The Crash Test Dummies is a Canadian rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba.
… Read Full Bio ↴The Crash Test Dummies is a Canadian rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba.
The band is most identifiable through Brad Roberts (vocals, guitar) and his distinctive bass-baritone voice. The band members have fluctuated over the years, but its best known line-up consisted of Roberts, Ellen Reid (co-vocals, keyboards), Brad's brother Dan Roberts (bass guitar, backing vocals), Benjamin Darvill (harmonica, mandolin), and Mitch Dorge (drums, percussion). The band is best known internationally for their 1993 single "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" and best known in Canada for the 1991 single "Superman's Song".
After a multi-year hiatus, the band returned in 2015 with a tour and the new charity single "Promised Land" which was a collaboration with Marc Mysterio[1] following up his remix of "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm".
The origin of the Crash Test Dummies is tied to the history of two Winnipeg nightspots, the Spectrum Cabaret and the Blue Note Cafe, owned by Curtis Riddell.
In the mid-1980s, Riddell joined with Brad Roberts to form the decidedly less-than-serious bar band Bad Brad Roberts and the St. James Rhythm Pigs. Over time, the band evolved into the Crash Test Dummies, a name suggested by a friend of the band who was in medical school. The diagnostic mannequin, known colloquially as a crash test dummy, was known to the public already by this time. Ellen Reid and Benjamin Darvill became permanent additions. George West, the original bass player, quit and was replaced by Dan Roberts, Brad's brother. Riddell was replaced by Vince Lambert, who was fired and replaced by Mitch Dorge just before the release of The Ghosts That Haunt Me.
After signing with BMG Records in 1991, the band signed with manager Jeff Rogers (Swell).
In the summer of 2017, the full band, except Benjamin Darvill, reunited for a show in Winnipeg and Brad Roberts went on a tour of South Africa in early 2018.
In July 2018, a reunited photo of Brad Roberts, Ellen Reid, Dan Roberts, and Mitch Dorge was posted on the official Crash Test Dummies Facebook page, along with the announcement of Canadian Tour Dates for the fall.
Throughout their career, Crash Test Dummies have experimented with many different styles and genres of music. These styles include the acoustic folk rock of The Ghosts That Haunt Me, the electric alternative rock of A Worm's Life, the urban influences of Give Yourself a Hand, and the optigan-based compositions of Oooh La La!.
Crash Test Dummies recorded as a full five piece band from their debut album The Ghosts That Haunt Me until Give Yourself a Hand. At this time, the most notable instrumentation of the band's music included Brad Roberts' lead guitar, Ellen Reid's keyboards, and Benjamin Darvill's harmonica. Another notable element of Crash Test Dummies' music are the contrasting harmonies between Brad Roberts' deep lead vocals and Ellen Reid's backing vocals in the higher register.
Beginning with I Don't Care That You Don't Mind in 2001, the band's albums were recorded primarily by Brad Roberts, Ellen Reid, and a rotating roster of session musicians.
One of the biggest influences for Brad Roberts was the band XTC and Andy Partridge in particular. The band even went on to cover two of XTC's songs: "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" for the soundtrack to the film Dumb and Dumber, and "All You Pretty Girls" for the XTC tribute album A Testimonial Dinner.
… Read Full Bio ↴The Crash Test Dummies is a Canadian rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba.
The band is most identifiable through Brad Roberts (vocals, guitar) and his distinctive bass-baritone voice. The band members have fluctuated over the years, but its best known line-up consisted of Roberts, Ellen Reid (co-vocals, keyboards), Brad's brother Dan Roberts (bass guitar, backing vocals), Benjamin Darvill (harmonica, mandolin), and Mitch Dorge (drums, percussion). The band is best known internationally for their 1993 single "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" and best known in Canada for the 1991 single "Superman's Song".
After a multi-year hiatus, the band returned in 2015 with a tour and the new charity single "Promised Land" which was a collaboration with Marc Mysterio[1] following up his remix of "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm".
The origin of the Crash Test Dummies is tied to the history of two Winnipeg nightspots, the Spectrum Cabaret and the Blue Note Cafe, owned by Curtis Riddell.
In the mid-1980s, Riddell joined with Brad Roberts to form the decidedly less-than-serious bar band Bad Brad Roberts and the St. James Rhythm Pigs. Over time, the band evolved into the Crash Test Dummies, a name suggested by a friend of the band who was in medical school. The diagnostic mannequin, known colloquially as a crash test dummy, was known to the public already by this time. Ellen Reid and Benjamin Darvill became permanent additions. George West, the original bass player, quit and was replaced by Dan Roberts, Brad's brother. Riddell was replaced by Vince Lambert, who was fired and replaced by Mitch Dorge just before the release of The Ghosts That Haunt Me.
