Short Biography
These Toronto natives emerged onto the Indie scene with their debut album Feel Good Lost in 2001, quickly followed by their 2002 sophomore release, You Forget It In People. The 11-piece band was praised by critics for their unique brand of lush, hypnotic rock, and You Forget It In People took the Juno Award (Canadian GRAMMY) for Alternative Album of the Year. The album was released in the U.S. by indie label Arts and Crafts in fall 2003. Bee Hives, an album of rarities and B-sides, followed in 2004 and in 2005, the band released a self-titled album featuring musical appearances from members of Stars, Metric, Do Make Say Think, Raising the Fawn and The Dears among others. This ambitious...

Short Biography
These Toronto natives emerged onto the Indie scene with their debut album Feel Good Lost in 2001, quickly followed by their 2002 sophomore release, You Forget It In People. The 11-piece band was praised by critics for their unique brand of lush, hypnotic rock, and You Forget It In People took the Juno Award (Canadian GRAMMY) for Alternative Album of the Year. The album was released in the U.S. by indie label Arts and Crafts in fall 2003. Bee Hives, an album of rarities and B-sides, followed in 2004 and in 2005, the band released a self-titled album featuring musical appearances from members of Stars, Metric, Do Make Say Think, Raising the Fawn and The Dears among others. This ambitious work met with further praise by fans and critics alike, and the band embarked upon a North American tour immediately following its release.

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In-depth Biography
Broken Social Scene materialized in 1999 when K.C. Accidental's Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning, formerly of By Divine Right, bonded their friendship into a band. They spent the next few years honing an atmospheric rock sound in their native Toronto and the dynamic was great. Feel Good Lost marked their debut album in 2001 and introduced a revolving cast of Canadian indie musicians. Drew's fellow mate from Do Make Say Think, Charles Spearin, was added to the band, as well as Evan Cranley (Stars), James Shaw, and Emily Haines (Metric). By the time their guitar-fueled sophomore effort, You Forgot It in People, was released in fall 2002, Broken Social Scene had become an 11-piece collective. Jason Collett, Andrew Whiteman, Justin Peroff and Leslie Feist fulfilled the band's bombastic, orchestrated sound and critics loved it. You Forgot It In People was a buzz among indie cohorts and plans for a stateside release on Arts & Crafts was slated for the following summer. A surprise, however, coincided those plans in spring 2003 when Broken Social Scene won a Juno for "Alternative Album of the Year" for You Forgot It In People. In order to maintain praise from critics, the band issued their first ever b-siders & rarities collection, Bee Hives, in spring 2004. For the band's 2005 self-titled studio album, Broken Social Scene once again joined producer David Newfeld. Additional contributions by select members of Stars, Metric, Do Make Say Think, Raising the Fawn, the Dears and others contributed to the ambitious sounds of Broken Social Scene. A joint North American tour with Feist followed its release. ~ MacKenzie Wilson, All Music Guide