Thornley (band)

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Thornley
Background information
Origin	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genre(s)	Post-grunge^[1]
Label(s)	604 Records Roadrunner Records
Associated acts	Big Wreck
Website	ThornleyBand.com
Members
Ian Thornley Tavis Stanley Cale Gontier Eric Paul
Former members
Ken Tizzard Sekou Lumumba

Thornley is a Canadian rock band, that also falls into the genre of post-grunge.

The band was started by Ian Thornley when he returned to Toronto after the breakup of his earlier band, Big Wreck. With the help of Chad Kroeger of Nickelback, Thornley signed on to Kroeger's 604 Records. The other band members of Thornley are Tavis Stanley on guitar, drummer Eric Paul, formerly of Canadian band Big Sugar, and Cale Gontier a former guitar technician for Three Days Grace, on bass.

The band's debut album, Come Again, was produced by Gavin Brown,^[1] and released on Chad Kroeger's 604 Records in 2004. Thornley toured North America extensively after their debut album came out, and Come Again went gold in Canada, while also producing two #1 singles ("So Far So Good" and "Come Again"). Thornley was also nominated for two Juno Awards in the wake of Come Again: New Group of the Year and Rock Album of the Year.

The band initially included Ken Tizzard (formerly of The Watchmen) on bass, and Sekou Lumumba (formerly of Edwin & The Pressure, which was Edwin from I Mother Earth's new band) on drums. However, in October of 2005, due to unknown reasons, Ken and Sekou parted ways with Thornley and moved on to other personal projects. Thornley continued touring immediately.

According to Ian Thornley's October 2006 interview with Crusher Magazine, a second album is due out in the early summer of 2007.^[2] It is expected to be accompanied by a DVD entitled "Thornley Live," which was shot across Canada in late 2005 by Ryerson University Radio and Television Arts students.^[2]