Associated acts The Curtain Society Origin Kitchener, Canada (1989) | Active until 1999 Members Danella Hocevar | |
Years active 1989 (1989)–1999 (1999) Labels Bedazzled Records, Antarctic Press, Cartwheel Productions, Apostrophe Records, Intrepid Records, Castle von Buhler, Silber Records, Losing Today, Plan Eleven, Dewdrops REcords. Website myspace.com/anaprilmarch Past members Joel Walsh (drums)
Robert Lambke (bass)
Andrew Starling
Meredith Bannon
Ian Ring (saxophone) Albums Lessons in Vengeance, It Goes Without Saying, Impatiens Genres Alternative rock, Shoegazing, Ethereal wave, Dream pop Similar The Curtain Society, Jane from Occupied Europe, April March, The Honey Buzzards, Smashing Orange | ||
An april march delirium
An April March is a Canadian alternative rock band formed in Kitchener, Ontario, in 1989. The band's last incarnation consisted of singer/guitarist Danella Hocevar, guitarist Chris Perry and drummer Michael Klüg. The band "An April March" is not to be confused with April March, an unrelated artist, as well as Russian and French bands called by similar names.
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History
The band members met in 1989 in Kitchener, Ontario, when they were in their late teens/early twenties, originally calling themselves the Whittingtons. That band put out a demo cassette. After Hocevar and Perry moved to Toronto, Ontario, to work, the band changed its name to An April March and began recording and performing in Toronto at local venues such as the Horseshoe Tavern. Their stylistic influences include dream pop, shoegazing, ethereal and ambient. The earliest lineup under the name "An April March" was Hocevar and Perry, with Bob "the duck" Lembke on bass and Joel Walsh on drums. Some early recordings and performances also included Ian Ring (later of The Dervishes) on saxophone, who played regularly with the band for about a year. The group broke up in 1999, playing their last show on 29 April of that year.
Their first release was a cassette under the band name The Whittingtons. While unsigned, An April March also contributed one song to the Giant Leap of Faith 2 compilation album released on vinyl, produced by University of Waterloo radio station manager Bill Wharrie, along with other notable local acts such as the Rhinos and Gordie Gordo and the G-Men. In 1993 the band signed with the now-defunct Washington, DC-based label Bedazzled Records. Their first full-length with Bedazzled was "Impatiens," released in 1993. Subsequent releases were Instruments of Lust and Fury (EP – 1995), Lessons in Vengeance (1995), Adagio (EP – 1996), It Goes Without Saying (1997), and Something once true is always true... (1999). Since splitting up in 1999, the band members have pursued their own musical careers, with Hocevar releasing music under the moniker Danellatron. Chris Perry has become a recognised and sought-after record producer.
The band has also recorded songs for tribute albums, including the Cocteau Twins, with "Pink Orange Red", released on Half Gifts (Dewdrop Records, 2002). The band also recorded Alec Eiffel for The Pixies tribute release Pixies Fuckin' Die! (The Orchard, 1999).
The band released two videos: "Lava" and "Scarlet Bliss".
Albums, EPs and 7-inches
Singles and compilations
Songs
Pink Orange Red2002
Scarlett BlissImpatiens · 1993
Alec Eiffel