Rob Benvie
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Rob Benvie (born Halifax, Nova Scotia) is a Canadian rock musician, who has performed with alternative rock acts Thrush Hermit, Camouflage Nights and The Dears.
As the guitarist, singer and songwriter in Thrush Hermit, Benvie gained notoriety among his peers in the indie scene. Thrush Hermit also included Joel Plaskett, Ian McGettigan and Cliff Gibb. Touring extensively through Canada, Thrush Hermit released two EPs on Sloan's Murderecords, Smart Bomb and Great Pacific Ocean. They signed to the American label Elektra Records and released their full length Sweet Homewrecker. It wasn't until 1999 when Thrush Hermit released Clayton Park on Sonic Unyon Records that they made a splash on the scene.
After the break up of Thrush Hermit, Benvie wrote and produced his own solo work as Tigre Benvie. He has released two albums as Tigre Benvie, Year of the Mutt and Bankruptcy. He moved to Montreal to pursue literature studies at Concordia University. There he joined The Dears as a guitar player after the recording of their No Cities Left album.
Benvie left The Dears and Montreal for Toronto to work on his novel and record with McGettigan under the band name Camouflage Nights.
His first novel, Safety of War, was published in 2004 by Coach House Books.
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