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hard rock band of the early 1990s."From puddle to the pond band finds success west". ''

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'', August 2, 1991. Although they recorded only one album before breaking up, they are most noted for garnering a Juno Award nomination for Most Promising Group at the

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"Adams, Cochrane tilt for Junos amid puzzling omissions". ''

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'', February 13, 1992. and for being only the second band from Newfoundland — and the first in a mainstream popular music genre, as their only predecessor was the traditional Newfoundland folk music band

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— ever to sign a deal with a major record label. Originally known as Crisis, the band consisted of vocalist and guitarist Robin Cook, guitarist Ian Roe, bassist Darren 'Dirt' Churchill and drummer Alex MacFarlane.Young Saints
at Jam!'s Canadian Pop Encyclopedia. After regularly touring the province but struggling to break out, they moved to

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in 1988, where they landed a new manager and scored an early break as an opening act for

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. After Medley talked the band up to her record label, they signed to

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in 1990. In January 1991, they entered the studio to begin recording their debut album on the same day the

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entered the

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; the situation inspired the song "My God Is Bigger Than Your God", which was written during the recording sessions."Young Saints growing up rapidly". ''

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'', May 30, 1991. Their self-titled album was released on Polygram in 1991, and included the singles "Weight of the World", "Live for Today" and "New Solution". "Weight of the World" peaked at #30 in the '' RPM100'' singles chart, and "Live for Today", which included a guest performance by

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, peaked at #58. The album peaked at #60 in the ''RPM'' album charts.RPM100: Albums
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'', July 27, 1991. At the Juno Awards in 1992, the band garnered a nomination for Most Promising Group, and designer Robert Leboeuf was nominated for Best Album Design for the album's artwork. Despite their Juno nominations and chart success, however, the band broke up before recording another album. Cook and MacFarlane formed the new band Soul Candy, which pursued a more

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direction than Young Saints, but did not attain significant success outside of the local Vancouver market.

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