North Of America
North of America is a rock band from Nova Scotia that has recorded with Matlock Records in Canada, the American label Level Plane Records and Rewika Records in Germany. Members of Halifax's State Champs and Truro's The Motes formed North of America in 1997. They have toured throughout North America and Europe, and members have been involved with other musical projects such as The Plan, The Holy Shroud, Instruments, Vkngs, The Got To Get Got, Ov Gramme, production for Buck 65, and composition of original music for the award winning CBC television show Street Cents.
The original line-up of the band consisted of Michael Catano, Mark Mullane, J. LaPointe, and Mark Colavecchia. LaPointe left the band after the recording of This is Dance Floor Numerology in 2001 and was replaced by Jim MacAlpine.
North of America disbanded after releasing Brothers, Sisters. Current members now reside in Halifax and Vancouver. Since the breakup, the band has played a number of reunion shows in 2010 and celebrated their 20th anniversary with two shows in 2017.
A collection of rarities and outtakes, 12345678910 was released in 2010 on cassette label Bart Records.
Tours:
- Summer 1998: Eastern US and Canada (w/ Lenola, Spiny Anteaters, Braid, Fugazi)
- Spring 1999: Eastern Canada (w/ Trumans Water)
- Summer 1999: Eastern and Midwestern US and Canada (w/ Wooden Stars, Wicked Farleys, Metroshifter, Fuck)
- CMJ 1998, 1999 NYC
- Spring 2000: Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, England, France, Italy (w/ Blonde Redhead, Storm and Stress, I'm Being Good)
- Fall 2001: Germany
- Spring 2002: Germany, France (w/ The Plan)
- Spring 2003: Germany
- Fall 2005: Canada (w/ Ted Leo/Pharmacists; Dog Day)