Joydrop

History

Joydrop was formed in Toronto in 1998. The three men knew each other from past band work; they found Sloane by placing an ad in Now magazine.

The band's first CD, Metasexual, was released in 1999 on the Tommy Boy label. The song "Beautiful" from that album was on the Canadian charts and was used on the soundtrack of the film Ginger Snaps II: Unleashed, playing as the end credits roll.

Viberate, the band's second album, was also released on Tommy Boy.

The band's single "Sometimes Wanna Die" was featured on MTV2 in the US during the summer of 2001, thanks in part to a music video featuring Tommy Lee.

Joydrop appeared as themselves, performing their two hit songs, on an episode of Special Unit 2. "Sometimes Wanna Die" was also temporarily banned on some radio stations after the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Joydrop was nominated for a Juno Award for best new group in 2002.

Following the band's breakup, Slone released a solo album and was a contestant on Rock Star: INXS. Tony Rabalao also went solo and put out a CD under the name Lehlo but plays in Slone's band as well. Tom McKay is a producer and worked on Slone's and Rabalao's CDs. Thomas Payne is writing and producing with other artists. As of 2010, Slone is part of Breakfast Television on CKAL-DT (Citytv Calgary).

In Coyote Ugly (2000), a one-second newspaper advertisement is shown for the "Songwriter Showdown" featuring Joydrop playing at the Bowery Ballroom, along with: The Skank Honkies, Papa Vegas, The Suicide Machines, Vertical Horizon, Eve 6, Verbena, Edwin McCain, Beth Hart, Excel, The Pietasters, Bis Train, and Pennywise.

Singles