PLAYLIST: Chris Murphy (Sloan) w. Peter Elkas
FRI OCT 30 | Doors at 7:30 PM at The Aviary (9314 111 Ave NW)
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CHRIS MURPHY // Listen HERE
Murphy was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. His family moved to Charlottesville, Virginia, where his father obtained a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia. In 1978 they moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he later attended the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design.
Murphy originally formed Sloan with Jay Ferguson. Murphy is the band's primary bassist, occasionally switching to drums or guitar, and is one of the band's two main singers; he sings lead on about 40 percent of the band's songs and backup harmony vocals on most of the others.
Murphy has written several Sloan songs that have been released as singles, including "Underwhelmed" (from the album Smeared), "Coax Me" (from Twice Removed), "G Turns to D" (from One Chord to Another), "She Says What She Means" (from Navy Blues), "The Other Man" (from Pretty Together), and "The Rest of My Life" (from Action Pact).
In 1995, while Sloan was on a hiatus, Murphy toured and recorded as the drummer for The Super Friendz.
Murphy hosted a show on CBC Radio 3 with Sloan bandmate Jay Ferguson from December 2005 through November 2006. The show was also broadcast on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 94.
In 2010, Murphy served as a music performance supervisor for the film Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, tasked with making sure the actors knew how to play their own instruments for the camera. One character, Young Neil, is seen wearing a Sloan t-shirt during one scene; another character, Todd Ingram, plays a red Fender Mustang Bass with white racing stripe, similar to Murphy's
In 2013, Murderecords released a 7-inch single by The Certain Someones, a supergroup featuring Chris Murphy, Matt Murphy of The Super Friendz, and Jale's Jennifer Pierce.
In 2015, Murphy formed the supergroup Tuns with Matt Murphy and Mike O'Neill of The Inbreds.
In 2016, Murphy, along with Steven Page (Barenaked Ladies), Moe Berg (The Pursuit of Happiness), and Craig Northey (Odds), formed the group Trans-Canada Highwaymen; they performed their first show in Niagara in July that year,[4] and toured across Canada in 2017.[5][6] Their live set consisted of cover songs by member's bands (Sloan, Odds, Pursuit of Happiness, Barenaked Ladies).
In 2018, Murphy and his bandmates from Sloan set out on a 30-date tour in support of their twelfth album together.
In August 2019, it was announced that Murphy had formed a supergroup called Anyway Gang with Sam Roberts and members of Hollerado and Tokyo Police Club.
Murphy and Joel Plaskett collaborated on the production of Prize for Writing, a posthumous album by singer-songwriter Matthew Grimson, which was recorded in 1995 but not commercially released until 2020. - taken from Chris’ Wikipedia
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PETER ELKAS // Listen HERE
Peter Elkas (born July 24, 1976) is a Montreal-born Canadian musician. He played with the Local Rabbits from 1990 until 2001, releasing an EP and three studio albums. In 2004, he published his debut solo album, Party of One. He has since released Wall of Fire (2007), Repeat Offender (2011), and the 2018 EP Lion.
Born in Montreal, Elkas spent twelve years as part of the alternative rock band the Local Rabbits, with whom he began playing as a teenager, in 1990. They released The Super Duper EP in 1993 and followed it with the full-length You Can't Touch This, in 1995. In 1997, they toured North America and performed as Neko Case's backing band on several Lilith Fair dates. Their second studio album, Basic Concept, came out in 1998, and in 2001, the band published their final record, This Is It Here We Go. The Local Rabbits subsequently disbanded, but they briefly reunited in 2007 to record a track for the Rheostatics tribute album The Secret Sessions.
Solo work: 2004–present
Elkas released his first solo album, Party of One, in 2004.Charlie Sexton produced his 2007 sophomore release, Wall of Fire. In 2011, Elkas issued his third album, Repeat Offender,which was followed in 2014 by a tenth-anniversary reissue of Party of One. In 2018, he published the EP Lion, under the name Peter Elkas Band. In 2025, he contributed a cover of Joel Plaskett's "Beyond, Beyond, Beyond" to the Plaskett tribute album Songs from the Gang. - taken from Peter’s Wikipedia
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