After signing with BMG Records in 1991, the band signed with manager Jeff Rogers (Swell).
In the summer of 2017, the full band, except Benjamin Darvill, reunited for a show in Winnipeg and Brad Roberts went on a tour of South Africa in early 2018.
In July 2018, a reunited photo of Brad Roberts, Ellen Reid, Dan Roberts, and Mitch Dorge was posted on the official Crash Test Dummies Facebook page, along with the announcement of Canadian Tour Dates for the fall.
Throughout their career, Crash Test Dummies have experimented with many different styles and genres of music. These styles include the acoustic folk rock of The Ghosts That Haunt Me, the electric alternative rock of A Worm's Life, the urban influences of Give Yourself a Hand, and the optigan-based compositions of Oooh La La!.
Crash Test Dummies recorded as a full five piece band from their debut album The Ghosts That Haunt Me until Give Yourself a Hand. At this time, the most notable instrumentation of the band's music included Brad Roberts' lead guitar, Ellen Reid's keyboards, and Benjamin Darvill's harmonica. Another notable element of Crash Test Dummies' music are the contrasting harmonies between Brad Roberts' deep lead vocals and Ellen Reid's backing vocals in the higher register.
Beginning with I Don't Care That You Don't Mind in 2001, the band's albums were recorded primarily by Brad Roberts, Ellen Reid, and a rotating roster of session musicians.
One of the biggest influences for Brad Roberts was the band XTC and Andy Partridge in particular. The band even went on to cover two of XTC's songs: "The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead" for the soundtrack to the film Dumb and Dumber, and "All You Pretty Girls" for the XTC tribute album A Testimonial Dinner.
Postlude
Crash Test Dummies Lyrics
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Deante' Hitchcock Is this what you expected? Is this what you expected? Is thi…
Eztioko May the grace be with you In all your days And nights…
Jae Jin May the grace be with you In all your days And nights…
Larry Norman Nothing really cahnges Everything remains the same We are wh…
Ning Baizura Selagi ada cinta di hatiku Selagi ada rindu yang membara oh …
Synik Kutenda As we arrived at our inevitable destination We foun…
X-O-Planet Yeah, I fuckin' miss you And it hits me again, and…
We have lyrics for these tracks by Crash Test Dummies:
002 Afternoons & coffeespoons What is it that makes me just a little bit…
005 Here I stand before me My doctor told me that it was time for me…
02 He Liked To Feel It There was a boy Who liked to wiggle his tooth loose…
A Cigarette Is All You Get I'm all freaked out I'm all tweaked out I'm being…
A Little Something There's some stuff on my shoe That's got nothing to do With…
A Worm's Life Though you think me cold and slimy I've got a nice…
Aching to Sneeze I've been aching to sneeze Begging please, pretty please B…
Afternoons What is it that makes me just a little bit…
All Of This Ugly I was walking through the country And passing through lovely…
All You Pretty Girls Do something for me, boys If I should die at sea,…
An Old Scab I sit each morning Look at my empty notebook The room is…
And It's Beautiful We turn out water into wine It's something we do all…
And So Will Always Be Once I went out walking And saw a crippled man He couldn't…
Androgynous Here comes Dick, he's wearing a skirt Here comes Jane you…
At My Funeral I'm still young, but I know my days are numbered 1234567…
Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead Peter Pumpkinhead came to town Spreading wisdom and cash ar…
Buzzin' Flies The rain on the ground The empty town Nothing is left in…
Bye Bye Baby Take that back or I'll mess you up I've had it…
Come Down to the Sinkhole Come down to the sinkhole Where the mud is thick and…
Comin You said that you were getting cigarettes It's been a week…
Comin' Back Soon I've all my wisdom teeth Two up top, two beneath And yet…
Everlasting Peace The slow march of the army The dragging of the boots The…
Every Morning I get up every morning I'm mean to everyone But you just…
Everything Is Better With Me I'm gonna take you down And I don't fool around With n…
Filter Queen Brad: She is the queen, oh yeah, alright Long live the queen…
First Noel Brad: the first noel, the angels did say Unto certain poor…
Flying Feeling I'm going to the quick of the nail I'm going to…
Get You In The Morning I want it cheap, I want it now I want…
Give Yourself A Hand Hello, Mr. Fussy Hello, Mrs. Nice Have you ever shared…
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen God rest ye merry gentlemen Let nothing you dismay Remember …
