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The Lowest of the Low is a Canadian alternative rock group formed in 1991 from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.〔Michael Barclay, Ian A.D. Jack and Jason Schneider, ''Have Not Been the Same: The Can-Rock Renaissance 1985-1995''. ECW Press. ISBN 978-1-55022-992-9.〕 They were one of the most influential bands on the Canadian alternative music scene in the early 1990s, garnering widespread critical acclaim and radio play. Their most successful album, ''Shakespeare My Butt'', was later named one of the ten greatest albums in Canadian music history in three successive reader polls by the music magazine ''Chart'',〔("Top 100 Canadian Albums of All Time" ). ''Chart'', October 12, 1999.〕 as well as being ranked as the 84th greatest Canadian album of all time in Bob Mersereau's book ''The Top 100 Canadian Albums''. ==History== Formed by Ron Hawkins, Stephen Stanley and David Alexander, the band was originally known as Popular Front. The band's punk-inspired jangle pop quickly became a popular draw on the Queen Street West club circuit in Toronto.〔 They submitted the songs "Gamble" and "Motel 30", produced by Bob Wiseman, to the $100,000 CFNY Discovery to Disc contest in 1991. In 1991 they released their debut album, ''Shakespeare My Butt'', on Page Publications. The album featured songs they had already performed and toured for several years as Popular Front. Hawkins's songs were filled with lyrics about Marxism and the Spanish Civil War, but also contained many references to Toronto landmarks like the Don River, Bathurst Street, and his local pub, "The Only" on Danforth Avenue.〔 The album became one of the best-selling independent releases in Canadian history, selling just short of gold status,〔 and was later named one of the ten greatest albums in Canadian music history by the music magazine ''Chart''.〔 However, the band also resisted some of the compromises and demands of the music industry; most notably, they played an early industry A&R show wearing T-shirts that read "Don't suck corporate cock" and "Corporate rock still sucks".〔 In 1993, the band signed a distribution deal with A&M Records, and released ''Hallucigenia'' in 1994.〔 They toured to support the album and had begun early preparations for their follow-up album, but creative and business tensions resulted in the band breaking up later the same year.〔 Hawkins released a solo album, ''The Secret of My Excess'', in 1996 before forming Ron Hawkins and the Rusty Nails. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Lowest of the Low」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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