Instruments Guitar, vocals Role Musician | Name Craig Northey Website oddsmusic.com | |
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Born February 9, 1962 (age 62) ( 1962-02-09 ) Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, film and television composer Albums Northey Valenzuela, Giddy Up Genres Alternative rock, Post-punk, Power pop Nominations Genie Award for Best Achievement in Music - Original Song Similar People Pat Steward, Rob Baker, Bruce McCulloch, Kevin McDonald, Mark McKinney | ||
Music groups Odds, Stripper's Union | ||
One room odds frontman craig northey
Craig Northey (born February 9, 1962) is a Canadian musician and film and TV composer. He's one of the founding members of the band Odds, which released four albums between 1991 and 1996. They were best known for the radio singles "It Falls Apart", "Eat my Brain", "Heterosexual Man" and "Someone Who’s Cool".
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- One room odds frontman craig northey
- Craig northey giddy up
- Career
- Associated acts
- With Odds
- Solo
- Collaborations
- Writer
- Film and television composer
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Craig northey giddy up
Career
In 1996, Northey composed his first score for a feature film – "The Kids in the Hall" in Brain Candy.
After the breakup of Odds in 1999, Northey embarked on several other ventures, including working with Colin James, Rosanne Cash, Glen Phillips, Bruce McCulloch and many others. He released a solo CD entitled "Giddy Up". In 2003 he collaborated on a CD with the "Gin Blossoms" Jesse Valenzuela, as "Northey Valenzuela".
In 2004 he was part of a side project, Stripper's Union, with Rob Baker, Doug Elliott , Simon Kendall and Pat Steward. The group produced an album, Stripper's Union Local 518 which was released in 2005.
With Valenzuela he co-wrote the theme "Not a Lot Goin' On" for the hit TV comedy series Corner Gas. The song was later included on the Northey Valenzuela album.
When the Odds reunited in early 2007 they included the end credit theme from Corner Gas "My Happy Place" on their album Cheerleader.
Currently Northey, along with Murray Atkinson, Doug Elliott and Pat Steward comprise the reunited Odds. Concurrently he has composed all the episodes for the Kids in the Hall's CBC/IFC series Death Comes to Town and CTV's Hiccups.
Northey continues to collaborate with other artsists. He co-wrote songs on ex-Barenaked Ladies singer Steven Page’s first solo album Page One and toured with Page in 2012. His collaboration with Rob Baker in Strippers Union yielded another album The Deuce in 2012.
On February 21, Odds released an EP called "the Most Beautiful Place on Earth".
2017, Touring Canada as part of The Trans-Canada Highwaymen with Steven Page (Barenaked Ladies), Moe Berg (The Pursuit of Happiness) and Chris Murphy (Sloan).