| Age of Daze | |
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Age of Daze perform at the Orange County Choppers tenth anniversary celebration on 4/25/09 |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Fredericton, New Brunswick |
| Genres | Alternative Rock |
| Years active | 2005 - present |
| Labels | Fontana/Universal Canada (2008 - present) |
| Website | Official Website |
| Members | |
| Tim Morrison Matt McLaughlin Jamie Norrad Pat Pelletier Brad Bailey |
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Age of Daze is a Canadian alternative rock band from Fredericton, New Brunswick formed in 2005. They released their debut self-titled independent EP that year. They released their second album "Hollywood Ending" in 2007. The album is distributed through Universal Music Canada and iTunes worldwide.
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Vocalist Tim Morrison, bassist Matt McLaughlin and lead guitarist Jamie Norrad originally met while playing in a local cover band. They began writing and abandoned the cover band scene to focus on original material in early 2005. Guitarist Jon Price joined the band prior to the recording of their first EP in October 2005.
The six song EP was recorded at The Pocket Studios in Toronto, Canada and was produced by former Our Lady Peace guitarist Mike Turner. The EP was a modest success and allowed the band to open for such acts as Collective Soul, Wide Mouth Mason and Hedley.
The band entered The Pocket Studios again in June 2007, with drummer Pat Pelletier, to record their sophomore CD entitled "Hollywood Ending" with Turner again at the helm. The first single "Afflicted" was added to Sirius' Octane channel and was the band's first major exposure in the US market. The song reached #17 on Canadian Rock charts (BDS) #1 on the Sirius Rock 20 Countdown for two weeks. The second single in Canada "Overrated", is currently #28 on the Active Rock charts.
The band recently completed their first Canadian tour supporting such acts as Hinder, Buckcherry, Papa Roach, Rev Theory, Default, and State of Shock. AOD recently won a 2009 Canadian Radio Music Award as Best New Group or Solo Artist (Rock).[1] They took part in the inaugural Rock on the Range festival in Canada, which was held in Winnipeg, Manitoba.