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'''Artificial Joy Club''', at first known as '''Sal's Birdland''' was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[alternative rock]] band active in the 1990s.<ref name=crunchy>[https://books.google.com/books?id=2AkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA62&dq=%22Artificial+Joy+Club%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwivup-W2NTSAhVG3IMKHRdPD0YQ6AEIIjAB#v=onepage&q=%22Artificial%20Joy%20Club%22&f=false "Crunchy Act Artificial Joy Club melts away doubters with 'Sick & Beautiful' single".] ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', Nielsen Business Media, Inc. August 9, 1997. page 62. by Chuck Taylor {{ISSN|0006-2510}}</ref> The group recorded three albums and one hit single.<ref name="Inc.1997">{{cite journal|title=Audio Track|work=Billboard|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_4wkEAAAAMBAJ|date=20 December 1997|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_4wkEAAAAMBAJ/page/n68 69]–|issn=0006-2510}}</ref>
'''Artificial Joy Club''', at first known as '''Sal's Birdland''' was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[alternative rock]] band active in the 1990s.<ref name=crunchy>[https://books.google.com/books?id=2AkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA62&dq=%22Artificial+Joy+Club%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwivup-W2NTSAhVG3IMKHRdPD0YQ6AEIIjAB#v=onepage&q=%22Artificial%20Joy%20Club%22&f=false "Crunchy Act Artificial Joy Club melts away doubters with 'Sick & Beautiful' single".] ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', Nielsen Business Media, Inc. August 9, 1997. page 62. by Chuck Taylor {{ISSN|0006-2510}}</ref> The group recorded three albums and one hit single.<ref name="Inc.1997">{{cite journal|title=Audio Track|work=Billboard|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_4wkEAAAAMBAJ|date=20 December 1997|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_4wkEAAAAMBAJ/page/n68 69]–|issn=0006-2510}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Artificial Joy Club |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/artificial-joy-club-mn0000929931 |website=allmusic.com |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=28 January 2022}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
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The label rejected their planned followup,<ref name=lippy>"Lippy litany of buzzwords is Sal's way". ''[[The Province]]'', September 26, 1997.{{Dead link|date=January 2022}}</ref> and the band signed to [[Interscope Records]],<ref name=lippy /> changing their name to Artificial Joy Club at the same time.<ref name=crunchy /><ref>[http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/O/One_To_One.html ": One To One"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314153909/http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/O/One_To_One.html |date=2017-03-14 }}. ''The Canadian Pop Encyclopedia'', Jam Showbiz{{Dead link|date=January 2022}}</ref> Goyette, Dupont and Lamarche had previously used the name Artificial Joy Club for a short-lived side project with Ottawa singer Doug Wilson.<ref>"Big Smoke success smells sweet to Waltons". ''[[Ottawa Citizen]]'', May 4, 1995.{{Dead link|date=January 2022}}</ref>
The label rejected their planned followup,<ref name=lippy>"Lippy litany of buzzwords is Sal's way". ''[[The Province]]'', September 26, 1997.{{Dead link|date=January 2022}}</ref> and the band signed to [[Interscope Records]],<ref name=lippy /> changing their name to Artificial Joy Club at the same time.<ref name=crunchy /><ref>[http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/O/One_To_One.html ": One To One"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170314153909/http://jam.canoe.com/Music/Pop_Encyclopedia/O/One_To_One.html |date=2017-03-14 }}. ''The Canadian Pop Encyclopedia'', Jam Showbiz{{Dead link|date=January 2022}}</ref> Goyette, Dupont and Lamarche had previously used the name Artificial Joy Club for a short-lived side project with Ottawa singer Doug Wilson.<ref>"Big Smoke success smells sweet to Waltons". ''[[Ottawa Citizen]]'', May 4, 1995.{{Dead link|date=January 2022}}</ref>

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In 1997, they released the album ''Melt'', which was very well received.<ref>{{cite web |title=Artificial Joy Club ‎– Melt |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/169320-Artificial-Joy-Club-Melt |website=discogs.com |publisher=Discogs |access-date=28 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Customer Reviews |url=https://www.amazon.ca/Melt-Artificial-Joy-Club-1997-07-01/dp/B01K8MS2L8 |website=amazon.ca |publisher=Amazon |access-date=28 January 2022}}</ref>


