Broken Social Scene

Broken Social Scene is a Canadian indie rock supergroup, a musical collective currently including nineteen members, formed in 1999 in Toronto, Ontario. The band's core members are Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning. This duo recorded and released the band's ambient debut album, Feel Good Lost, on Noise Factory Records in 2001, with contributions by Justin Peroff, Charles Spearin and Bill Priddle. However, when they played shows to support the album, Drew and Canning found it difficult to put together an entertaining show based on Feel Good Lost, which was an almost entirely instrumental album. As a result, they brought in a number of friends from the Toronto indie scene – Andrew Whiteman, Jason Collett, Leslie Feist, and Metric's Emily Haines – to flesh out their live show with lyrics and vocals. Over time, the band also came to include contributions from James Shaw, Evan Cranley, Justin Peroff, John Crossingham and Stars' Amy Millan. All of the later guest musicians joined with Drew,...This information was automatically generated from Freebase article Broken Social Scene. You should replace/update it...