Headstones

Headstones were a Canadian hard rock band that began in the late 1980s in Kingston, Ontario and were active until 2003. The band consisted of vocalist Hugh Dillon, guitarist Trent Carr, bassist [Tim White], and drummer Dale Harrison. They frequently sold out at small and mid-sized venues and were known for their high energy live shows, particularly the antics of Dillon, who interacted with his audience in a variety of ways including spitting on them and hurling lit cigarettes into mosh pits. The songwriting tackled many serious and taboo topics, including suicide and even necrophilia. Headstones were one of the most commercially successful Canadian rock bands of the 1990s.

Career

The band signed to MCA Records in 1993 and released Picture of Health, with the original drummer Mark Gibson, but he left the band after touring for Picture of Health was over. Dale Harrison was recruited for the follow up Teeth and Tissue in 1995. The Headstones broke more ground in 1996 with Juno Award nominations for Best Group and Best Rock Album, while releasing Smile and Wave that same year. Three years passed before Nickels for Your Nightmares was released, in which time Carr and Harrison became fathers and Dillon recovered from a drug addiction.

After the band broke up in 2003, Dillon started a new band, the Hugh Dillon Redemption Choir, whose debut album The High Co$t of Low Living was released in June 2005. Dillon has also found success in acting, appearing in several films, including Hard Core Logo, Dance Me Outside, Trailer Park Boys: The Movie and the TV series Durham County, Degrassi: The Next Generation and Flashpoint.

White went on to become a successful music producer and composer for television and film, currently with Imprint Music. White continues to play and record with a variety of artists.

Discography

• Picture of Health (1993)
• Teeth and Tissue (1995)
• Smile and Wave (1997)
• Nickels For Your Nightmares (2000)
• The Greatest Fits (2001)
• The Oracle of Hi-Fi (2002)

Trivia

• Their song, "Come On", was featured in the EA Sports video game, Triple Play 2002 and has been used as the opening theme for the Canadian version of the comedy sketch show Comedy Inc.
• "It's All Over" was used in an early episode of the Canadian television series Due South, and "Cubically Contained" was used in a later one.
• Their version of a song called "Streets of Laredo" was in a movie called "Lone Hero" which appeared in 2002.

External links

• The Headstones at JAM! Canadian Pop Encyclopedia
• Tim White now works at Imprint Music

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