Real name: Drew Arnott, Darryl Kromm

Effective period / Period of releases: 1982 - 1988

Members: Drew Arnott, Paul Iverson, Darryl Kromm, Joe Alvaro

Strange Advance is a Canadian new wave band formed in 1982 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The core of the band was the duo of singer Darryl Kromm and studio production wizard Drew Arnott and Paul Iverson played bass and did backing vocals also. They were nominated for a 1983 Juno Award as Most Promising Group of the Year and again in 1985 as Group of the Year. Their first two albums, 1982's Worlds Away and 1985's 2WO, were Canadian gold selling records. In 2018, Drew Arnott announced a crowdfunding campaign to finance a summer 2019 Strange Advance reunion tour.