MOIST Bio and Discography

MOIST is a rockin' Canadian band who hail from Vancouver, British Columbia but are now living in Montreal, Quebec. They debuted in 1992, with an independant release, an EP. They released their first single Push, along with a video. The video was done very fast and for very little money. It got heavy rotation on MuchMusic, which was not a big surprise considering how amazing they are! :) Later in 1994, they signed a record deal with EMI Music Canada. Their first CD Silver was released in '94. It went quadruple-platinum in Canada and gold in Tawain.

Here's a list of the songs on their first Cd Silver:

If you're wondering what the heck is on the cover of Silver, well it's a ribcage painted silver. In an interview Jeff did, he said, "A friend of ours from Vancouver, whose very skinny. We painted her silver and photographed her ribs. We wanted to make an interesting record cover. It was kind of a striking image that we had an idea of. There's no rational for it at all, we just thought it would be an interesting cover.... Click here for the full interview with Jeff Pearce

Well after about 2 1/2 years of touring all over the world, MOIST headed back to the studio and in October 1996 released Creature, their second CD in Canada. Creature is quite different from Silver. They incorporated many new instruments into their songs, such as a trumpet in the song Creature and a chello in Tangerine. The reasons for incorporating these instruments was that this time around MOIST had a lot more time and money to experiment with different sounds while recording. There are also a lot more melodic songs on Creature, Disco Days for example is a beautiful slow song.
I can't say which CD I prefer they're both amazing and special! And if you're wondering who's on the cover of Creature, it's David. As you can see he has THE ring on. Should've known it was him!:)

Here's a list of the songs on Creature:
***Creature is now available in the USA and Germany on Arista Records!**** Click here for Arista Records page on MOIST



Well on June 29th,1999 the boys released their 3rd album in Canada titled "Mercedes Five and Dime".



Here's a list of the songs on Mercedes Five and Dime:
  • Underground
  • Dogs
  • Breathe
  • Fish
  • Comes and Goes
  • Mike Hammer
  • Tonight
  • Alive
  • Pleasing Falsetto
  • Mandolin
  • Place
  • Liberation
  • Deliver Me(bonus track)

    • Click here to read EMI Canada's bit on the new album

    I read somewhere on the net that MOIST's new album is coming out in the US around January 2000.

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