God Shuffled His Feet After seven days He was quite tired so God said "Let there…
Good King Wenceslas Good King Wenceslas looked out On the feast of Stephen,…
Handy Candyman Iβ²ve sharpened all my tools I follow all the rules I'm a…
Hangin A friend is a need Like a gauze when you bleed And…
Hangin' Tree A friend is a need Like a gauze when you bleed And…
He Liked To Feel It There was a boy Who liked to wiggle his tooth loose…
Heart Of Stone I'll never forget The first time we met On the beach, by…
Here I Stand Before Me My doctor told me that it was time for me…
Here On Earth Some folks say that life is just a veil of…
How Does a Duck Know How does a duck know what direction south is? And how…
I I love your guts, I love your goo Your ugly blood,…
I Don't Care That You Don't Mind I said, "I'm drinkin' up. Would you like a belt yerself?" Yo…
I Just Want To Par-Tay Well looky here now, my oh my I got a…
I Love Your Goo I love your guts, I love your goo Your ugly blood,…
I Never Fall Asleep At Night Watch that spider in the bathroom sink He's a better friend…
I Never Try That Hard I'm not that cruel, I'm not that kind There's really noth…
I Think I Running into you like this without warning Is like catching…
I Think I'll Disappear Now Running into you like this without warning Is like catching …
I Want to Par-tay Well looky here now, my oh my I got a…
I Want To Par-tay! Well looky here now, my oh my I got a…
I'll See What I Can Do I could love you once or twice I think you'd find…
I'm A Dog I'm a dog, and I can smell your smell right…
I'm Outlived By "That" Thing? I threw out a stupid common paperweight And it went out…
I'm Outlived by That Thing? I threw out a stupid common paperweight And it went out…
I'm the Man Here's a nasty little queen There's a boy who loves his…
If Ya Wanna Know I never realized how much I prized you I never thought…
In the Bleak Midwinter In the bleak midwinter Frosty wind made moan Earth stood har…
In the Day of the Caveman When you go on camping trips you're stuck right out…
Interlude 1 Instrumental --- Pipe Organ: Chris Brown…
Is the Spell Really Broken? Is the spell really broken? Has the time finally come? Do th…
It'll Never Leave You Alone I think I'll have just one Well, maybe just another one Of…
It's a Shame I wanna get you high But I'm gonna make you cry You'll…
Jingle Bells Jingle bells, jingle bells Jingle all the way Oh, what fun i…
Just Chillin You said you like mixin' it up I said I…
Just Chillin' You said you like mixin' it up I said I…
Just Shoot Me Take off your mink coat, take off your muff Get on…
Keep A Lid On Things Who put the doggy in the doghouse? You did, baby -…
Lake Bras D'Or There is a path by Lake Bras d'Or I never go…
Let It Feel Like Something Else Rise up on your feet again Wake yourself from your sleep See…
Little Secret Just don't tell the things you know Never show the things…
MMM Once there was this kid who Got into an accident and…
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm Part 2 Once there was this kid who Got into an accident and…
My Enemies I sit and concentrate, and try hard not to hate…
My Funeral I'm still young, but I know my days are numbered 1234567…
My Own Sunrise When we met, it was in the hot green jungle Your…
my_enemies I sit and concentrate, and try hard not to hate…
Never Bother Looking Back It felt real nice I didn't think twice It felt real go…
Never Comin' Back You said that you were getting cigarettes It's been a week…
Not Today Baby Well they're willing and their able When they come over to…
Now You See Her Her sugar lips, her chinney-chin-chin Ooh la-la - Where has…
O Little Town of Bethlehem Oh little town of Bethlehem, how still we see thee…
On And On Come with me down this ol' road Where I got stuck…
Our Driver Gestures When you start your journey, you go and meet your…
Overachievers Five... four... three... two... one... zero... ignition... …
Paralyzed One day I awakened You left no goodbyes You left no truth …
Pissed With Me You try to play it cool, but you're pissed with…
Playing Dead I know that you don't love me I know you…
Prelude Intrumental --- Pipe Organ: Chris Brown…
Put A Face Put a face on the page into scenes put a time to a place…
Put Me In A Corner Of Your Mind You could be away for quite some time But you'd never…
Shoot I shot an ol' bottle with my favorite gun just…
Silent Night Silent night, holy night All is calm, all is bright Round…
Sittin Listen to the grass that's out there blowin' Look at that…
Songbird I listened to a bird that told me all He seemed…
Sonnet 1 And when the sun goes down into the sky Together we…
Sonnet 2 And back in ages past, when all was dark A whirling…
