Kerns and Kurt Dahle circa 1986 and was born in April 1989, after waiting for their two younger brothers, John Kerns and Ryan Dahle, to graduate high school. The Dahle brothers traveled two hours north from their home in Regina, Saskatchewan to the Kerns brothers small home town of Lanigan. The band's commercial breakthrough came with their independent EP ''Ugly'' in 1993, which set the stage for the major label release of their self-titled album in 1995. In 1996, the Dahle brothers released an album with their side project

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, which was also commercially successful in Canada. The band then released '' Make a Pest a Pet'' in 1997. The album produced the radio hit "Remote Control", which peaked at No. 9 on the singles chart in Canada and was later put on MuchMusic's diamond-certified compilation album, ''

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''. Although it was the band's most successful album yet, being certified gold in Canada in 1998, tensions within the band led the group to break up after a 1998 tour as the opening band for

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. That year the band was nominated for a Juno Award as best new group. The Kerns brothers then went on to form Static in Stereo with other members, including their brother Ryan. Dahle went on to work with

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. Todd Kerns became the bass player and backing vocalist for

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's band, The Conspirators, and has been inducted into the B.C. Hall of Fame.

Reunion

The Age of Electric performed a reunion show in Calgary on August 29, 2015, their first public performance together in 17 years. Zuckerbaby was the opening act. In 2016, the band announced plans to release a remastered, expanded two-LP vinyl reissue of ''Make A Pest A Pet'' in February 2017 to celebrate its 20th anniversary. Simultaneously, the band announced plans to release a new four-song EP the same month. The song "Keys" was released as the lead single from the new EP in November 2016. Both the ''Make a Pest a Pet'' reissue and the new EP, titled ''The Pretty EP'', were released on February 17, 2017. In March 2017, the band embarked on a cross-Canada tour to promote the ''Make a Pest a Pest'' reissue and ''The Pretty EP''.

Discography

Albums

* ''The Latest Plague'' (1991), Gods Teeth Ethel Records * ''The Age of Electric'' (1995), Gods Teeth Ethel Records * '' Make a Pest a Pet'' (1997), Universal Music

EPs

* ''Electric'' (1990), Independent * ''The Ugly EP'' (1993), Gods Teeth Ethel Records * ''The Pretty EP'' (2017), We Are Busy Bodies

Singles

References

External links

AllMusic entry for Age of Electric AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databas ...

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