Another Joe
| Another Joe | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Richmond, British Columbia, Canada |
| Genres | Punk rock, Melodic Hardcore |
| Years active | 1995–2001, 2012-Present |
| Labels | Positive Records, Landspeed, Smallman Records |
| Associated acts | Gob, Feuz Box |
| Website | anotherjoe |
| Members | Jon Glen Alison Toews |
| Past members | John Simmonds Ritchie John Rylance |
Another Joe is a punk rock band formed in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada in 1995 when founding members Jon Glen (guitar & vocals) and John Simmonds (drums) recruited Alison Toews (bass) to complete the trio. Another Joe have recorded 4 studio albums, Pee Against The Wind (1996, Positive Records), a split album with Gob, Ass Seen on TV (1997, Landspeed Records), Crandoodle Daddy (1998, Landspeed Records, Smallman Records), and Platiscene (2000, Smallman Records). Another Joe toured extensively throughout Canada and the United States, and grew a large following as well as a major buzz within the college radio circuit. Another Joe changed drummers twice before their breakup in 2001 but reunited in September 2012.
Another Joe was born out of the ashes of local Richmond, B.C. band Feuz Box, formed in August 1994. Cameron Burt (vocals), Rob VanDyk (bass), Jon Glen (guitar & vocals), brought in John Simmonds (drums) to create a new punk influenced group inspired by Nirvana, Green Day, NOFX, Lagwagon, and other new school punk bands. Feuz Box wrote several songs, a few of which would end up on Another Joe's first album, Pee Against the Wind. Shortly after their creation Cameron Burt left the band, and not long after Rob VanDyk followed, leaving Jon Glen and John Simmonds to begin what would lay the foundation for Another Joe.
Glen and Simmonds recorded a few demos on a 4 track with Glen playing guitar and bass in addition to taking over on lead vocals, while Simmonds drummed and helped engineer the process. The demos were rough sounding but had something to them that was promising.
Jon Glen worked in a sign shop at the time and would often bring John Simmonds along to help out with doing installs. During this time they would talk about ideas for the band they knew they were destined to get off the ground. They would figure out song lyrics, goals, tour plans, and even what they would want on their rider one day. While stuck in traffic in a smoke filled van driving to a job site is when they came up with the name Another Joe.
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