They had a No. 17 ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' Modern Rock Tracks hit in 1997 with "Sick and Beautiful",<ref>{{cite web |title=Sick & Beautiful · Artificial Joy Club |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztEQhdHYcvY |website=youtube.com |publisher=YouTube |access-date=28 January 2022}}</ref><ref name=crunchy /><ref name="Inc.1997a">{{cite journal|title=Popular Uprisings|work=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lg4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA19|date=26 July 1997|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=19–|issn=0006-2510}}</ref> opened the mainstage at Buzzfest '97,<ref>[http://www.chairpage.com/tour/roadreports/1997/august30.htm "Houston (Buzzfest '97), Aug. 30, 1997"]. ''Houston Today'', via ''Silver Chair''.</ref> and appeared on the second stage bill at the [[Lollapalooza]] festival.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1997/07/14/arts/lollapalooza-s-recycled-hormones-rebellion-by-the-numbers.html "Lollapalooza's Recycled Hormones: Rebellion by the Numbers"]. ''New York Times'', By JON PARELES, JULY 14, 1997</ref> That song was also featured on the soundtrack for the 1998 comedy-thriller film ''[[Homegrown (film)|Homegrown]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=The SoundtrackInfoProject: Homegrown (1998)|url=http://www.soundtrackinfo.com/title/tracks.asp?homegrown}}</ref>
They had a No. 17 ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' Modern Rock Tracks hit in 1997 with "Sick and Beautiful",<ref>{{cite web |title=Sick & Beautiful · Artificial Joy Club |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztEQhdHYcvY |website=youtube.com |publisher=YouTube |access-date=28 January 2022}}</ref><ref name=crunchy /><ref name="Inc.1997a">{{cite journal|title=Popular Uprisings|work=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lg4EAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA19|date=26 July 1997|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=19–|issn=0006-2510}}</ref> opened the mainstage at Buzzfest '97,<ref>[http://www.chairpage.com/tour/roadreports/1997/august30.htm "Houston (Buzzfest '97), Aug. 30, 1997"]. ''Houston Today'', via ''Silver Chair''.</ref> and appeared on the second stage bill at the [[Lollapalooza]] festival.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1997/07/14/arts/lollapalooza-s-recycled-hormones-rebellion-by-the-numbers.html "Lollapalooza's Recycled Hormones: Rebellion by the Numbers"]. ''New York Times'', By JON PARELES, JULY 14, 1997</ref> That song was also featured on the soundtrack for the 1998 comedy-thriller film ''[[Homegrown (film)|Homegrown]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=The SoundtrackInfoProject: Homegrown (1998)|url=http://www.soundtrackinfo.com/title/tracks.asp?homegrown}}</ref>
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== as Artificial Joy Club==
== as Artificial Joy Club==
* ''Melt'' (1997), Interscope
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* ''Melt'' (1997), Interscope<ref>{{cite web |title=Artificial Joy Club ‎– Melt |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/169320-Artificial-Joy-Club-Melt |website=discogs.com |publisher=Discogs |access-date=28 January 2022}}</ref>
* ''Sick And Beautiful'' (1997), Interscope, Crunchy Records<ref>{{cite web |title=Artificial Joy Club ‎– Sick And Beautiful |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/378161-Artificial-Joy-Club-Sick-And-Beautiful |website=discogs.com |publisher=Discogs |access-date=28 January 2022}}</ref>
* ''Sick And Beautiful'' (1997), Interscope, Crunchy Records<ref>{{cite web |title=Artificial Joy Club ‎– Sick And Beautiful |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/378161-Artificial-Joy-Club-Sick-And-Beautiful |website=discogs.com |publisher=Discogs |access-date=28 January 2022}}</ref>
* ''Spaceman'' (EP), Interscope<ref>{{cite web |title=Artificial Joy Club – Spaceman |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1817480-Artificial-Joy-Club-Spaceman |website=discogs.com |publisher=Discogs |access-date=28 January 2022}}</ref>
* ''Spaceman'' (EP), Interscope<ref>{{cite web |title=Artificial Joy Club – Spaceman |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/1817480-Artificial-Joy-Club-Spaceman |website=discogs.com |publisher=Discogs |access-date=28 January 2022}}</ref>

