Stereos (band)

Stereos
Also known as	Stand By Me Turn It Up
Origin	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Genres	Pop rock
Years active	2008–2012
Labels	Universal Music Canada
Website	www.wearestereos.com
Past members	Patrick Kordyback Miles Holmwood Robert Chalifoux Daniel Johnson Aaron Verdonk

Stereos was a Juno nominated pop band from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, formed in 2008. Their musical style fuses aspects of hip hop and pop to form their primary style. Their first act that had them recognized was appearing on the MuchMusic original series, disBAND. In October 2009, they released their first album self-titled Stereos.

The band formed roughly two years prior to its 2008 appearance on disBAND under the name Stand By Me.

After meeting disBAND Guru Greig Nori, Stand By Me was advised to change their name due to copyright issues. Turn It Up was chosen. Later, in order to perform several shows in Toronto, Ontario, Universal Music Canada A&R rep Mark Spicoluk advised the band to change their name again, and the band chose the name Stereos. After receiving the thumbs up from the judges from disBand, Stereos went to a large gig to receive a contract from the President of Universal Music Canada and judged by Kiss member Gene Simmons.

On June 4 their music video for "Summer Girl" debuted on the MuchMusic Countdown. The single also debuted at #2 on the Canadian Hot 100 based on the large amount of downloads in the first week and in June 2009, Stereos' debut single, "Summer Girl" sold over 120,000 units in Canada and has been certified CRIA double platinum in digital downloads. The band released their self-titled debut album Stereos on October 20, 2009 and was certified gold by the CRIA in January 2010 with sales of over 40,000 copies. The band started their first ever Cross-Canada tour on November 7, 2009 in Windsor, Ontario.

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