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Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet's infectious surf-inflected instrumental pop songs will be instantly recognizable to anyone who watched "The Kids in the Hall." Their song "Having an Average Weekend" was the theme to that late, great, Canadian sketch comedy show, and they also provided the little instrumental flourishes between skits.

The band formed in Toronto in 1984 and released their first seven-inch in 1985 ("Our Weapons Are Useless" b/w "Bennett Cerf" and "Having an Average Weekend"). Over the next five years, the band released seven more singles, which they collected on their first full-length, 1990's Savvy Show Stoppers (Cargo). In 1991, they followed with Dim The Lights, Chill The Ham, also on Cargo, and in 1993, they released Sport Fishin' - The Lure of the Bait, The Luck of the Hook (recorded by none other than Steve Albini). Sadly, the band members parted ways at the end of 1995, stating, "We've pretty much done everything we can do together barring group sex so have decided to go in our own directions, more or less."

As if their name and their comedic affiliation didn't make it obvious, this band had a great sense of humor. Wacked-out covers of song titles like "Exit From Vince Lombardi High School," "Hunter S. Thompson's Younger Brother," and "They Don't Call Them Chihuahuas Anymore" only hint at the sheer joy of Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet's music. But make no mistake: this was no joke band. Their music is clever, creative, and catchier than the flu. "13" is from Sport Fishin', and it is a shining example of Shadowy Men at their shimmering reverb-heavy surfy guitar rock best. It's the kind of song that makes you shake your shoulders and do a happy little dance.

The members of Shadowy Men are still making music, albeit in slightly (OK, sometimes much) different genres. Reid Diamond (bass, lead vocals) and Don Pyle (drums, backing vocals) spent time in the now-defunct Phono-Comb. Guitarist and keyboardist Brian Connelly is working as one of Neko Case's Boyfriends, and also plays with Atomic 7.

Sadly, Diamond passed away after a battle with cancer in early 2001.
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Savvy Show Stoppers

1. Good Cop Bad Cop
2. Musical Interlude
3. Theme from T.V.
4. Zombie Compromise
5. Shake Some Evil
6. You Spin Me Round '86
7. Run Chicken Run - Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Cooper, Mark
8. Bennett Cerf
9. Egypt Texas
10. Customized
11. Our Weapons Are Useless
12. Shadowy Countdown
13. Harlem by the Sea - Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Hagen, Earle
14. Having an Average Weekend
15. Misty - Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Burke, Johnny [Voca
16. Summer Wind - Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Bradtke, Hans
17. Big Baby - Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Burns, C.
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Dim the Lights, Chill the Ham

1. Dim the Lights, Chill the Ham
2. Reid's Situation
3. I Know a Guy Named Larry - Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Prima, Louis
4. Exit from Vince Lombardi High School
5. Aunts Invasion
6. Running Meredith
7. Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down) - Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Bono, Sonny
8. Hot Box Car
9. In My Room - Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Wilson, Brian
10. 5 American 6 Canadian
11. Who Painted Whistler's Mother
12. Case of the Missing Ladyfingers
13. Jackpot
14. D. Tour
15. Hunter S. Thompson's Younger Brother
16. Misogomy & The Object
17. Ben Hur Picked Off in a Gazebo
18. Who's Afraid of Alyson Hymer/Wow Flutter Hiss
19. You Spin Me Round '86
20. Babakganoosh
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Sport Fishin'

1. Spend a Night, Not a Fortune
2. Three Piece Suit
3. Fortune Tellin' Chicken
4. (Relax) You'll Think You Are a Chicken
5. Plastics for 500, Bob
6. That Wuz Ear Me Callin' a Horse
7. The Singing Cowboy
8. Farbs
9. Spy School Graduation Theme
10. Cheese in the Fridge
11. Haig Earl
12. Algoma Reflections
13. Peas Porridge Rock
14. Honey You're Wasting Ammo
15. They Don't Call Them Chihuahuas Anymore
16. Off Our Back Conrad Black
17. We'll Be Right Back!
18. What I Like About Grease
19. Memories of Gay Paree
20. Babywetsitself

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