Revision as of 20:10, 28 January 2022

Artificial Joy Club
Also known asSal's Birdland
OriginOttawa, Ontario, Canada
Genresalternative rock, Electronic music
Years active1993 (1993)–1999 (1999)
LabelsCrunchy Records, Interscope, Ghetto Records, Discovery Records
Past members

Artificial Joy Club, at first known as Sal's Birdland was a Canadian alternative rock band active in the 1990s.[1] The group recorded three albums and one hit single.[2][3]

History

The group formed in 1993 when Louise Reny and Leslie Howe, formerly of the pop group One to One, joined with guitarist Michael Goyette, bassist Tim Dupont and drummer Andrew Lamarche. Initially taking the name Sal's Birdland ("Sal" was Reny's stage name in the band), the group released its debut album, So Very Happy, in 1994.[4][5]

In 1995, the group signed an international deal with Discovery Records',[6] which reworked So Very Happy with production assistance from Michael James and released the album Nude Photos Inside.[7]

The label rejected their planned followup,[8] and the band signed to Interscope Records,[8] changing their name to Artificial Joy Club at the same time.[1][9] Goyette, Dupont and Lamarche had previously used the name Artificial Joy Club for a short-lived side project with Ottawa singer Doug Wilson.[10]

In 1997, they released the album Melt, which was very well received.[11][12]

They had a No. 17 Billboard Modern Rock Tracks hit in 1997 with "Sick and Beautiful",[13][1][14] opened the mainstage at Buzzfest '97,[15] and appeared on the second stage bill at the Lollapalooza festival.[16] That song was also featured on the soundtrack for the 1998 comedy-thriller film Homegrown.[17]

The band broke up in 1999.

Discography

as Sal's Birdland

  • So Very Happy (1994), Ghetto Records
  • Nude Photos Inside (1995), Ghetto Records, Discovery Records

as Artificial Joy Club

  • Melt (1997), Interscope
  • Sick And Beautiful (1997), Interscope, Crunchy Records[18]
  • Spaceman (EP), Interscope[19]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Crunchy Act Artificial Joy Club melts away doubters with 'Sick & Beautiful' single". Billboard, Nielsen Business Media, Inc. August 9, 1997. page 62. by Chuck Taylor ISSN 0006-2510
  2. ^ "Audio Track". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.: 69– 20 December 1997. ISSN 0006-2510.
  3. ^ "Artificial Joy Club". allmusic.com. AllMusic. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Sal's Birdland – So Very Happy". discogs.com. Discogs. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Not quite banned, Sal's Birdland rocks on". Ottawa Citizen, December 22, 1994.[dead link]
  6. ^ "Colin Linden just a book of blues". Ottawa Citizen, June 22, 1995.[dead link]
  7. ^ "Sal's Birdland ‎– Nude Photos Inside". discogs.com. Discogs. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Lippy litany of buzzwords is Sal's way". The Province, September 26, 1997.[dead link]
  9. ^ ": One To One" Archived 2017-03-14 at the Wayback Machine. The Canadian Pop Encyclopedia, Jam Showbiz[dead link]
  10. ^ "Big Smoke success smells sweet to Waltons". Ottawa Citizen, May 4, 1995.[dead link]
  11. ^ "Artificial Joy Club ‎– Melt". discogs.com. Discogs. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  12. ^ "Customer Reviews". amazon.ca. Amazon. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  13. ^ "Sick & Beautiful · Artificial Joy Club". youtube.com. YouTube. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  14. ^ "Popular Uprisings". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.: 19– 26 July 1997. ISSN 0006-2510.
  15. ^ "Houston (Buzzfest '97), Aug. 30, 1997". Houston Today, via Silver Chair.
  16. ^ "Lollapalooza's Recycled Hormones: Rebellion by the Numbers". New York Times, By JON PARELES, JULY 14, 1997
  17. ^ "The SoundtrackInfoProject: Homegrown (1998)".
  18. ^ "Artificial Joy Club ‎– Sick And Beautiful". discogs.com. Discogs. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  19. ^ "Artificial Joy Club – Spaceman". discogs.com. Discogs. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
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