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Crash Test Dummies

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Oooh La-La! (2010)	The Best of Crash Test Du (2007)	Songs of the Unforgiven (2004)
Puss 'n' Boots (2003)	Jingle All the Way (2002)	I Don't Care That You Don (2001)
Give Yourself a Hand (1999)	A Worm's Life (1996)	God Shuffled His Feet (1993)
The Ghosts That Haunt Me (1991)

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3 Male

Origin
Winnipeg, Canada

Genre
Alternative Rock

Style
Rock/Pop

Mood
Energetic

Born

1989

Active
1989 to Present...

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6 users Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
5 users Crash Test Dummies - God Shuffled His Feet
5 users Crash Test Dummies - Afternoons & Coffeespoons
4 users Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
4 users Crash Test Dummies - Afternoons & Coffeespoons


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Afternoons & Coffeespoons	God Shuffled His Feet	Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
Keep a Lid on Things	Superman's Song

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The Crash Test Dummies are a Canadian folk rock/alternative rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, widely known for their 1993 single "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm".
The band is most identifiable through Brad Roberts (vocals, guitar) and his distinctive bass-baritone voice. During its heyday, the band consisted of Roberts, Ellen Reid (co-vocals, keyboards), Brad's brother Dan Roberts (bass guitar, backing vocals), Benjamin Darvill (harmonica, mandolin), and Mitch Dorge (drums, percussion). Today, only Brad Roberts and Ellen Reid have appeared on every album with the other members being busy pursuing their own projects. However, the full band (minus Ben Darvill) reunited for a show in October 2010. Brad Roberts, Ellen Reid and Stuart Cameron have continued to tour throughout 2010/2011. In many ways, the origin of the Crash Test Dummies is tied to the history of two Winnipeg nightspots, the Spectrum Cabaret and the Blue Note Cafe, owned by Curtis Riddell.
In the mid-1980s, Riddell joined with Brad Roberts to form the decidedly less-than-serious bar band Bad Brad Roberts and the St. James Rhythm Pigs. Over time, the band evolved into the Crash Test Dummies, a name suggested by a friend of the band who was in medical school. The diagnostic mannequin, known colloquially as a crash test dummy, was known to the public already by this time. Ellen Reid and Benjamin Darvill became permanent additions. George West, the original bass player, quit and was replaced by Dan Roberts, Brad's brother. Riddell was replaced by Vince Lambert, who was fired and replaced by Mitch Dorge just before the release of The Ghosts that Haunt Me.
After signing with BMG Records, the band signed with manager Jeff Rogers (Swell).


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