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Ripped are a Burlington, Ontario, Canada based rock band formed in 1998.

Ripped have gone through numerous line-up changes, but the two main songwriters Sandra Lee Olender and Iain Moody Carroll have remained solid. Together they have written hundreds of songs that combine elements of rock, pop, heavy metal, goth and punk.

Ripped signed with manager Gerry Young (former Polygram/Universal executive) of Current Management in 1998. He has also managed many international recording stars including: "The Parachute Club", "Martha & the Muffins" and "Strange Advance".

In 2002, Ripped signed their first record deal with Sextant/EMI and released "Bloodshot". The cd featured 12 tracks produced and engineered by world famous recording artists Jamie Stewart (The Cult) and Mike Hanson (Glass Tiger). They had great success on Canadian radio with singles "Make it Happen" and "Candi Divine", getting added to many AOR and CHR playlists. Candi Divine reached #1 on the UK MP3 charts for 3 weeks in a row.

In that year, Ripped wrote the music for the feature film "Insight of Evil" by Nigel Hartwell of New Blood Entertainment. The movie featured Ripped's video for "The Haunting". "The Haunting" video received major airplay on EDGE TV in Canada.

In 2005, Ripped recorded their second CD "Blow Your Mind" with producer Ashton Price (Sony Publishing, Kazzer). The lead single "Show Me" was mixed by Dave Ogilvie (Jakalope, Nine Inch Nails, Skinny Puppy). Singles "Anodyne" and "A Daily Ritual" were mixed by Dan Brodbeck (Kittie, The Salads). "A Daily Ritual" was added to rotation to sevaral commercial radio stations across Canada.

In 2006, Ripped released their first DVD featuring videos for "The Haunting", "Show Me", "Anodyne", "Daily Ritual", "Call Me" & "the making of Anodyne".

Ripped's music has been in in several feature films including, Insight of Evil 1 and 2, Ghostwatchers 2, and Sharp Teeth.

Sandra Olender and Iain "Moody" Carroll of Ripped, both attend Ramtha's School of Enlightenment http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramtha. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.141.142.232 (talk • contribs)