Duotang
Duotang formed in Winnipeg in the summer of 1995, by two young gentlemen wh… Read Full Bio ↴Duotang formed in Winnipeg in the summer of 1995, by two young gentlemen who shared a penchant for red wine on good days, and Labatt Blue on the rest. They also shared a great love for sixties bands such as The Who, The Beatles, The Kinks and such. Rod Slaughter (today, he plays in Novillero) played bass and Sean Allum played drums, in different bands. They got together late at night at the warehouse their respective band’s shared, and played sixties songs until dawn. No one else would ever want to join in, so Rod became the singer.

One night, armed with a borrowed 8-track and locked inside their warehouse with friend Cam Loeppky, they proceeded to record a demo tape of original songs. Their friends (Sinisa and Darcy) loved it, but no one else cared.

One fall night in 1995, they played a festival in Winnipeg. A certain Mr. Peter Jenner, the infamous manager of Syd Barrett-era Pink Floyd, The Clash, and recently Billy Bragg, was in attendance. "These lads are pretty good," he was heard saying.

Then things started to happen. A local show with the wonderful Smugglers that summer eventually led to our joining the Mint Records family in March of 1996.

Their first album Smash the Ships and Raise the Beams (recorded by Darryl Neudorf in Vancouver) was released in September, 1996, and eventually climbed to #2 on the Canadian College charts. They toured Canada numerous times, and down through the States in early 1997. They even made it to Europe with Huevos Rancheros in early 1998.

A second album The Cons and the Pros (recorded by Brendann McGuire in Toronto) was released in May of 1998, and climbed to #1 on the Canadian College charts. That summer they toured Canada with The Weakerthans and Plumtree. Angus Kirkpatrick joined them on second bass for their next tour in the fall of 1998, during which they played with the Archers of Loaf in Toronto and Montreal. In the spring of 1999, they (including Angus) returned to Europe with The Hi-Fives for a fun-filled, six-week tour.
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Duotang Lyrics


A Biased View Ba ba ba ba Ba ba ba ba Ba ba ba ba Ba…
A Brief Observation Of Our Dissatisfaction With Balance We are precarious On the fulcrum's point Our every act eli…
Are We Still Aligned? Are we still aligned? Do we share the parallel views? Do y…
Bitterman Does the cold truth seem to rattle through your mind? Thoug…
Blue Vinyl Chair On an old blue vinyl chair I finally came to realize I…
Broken Rule To think I could step on toes with careless prose, I'm…
Call Your Side I felt lost, and unheard, For a lack of a better…
Change Your Mind Distrust can go too far It comes with little warning Smal…
Choke Or Swallow Shine like a star 'Cause everything's gold Not black or pu…
Conjugal Visit Your face seemed to hold no expression Though you knew just…
Excuse For Apathy They're spewing out their tops, again The arrogant promoter…
Follower Of Obvious Voices I don't adore this The following of obvious voices When ev…
Ghosts I could sacrifice All I've internalized But I'm afraid of …


King Of Beliefs Give me the chance to express how I feel I'm the…
Leave Well Enough Alone It's been a long time since it felt that strong, He…
Notable Crowd Up and at 'em William Bailey. You'd think that you…
Old Man Davie's Christmas Kingdom Jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way Oh what fun…
Petunia You know I don't really mind I'll try anything once At lea…
Present Blind 'I was truly at my best when I was seventeen' Was…
Review It's what you read When the refills of coffee are free And…
Rise and Fall of the G.Q.B.C. It was mad-cap, and impromptu We needed something to belong…
Slow Down I have only dreamt one thing So it may sound simple I…
Slowdown I have only dreamt one thing So it may sound simple I…
Smash The Ships And Raise The Beams Just before we let this all slide I'd like to share…
The Bright Side We've always tried to find the brighter side To living out…
The Chameleon Though the place was rather full, He quickly caught my eye,…
The Cons & The Pros Well it's a delicate breeze Between the ebb and the flow I…
The Day We Left The World Behind I always felt I had a way of blocking out…
The Evidence Comes From All Directions The evidence comes from all directions Despite attempts to …
The Hedonists Collide It's hard to admit When you barely fit in. I swore I'd…
The Message I hope our message is clear We haven't made contact in…
The Punk & The Godson You were acting in the crudest way, You're the king of…
This Submarine Has Cracked It used to feel so good to be Underneath the ocean…
Thomas Green It seemed to grasp and tear, The fact he'll always be Just…
Toast To The Life-Long Friends As I stroll beneath the ice-tinged street light glare I rai…
Uniform With... inside And a warm, caring smile She was drawn to his…
Words Of Simon Up until their fateful encounter, Simon always felt quite al…


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