Effective period / Period of releases: 2002 - 2014

Members: Andrew Scott (5), Darcy Rego, Michael Small (4)

Toronto’s Meligrove Band was formed by Jason Nunes, Darcy Rego and Michael Small in high school in 1997. Andrew Scott joined in late 2002 when his previous band, Femme Fatale, gave way to Death From Above 1979. After two critically-acclaimed indie albums, in 2005 the Meligrove Band became the first Canadian group to sign a worldwide deal with V2 Records. The band’s V2 debut, Planets Conspire, was near-finished before the deal was signed that August.

The Meligrove Band has toured all over Canada, winning fans over with their explosive live show, and sharing stages with the likes of Spoon, Ted Leo, Dinosaur Jr, Constantines, The Mooney Suzuki, Sloan, The Unicorns, Islands, Final Fantasy, and the All American Rejects. The band played themselves on an episode of the teen comedy Radio Free Roscoe in 2004, and appeared together in Joel Plaskett’s “Come On Teacher” video. Members of the Meligrove Band have also toured as members of Toronto pop collective The Bicycles, and Canadian indie legends By Divine Right.