Mercury City (band)

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Mercury City
Origin	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genre(s)	Rock^[1]
Years active	2005 - present
Label(s)	Sounds + Sights Entertainment
Members
Bruno Alain, Allan Gilbert, Phil Bouillon, and Simon Roy

Mercury City is a Canadian rock band, established in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 2005.

1 Origins
2 The Heat From The Sun
3 The Present
4 Members
5 Discography
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Origins

Vocalist, Bruno "Burn" Alain and bassist, Phil Bouillion met at the age of 12, in hopes of putting a band together for their school's talent show. They performed "Silver" by Moist.

A year later, drummer Allan Gilbert joined the group, with at the time, not knowing how to play drums. It took him 2 weeks to learn, practicing on the school's set. The band was now covering songs by U2 and Collective Soul.

As high school went on, though, the band went their separate ways for a few years. However, Burn and Allan reconnected in 2002 and formed the group PÜR. Their "Purification" EP went on to sell 5,000 copies independently. The title track went on to become a radio hit in Quebec.

Two years later, Burn and Allan reunited with Phil and created Mercury City. Sending a package to the former guitarist of Moist, Mark Makoway, had now become a mixed (David Usher, Matt Mays + El Torpedo, Evans Blue). Makoway enlisted the help of producer Trevor Kustiak and manager Mari Dew (Evans Blue, Vaeda, Rains) to solidify the production team.

[edit] The Heat From The Sun

In October 2007, Mercury City spent the month at The Pocket Studios in Toronto, recording their debut album. Produced by Trevor Kustiak, "The Heat From the Sun" was released in 2008 under Sounds + Sights Entertainment.

[edit] The Present

The band added lead guitarist Simon Roy in February 2008 to carry the energy of "The Heat From the Sun" to the live show. The band is currently on tour in Canada.