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The Grapes of Wrath

 
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The Grapes of Wrath

Group Members:

Vincent Jones, Kevin Kane, Chris Hooper, Tom Hooper

Similar Artists:

Cool Blue Halo, Let's Active, Translator, Game Theory, Railway Children, R.E.M., The dB's, The Reivers, The Connells, The Lemonheads, Miracle Legion

Influenced By:

The Beatles, The Byrds, Big Star

Performed Songs By:

Kevin Kane

Formal Connection With:

Ginger
  • Formed: 1983
  • Disbanded: 1992
  • Genres: Rock
  • Representative Albums: "Seems Like Fate 1984-1992
  • Representative Songs: "Peace of Mind", "Misunderstanding", "All the Things I Wasn't

Biography

The Grapes of Wrath were a jangly alternative folk-pop quartet formed in Kelowna, British Columbia, in 1983 by brothers Chris Hooper (drums) and Tom Hooper (bass), along with vocalist/guitarist Kevin Kane (later adding keyboardist Vincent Jones). In 1984, they signed to Nettwerk Records and relocated to Vancouver where they recorded a four-song self-titled EP that earned the band some initial local exposure. 1985's full-length September Bowl of Green, however, gave them national recognition and critical acclaim. Ready to make a stab at the U.S., they enlisted the help of Tom Cochrane (ex-Red Rider) for production of the follow-up, Tree House. Though it failed to break big, it did yield a hit single in Canada with "Peace of Mind." Subsequent singles and two more albums, Now and Again (1989) and These Days (1991), did well in their homeland but earned little sales elsewhere. In 1992, Kane left the band and the remaining members went on to become Ginger. Ginger released Far Out on Nettwerk in 1994 (released in the U.S. in 1995) and followed with Suddenly I Came to My Senses in late 1996. Kevin Kane released a solo album, Neighborhood Watch, in 1996 for On/Off Records in Canada.

In early 2000, Grapes of Wrath reunited as a three-piece, featuring original members Tom Hooper and Kevin Kane along with a new member, drummer Matt Brain. ~ Chris Woodstra, All Music Guide
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The Grapes of Wrath
Origin Kelowna, BC, Canada
Genres folk rock
Years active 1983 – 1992, 2000-2001, 2009
Labels Nettwerk
Associated acts Ginger
Former members
Chris Hooper
Tom Hooper
Kevin Kane
Vincent Jones

The Grapes of Wrath were a Canadian folk rock band, who were one of Canada's most successful pop bands in the late 1980s and early 1990s before disbanding in 1992. With the band name tied up in litigation, most of the band continued to record through the 1990s as Ginger. The Grapes of Wrath briefly reunited for one album in 2000, although not with their full original lineup.

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Biography

The Grapes of Wrath were formed in Kelowna, British Columbia in 1983 by Chris Hooper, Tom Hooper and Kevin Kane. They came up with the name for the band after looking at a movie guide—nobody in the band had seen the movie or read the book. In 1984, they signed to Nettwerk, releasing a self-titled EP that year. The following year, their debut album September Bowl of Green was released.

1987's Treehouse, produced by Tom Cochrane, was the band's initial Canadian breakthrough, yielding the minor hit single "Peace of Mind".

Their 1989 album, Now and Again, produced by Anton Fier, was the band's most successful. The band expanded to a four-piece with the addition of keyboardist Vincent Jones. Jones would later describe working with Fier as "like pulling teeth." [1] The band's tour to support this album was also notable for its opening act, a then-emerging singer/songwriter named Sarah McLachlan.

Produced by John Leckie These Days, released in 1991, found the band experimenting with a harder rock sound, and while it sold well and spawned the hit singles "I Am Here" and "You May Be Right", it was to be the band's last effort for almost a decade. It received the 1992 CASBY Award for Favourite Album.

Kane then split from the other members of the band, who continued to perform and record together as Ginger. In 1999, Kane and Tom Hooper, the Grapes' main songwriting team, decided to work together again, and in 2000 released Field Trip under the Grapes of Wrath name. Neither Chris Hooper nor Vincent Jones participated in the reunion. Matt Brain was enlisted as the band's drummer, though he was not an official member of the group. After the tour for this album, Hooper and Kane said that they "had taken the reunion as far as they could take it"[citation needed] and deactivated the band in 2001.

In 2009, Kane and Hooper decided to play together again, as an acoustic duo.[2] Two concerts were scheduled in Western Canada, during which they were to play all their hit songs.[3]

Discography

Singles

Release Date Title Chart positions Album
Canada
RPM 100
1985 "Misunderstanding" September Bowl of Green
1985 "Love Comes Around"
October 1987 "Peace Of Mind" #56 Treehouse
January 1988 "O Lucky Man"
March 1988 "Backward Town"
July 1989 "All The Things I Wasn't" #19 Now and Again
October 1989 "Do You Want To Tell Me?" #50
January 1990 "What Was Going Through My Head" #33
May 1990 "The Most"
July 1991 "I Am Here" #8 These Days
October 1991 "You May Be Right" #7
February 1992 "A Fishing Tale" #60

Albums

Notes

  1. ^ "B.C. group raring to go again," Toronto Star, June 28, 1992, p. C1.
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ [2]

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