The Headstones

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The Headstones were a hard-edged rock band that began in the late 1980s in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, consisting of vocalist Hugh Dillon, guitarist Trent Carr, bassist Tim White, and drummer Dale Harrison. The band frequently sold out at small and mid-sized venues and were known for their high energy live shows, and in particular 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. The Headstones were one of the most commercially successful Canadian rock bands of the 1990s.

The band signed to MCA Records in 1993 and released Picture of Health, with the original drummer Mark Gibson, but he soon left the band. 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, in which time Carr and Harrison became fathers and Dillon recovered from a drug addiction. Dillon has also found success in acting, appearing in several films, including Hard Core Logo and Dance Me Outside.

The band broke up in 2003. Dillon started a new band, Hugh Dillon Redemption Choir, whose debut album The High Co$t of Low Living was released in June 2005.