Sonnet 3 The cold is here, the woods are full of snow The…
Stupid same I know the guy who we can blame I even know…
Superman Tarzan wasn't a ladies man He'd just come along and scoop…
Superman Song Tarzan wasn't a ladies' man He'd just come along and scoop…
Superman's Song Tarzan wasn't a ladies man He'd just come along and scoop…
Swatting Flies Now that I've used up all my ideas Here in my…
Swimming In Your Ocean When I'm sampling from your bosom Sometimes I suffer from d…
The Ballad of Peter Pumpkin Head Peter Pumpkinhead came to town Spreading wisdom and cash a…
The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead Peter Pumpkinhead came to town Spreading wisdom and cash ar…
The Beginning of the End And when the rain begins to fall And there's flooding in…
The Country Life Darling I've been thinking this one through We've been fight…
The Day We Never Met I thought of you and made believe Until I made you…
The First Noel Brad: the first noel, the angels did say Unto certain poor…
The Ghosts That Haunt Me There's a skeleton in everybody's closet I can think of one…
The Gost That Haunt Me There's a skeleton in everybody's closet I can think of one…
The Huron Carol 'Twas in the moon of wintertime When all the birds had…
The In-Between Place I can't tell what's true So it's harder to lie I haven't…
The Little Drummer Boy Come they told me, pa rum pum pum pum Our newborn…
The Psychic She knows the future like the palm in your hand She…
The Unforgiven Ones The guilty and the innocents The prisoners and the free Th…
The Voyage It may be that I'd like to But I won't fall…
The Wicked and the Evil There are those who kneel to worship And beg for clemency …
There Are Many Dangers If your toast gets stuck in the toaster Do not put…
There Is No Final Winner There is no final winner There is no final score The men…
Thick-Necked Man We're talkin' about a thick necked man in the city Build…
Thin-Necked Man We're talkin' about a thick necked man in the city Build…
Triple Master Blaster Make it stronger, take it faster Fake it longer, make it…
Two Knights Once there were two knights and maidens They'd walk together…
Two Knights & Maidens Once there were two knights and maidens They'd walk togethe…
Two Knights and Maidens Once there were two knights and maidens They'd walk together…
Untitled So no one told you life was gonna be this…
We Three Kings We three kings of Orient are Bearing gifts we traverse afar …
What I I could love you once or twice I think you'd find…
What I'm Famous For I don't know if you've been told If this old place…
Whe I Go Out With Artists When I go out with artists They talk about language and…
When I Go Out With Artists When I go out with artists They talk about language and…
White Christmas The sun is shining The grass is green The oranges, the palm…
Winter I can't say that I miss my old dog much And…
Yer Devil Ways Don't let a crawdad bite yer toe The dirty little thing…
You Do something for me, boys If I should die at sea,…
You've Done It Once Again The kill is fresh, the deed is done You lay down…
You've Had Your Run The cards are dealt, the bids are in The faces, poker…
Your Gun Won't Fire All that shit's in the past But it still seems to…
Πmm Mmm Mmm Mmm Once there was this kid who Got into an accident and…
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Miguel Sanchez Leon
This album is a hidden music jewel. For some reason every once in a while I even forget it exists, and then after every "rediscovery" I feel amazed that this was ever made.
π The Sober Irishman π
Very good post...i step away from CTD but always return and enjoy their songs all over again and again. Few groups have been a part of my life since 1993 as CTD.
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Scissoroar
Perfect comment
Alternative Affirmations
Better Christmas album than their Christmas album
Stephen Ellis
I remember listening to this album as the horror was unfolding in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2004. The music is as pertinent today as it was then. Thank you for posting.
Tom C. Pipes
12:11 There was never written a song more appropriate for the days weβre living in now.
Savage Bushranger
...Have the Billions been humbled?
Are they ready to die?
No they won't listen...
They don't know they're in Hell...
They're really quite happy...
With things and themselves...
Miguel Sanchez Leon
This comment is valid, no matter when
or whereyou read it.Zuhatz Art
Real music and real lyrics, amazing album! 'Is the spell really broken' song is so, so beautiful and perfect for these times!
putnam83
So wonderfully dour, a soundtrack to a forgotten Edward Gorey Western, inexplicably beautiful.