Don Pyle
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Don Pyle is a Canadian musician, who has been a member of a number of bands.
His first, in the 1980s, was a punk band called Crash Kills Five. They released one EP in 1980, What Do You Do At Night?. It was in this five piece band that he first played with two members, Reid Diamond and Brian Connelly, who would later become Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet. The Shadowy Men were together for 11 years; during this time they recorded three LPs and thirteen EPs and became well-known after composing the theme song, "Having An Average Weekend", for The Kids in the Hall tv show. In 1992, they won a Juno Award for "Instrumental Artist of the Year".
During hiatus from the Shadowy Men, Pyle played with several other bands such as King Cobb Steelie and Fifth Column. He also acted in the capacity of producer for some of these bands. After Shadowy Men broke up in 1994, he and Reid Diamond then formed the band Phono-Comb with Dallas Good for the express purpose of playing and recording with Jad Fair. After releasing one single and an LP, Fair returned to solo performing, and the trio released another single. Beverly Breckenridge then joined the group to play bass and the quartet recorded the LP Fresh Gasoline, with Steve Albini producing.
After Phono-Comb came to an end, Don Pyle began a new musical project with Andrew Zealley called Greek Buck. More experimental than his previous outfits, the group are noted for their soundtrack compositions, such as those composed for the films of John Greyson including The Law Of Enclosures (1999) and Proteus (2003), and for Sarah Polley's film I Shout Love. However, Greek Buck are best known for the theme song and incidental music for the series Queer As Folk.
