The Dinner Is Ruined is a

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band. the band plays an

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and improvisational brand of

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. The band members are

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, Dave Clark and Dr. Johnny Pee.

History

The Dinner Is Ruined was formed in 1991 by multi-instrumentalist

. Original members included Don Kerr on drums and Al Kelso on bass. They recorded their first album, ''Burn Your Dashiki'', in 1991. After this point, Kelso left the band. Keyboardist/bassist Dr. Pee joined the group, and a second album, ''Love Songs from the Lubritorium'', was recorded in 1993 by Raw Energy, Kerr left the band after this. While opening for the band

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in 1994, Morningstar and Pee were booed and had objects thrown at them. Subsequently, Clark, at the time a member of

, joined The Dinner is Ruined."Rheostatics: Blame Canada"
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'', November 2001. In 2000, the group released the album ''A Maggot in their Heads''. The band continued to perform live, with often improvised instrumentation quite different from their recorded work. In 2001 the band performed live at the Folk on the Rocks Festival in Yellowknife, backing up

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. This collaboration continued, and the members of The Dinner Is Ruined recorded as part of

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's backup band on his three solo albums. Downie's band also included

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and

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guitarist

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. In 2014, The Dinner is Ruined backed up singer Kyp Harness on his album ''Armageddon Blues''.

Discography

The Dinner Is Ruined

* ''Burn Your Dashiki'' (1991) * ''Love Songs from the Lubritorium'' (1993) * ''Worm Pickers Brawl'' (1994) * ''Ice Cream, Drugs, Rubber Goods'' (1996) * ''Elevator Music for Non-Claustrophobic People'' (1997) * ''A Maggot in Their Heads'' (1999) * ''Ray Charles Kinda Party'' (2001) * ''Legion Hall'' (2005)

Gordon Downie

* ''

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'' (2001, as members of The Goddamned Band) * '' Battle of the Nudes'' (2003, as members of The Country of Miracles)"Battle of the Nudes"
''Journal of Popular Music and Society'', Volume 28, No. 3, July 2005, pp 425-430. * ''

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'' (2010, as members of The Country of Miracles)

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