The Manvils
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| THE MANVILS | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin |  Vancouver, Canada |
| Genre(s) | Rock Indie rock Alternative rock Neo-psychedelic Rock |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Label(s) | Sandbag Records |
| Website | Official website |
| Members | |
| Mikey Manville Mark Parry Greg Buhr Jay Koenderman |
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| Former members | |
| Andy Mac | |
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The Manvils are a Canadian rock band from Vancouver. The band, consisting of singer, songwriter and guitarist Mikey Manville, lead guitarist Mark Parry, bassist Greg Buhr and drummer Jay Koenderman. 2005-present.
The band play a brand of rock music strongly influenced by 1960s British Rock music styles. Their debut album "Buried Love" is influenced more by 60s psychedelic music. They have played with many bands in their short career thus far including Stereophonics, The Bellrays, Horrorpops, They Might Be Giants, The High Dials, Darediablo, and the SuicideGirls to name a few.
The bands live show is known to be unpredictable and intense.
In May of 2005, The Manvils opened for the Uk based band Stereophonics and following the show he was asked by Kelly Jones to join them as second guitarist for their world tour.
The band appeared on the front page of the popular Canadian fashion/Music magazine ION in the April 2006 edition.
In September of 2006, the band were awarded the "Best Of Vancouver 2006" by The Georgia Straight Newspaper.
Their music has been featured in films and television including the award winning CBC Television documentary series "Moscow Freestyle" and they are also featured performing in a 2007 Budweiser Beer commercial.
The band signed a recording contract in 2008 with Sandbag Records.
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[edit] Band members
- Mikey Manville (vocals/guitar)
- Mark Parry (lead guitar)
- Greg Buhr (bass/vocals)
- Jay Koenderman (drums)
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Album Cover | Info | Track Listing |
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Buried Love |
1. Missing You |
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Strange Disaster (EP) |
1. Strange Disaster |
