Hot Hot Heat

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Hot Hot Heat

Origin Victoria, British Columbia
Canada Canada
Genres Indie rock, Garage rock
Labels Sire Records, Warner Brothers Records
Members Steve Bays
Paul Hawley
Dustin Hawthorne
Luke Paquin (?)

Hot Hot Heat is a band from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The band currently comprises Steve Bays (vocals and keyboards), Paul Hawley (drums) and Dustin Hawthorne (bass). Luke Paquin (guitar) is currently touring with the band.

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[edit] Biography

Hawthorne and Bays had been in many different bands together since 1995 and met Hawley in 1998. In 1999, Hawley bought a Juno 6 keyboard and asked Bays to try playing it, as no one else knew how. Hawley took over the drums from Bays and Hawthorne played bass. Matthew Marnik, who was a friend of the band, sang vocals. The band's original sound can be considered synthpunk.

The band soon changed direction to a more melodic, pop-influenced style, losing Marnik and adding guitarist Dante DeCaro. Strongly influenced by the New Wave sound of 1980s bands XTC, The Clash, and Elvis Costello and the Attractions, the new lineup, with Steve on vocals, quickly released a series of 7" singles and toured extensively in Canada and the American Pacific Northwest, joining up with similarly-styled indie rock bands such as Les Savy Fav, The French Kicks, Radio 4, Ima Robot, and Pretty Girls Make Graves, and opening for established Canadian rockers Sloan on a national tour.

The band's touring exposure attracted the interest of Seattle record label Sub Pop, who signed Hot Hot Heat in 2001, leading to the early 2002 release of EP Knock Knock Knock, produced in part by Chris Walla of Death Cab for Cutie. That release was followed up quickly by the band's first full-length release, Make Up the Breakdown, produced by Nirvana and Soundgarden producer Jack Endino.

That album quickly found critical acclaim, and its singles "Bandages" and "Talk to Me, Dance With Me" received regular airplay on MTV and radio, including influential Los Angeles, California station KROQ, on whose charts both reached No. 1.

However, their track "Bandages" was removed from radio in the UK, from the playlist at BBC Radio 1, in the light of the war in the Middle East. This was thought to have hindered its position at #25 in the UK charts. The track had been on the B list on the station, guaranteeing 15 plays a week and a potential audience of millions. It was removed because of a "prevalence of the word 'bandages' in the song", a spokesperson said.

In 2003 the band re-released the 2001 album of tracks recorded prior to their Sub Pop recordings, Scenes One Through Thirteen, on the OHEV Records label. Reflecting the band's transition period between their original sound and the present, and thus very much unlike what fans had heard on Knock Knock Knock and Make Up the Breakdown.

In 2004 Make Up the Breakdown won "Favorite Album" at the Canadian Independent Music Awards by popular vote. Guitarist Dante DeCaro announced his departure from the band in October 2004, but stayed to complete their next album. That album being their major label debut, Elevator released in April 2005. Dante handed over to replacement guitarist Luke Paquin when the band started their 2005 tour.

In 2005 Dante Decaro joined Wolf Parade, who are also on Sub Pop.

As of right now in 2006, the newest untitled album is in progress and is expected to be released soon. The single for this album is rumored to be the unreleased song "My Best Fiend."

[edit] Discography

Albums

EPs

  • Knock Knock Knock (2002)

[edit] Singles

Year Title Chart positions Album
US Modern Rock UK Singles Chart
2003 "Bandages" #19 #25 Make Up the Breakdown
2003 "Talk to Me, Dance with Me" #33 Make Up the Breakdown
2004 "No, Not Now" #38 Make Up the Breakdown
2005 "Goodnight, Goodnight" #27 #36 Elevator
2005 "Middle of Nowhere" #23 #47 Elevator
2005 "You Owe Me An I.O.U." #18 Elevator

[edit] Trivia

  • Hot Hot Heat is the mystery band in the Vancouver Molson Canadian Rocks "Revealed" contest.

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[edit] See also

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