Boys Brigade (band)
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Boys Brigade was a Canadian New Wave band in the 1980s. Formed in 1981 in Toronto, the band consisted of vocalist and keyboardist Malcolm Burn, guitarist and vocalist Tony Lester, bassist Wayne Lorenz, drummer Billie Brock and percussionists David Porter and Jeff Packer.
Part of the early Queen Street West scene, the band's song "Mannequin" appeared on Q107's annual compilation album of local bands, Homegrown, in 1981. Howard Ungerleider, the lighting designer for Rush, became the band's manager, and Geddy Lee was enlisted to produce the band's self-titled debut album in 1983.
The band's first single from that album, "The Passion of Love" was moderately successful. "Melody", the followup single was a Top 40 hit in Canada. "Into the Flow" appeared on the soundtrack to the Canadian film Heavenly Bodies starring Cynthia Dale the following year.
However, internal tensions led the band to break up before releasing another album. Burn went on to a solo career, and has also become an internationally noted record producer.
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