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17-473: Ryan Dahle (born 1970) is a Canadian musician, best known for his contributions to the bands Age of Electric and Limblifter , each of which have scored several major radio hits. The Age of Electric was a band founded in 1989 that consisted of two sets of brothers, Ryan and Kurt Dahle , and Todd and John Kerns. Originally named just "Electric", the band got their start by playing original music in cover song clubs. Playing four long sets of music, six nights
34-496: A Pest a Pet . In 1995, Ryan, Kurt and bassist Ian Somers formed Limblifter as a vehicle for the surplus songs Ryan had been writing for The Age of Electric. Signing simultaneous record deals with Mercury Records (US) and MCA in Canada, Ryan and Kurt's record deals were now at highest count four. They released a self-titled debut album, which spawned three Canadian top-40 hits, "Tinfoil", "Vicious" and "Screwed It Up". The first single
51-564: A new group of musicians, including Megan Bradfield, Dave Patterson, and studio drummer Pat Steward . The band released its third album, I/O in 2004, and toured across Canada as openers for Matthew Good's solo act, during the Put Out Your Lights tour. Dahle produced the album Future Breeds by Canadian band Hot Hot Heat , released in 2010. He also produced the eponymous album The Manvils in 2009, as well as co-producing k-os ' 2013 album BLack on BLonde . Dahle completed
68-513: A recording contract with the Vancouver indie label Sandbag Records in early 2008. In 2008, The Manvils began writing and recording an album with the producer, Ryan Dahle ( Limblifter / Age of Electric ). Recorded at The Factory and The RecRoom ( Greenhouse Studios ), the new album was finished in early 2009. The Manvils was released in Canada on August 11, 2009, through Fontana North Distribution. The Manvils relocated to Toronto, Ontario in
85-558: A solo record, Irrational Anthems , which was released on September 22, 2009 through Fontana North . As of 2013, he is a member of the band Mounties , alongside Steve Bays of Hot Hot Heat and singer-songwriter Hawksley Workman . Age of Electric The Age of Electric was a Canadian rock band founded in 1989 with members from Lanigan and Regina, Saskatchewan . The members were Todd Kerns (vocals/guitar), Ryan Dahle (guitar/backing vocals), John Kerns (bass), and Kurt Dahle (drums/backing vocals). The Age of Electric band
102-511: A two-week cross-Canada tour. The Manvils The Manvils are a Canadian rock band from Vancouver . The band consists of the singer, songwriter and guitarist Mikey Manville, bass guitarist Dave Fenton and drummer Jay Koenderman. The Manvils have appeared on stage with Stereophonics , Suicide Girls , The Bellrays , The Horror Pops . Metric , De La Soul , Jarvis Cocker , Bif Naked , Sonic Youth , Ben Harper and The Relentless7 , Daniel Wesley and Dragonette . The band signed
119-677: A week sometimes 48 weeks a year, they not only learned to play but learned how to perform in these rugged bars and pubs of Western Canada. In 1994, The Age of Electric released the Ugly EP, which sold well independently. The group gave Cargo Records the rights to distribute the EP, and its title track peaked at #11 on the Canadian Rock Radio Charts with no major label help. Invasion Group Management in New York later helped with
136-466: The Juno Awards . The Juno went to the band Leahy. Make a Pest a Pet was certified Gold in Canada, just after they disbanded. The Dahles once again focused on Limblifter, and released their second album Bellaclava in 2000. Although the album didn't have the commercial success of the band's first album, it did spawn two popular radio singles, "Ariel vs. Lotus" and "Wake Up To The Sun". However,
153-520: The Way (2002). In 1997, Age of Electric released Make a Pest a Pet , which would be the band's best-selling record. Spawning their biggest single "Remote Control", also written by Ryan Dahle, garnered heavy airplay at radio and reached #5 on the Muchmusic Countdown. In March 1998, shortly after calling it quits, Age of Electric was (somewhat inappropriately) nominated for Best New Group at
170-514: The band announced plans to release a new four-song EP the same month. The song "Keys" was released as the lead single from the new EP in November 2016. Both the Make a Pest a Pet reissue and the new EP, titled The Pretty EP , were released on February 17, 2017. In March 2017, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Make a Pest a Pet , and to promotes its reissue and The Pretty EP , the band conducted
187-677: The band didn't have a chance to follow up on their success, as Kurt left the band to concentrate on the celebrated independent band The New Pornographers . Faced with financial shortages, Ryan Dahle lay dormant for a while before recruiting former Matthew Good Band drummer Ian Browne and a few other musicians for a short-lived, but highly anticipated band named Alarm Bell . The group never released any albums or singles, though they did release several demos that would eventually find their way onto Limblifter's 3rd album (including Get Money, Fiercely Co-Dependent, and Perfect Day to Disappear). Ryan would return to his major project, Limblifter, and recruit
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#1732801418758204-589: The bass player and backing vocalist for Slash 's band, The Conspirators , and has been inducted into the B.C. Hall of Fame. The Age of Electric performed a reunion show in Calgary on August 29, 2015, their first public performance together in 17 years. Zuckerbaby was the opening act. In 2016, the band announced plans to release a remastered, expanded two-LP vinyl reissue of Make A Pest A Pet in February 2017 to celebrate its 20th anniversary. Simultaneously,
221-590: The promotion of the album. Innovative videos for the Ryan Dahle penned singles "Ugly" and "Untitled" made a big impact at Muchmusic , Canada's version of MTV. No major label deal was in sight, so the group decided to continue to release independently, an LP called The Age of Electric . In 1995, the group got signed simultaneously to Mercury Records US and Universal Music in Canada, and re-released The Age of Electric . In 1996 they commenced recording their first major label record and what would be their final, Make
238-538: The stage for the major label release of their self-titled album in 1995. In 1996, the Dahle brothers released an album with their side project Limblifter , which was also commercially successful in Canada. The band then released Make a Pest a Pet in 1997. The album produced the radio hit "Remote Control", which peaked at No. 9 on the singles chart in Canada and was later put on MuchMusic 's diamond-certified compilation album, Big Shiny Tunes 2 . Although it
255-566: Was conceived by Todd Kerns and Kurt Dahle circa 1986 and was born in April 1989, after waiting for their two younger brothers, John Kerns and Ryan Dahle, to graduate high school. The Dahle brothers traveled two hours north from their home in Regina, Saskatchewan to the Kerns brothers small home town of Lanigan. The band's commercial breakthrough came with their independent EP Ugly in 1993, which set
272-662: Was released in the US the same week their A&R man was fired at Mercury and despite an extremely promising and coveted most added single at rock radio in Billboard magazine, the record was quietly shelved by the label. The project would be put on hiatus soon thereafter, and the brothers once again began to focus on their first group. Ian Somers would soon move on to form and write for a new band, Brundlefly, releasing two critically acclaimed albums, Locked in This House (1999) and By
289-497: Was the band's most successful album yet, being certified gold in Canada in 1998, tensions within the band led the group to break up after a 1998 tour as the opening band for Our Lady Peace . That year the band was nominated for a Juno Award as best new group. The Kerns brothers then went on to form Static in Stereo with other members, including their brother Ryan. Dahle went on to work with The New Pornographers . Todd Kerns became
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