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Blurtonia
Blurtonia was a Canadian indie rock group formed by Ian Blurton, after the break-up of his previous band, Change of Heart. HistoryBlurtonia was formed in May 1999 to play live shows in support of Blurton's self-released debut Adventures in the Kingdom of Blurtonia.[1] The band began performing in Toronto, including at the Rivoli[2] and at Humble & Fred Fest at Fort York,[3] The album was co-produced by Daryl Smith, Jon McCann played drums in the original line-up and it was later re-released by Sonic Unyon.[4] In addition to Adventures, Blurtonia released a self-titled album on Grenadine Records in 2002.[5] At the time, the band was composed of Ian Blurton on guitar and vox, Al Kelso (ex-The Dinner Is Ruined) on guitar, Randy Curnew on drums, Sam De Medeiros on bass, plus Brendan Canning and Kevin Drew.[6] McCann left the band to play with Guided By Voices. The band made a cross-Canada tour in September 2002 with Eric Larock on bass, in place of Medeiros.[7] In 2006, Blurtonia released the album The Survivalists.[8] Blurton later joined the band C'Mon, and worked as a recording and producing engineer at Chemical Sounds in Toronto. Drew and Canning went on to solo careers; Canning formed his own record label. See also
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