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Stone Idols was a rock band from Newmarket, Ontario, with Steve Peyton-Warren on vocals, Terry Peyton-Warren on drums and vocals, Bryan Duffy on guitar, Andrew Cormack on bass and Russell Soares on keyboards and percussion. Their one known album, Lullabies For Junkies, came out on Limit Records in 1997.
Three of the five had played together in Naked Research. That band released a self-titled album on Strawberry Records in 1995 and by the spring was working outside Ontario, including a week-long stand at The New Palace in Halifax. Their song ‘Sexy Thing’ went out on the Canadian Hott Tracks promotional service the same year. Whether Naked Research simply became Stone Idols is unclear.
By 1997 the Peyton-Warrens and Soares were playing with Bryan Duffy, who had come up through North Bay, London and Toronto, and bassist Andrew Cormack. In May of that year RPM reported that Page Music had added Stone Idols to its roster. The band was based in Newmarket, maintained an early website at drown.org and was managed by Nanci Malek at Bentertainment.
Lullabies For Junkies (Limit Records L000-620) held eleven songs: ‘Fibreglass’, ‘Masquerade’, ‘The Water’, ‘Sky Is Falling Down’, ‘Jaded Loose Reflection’, ‘Most Beautiful People’, ‘Ordinary You’, ‘The Patch In The Black’, ‘Burn’, ‘I Can’t Save You’ and ‘All I Have To Give’. Terry Peyton-Warren wrote all of the lyrics and most of the music. Duffy shared the music credit on ‘The Water’, and Soares, Peyton-Warren and the band shared it on ‘Ordinary You’.
Mike Kerwin produced the album across several Ontario studios. Brad Nelson engineered the bed tracks at Wet Shark Motel with Mark Erlenmayer and Larry Knowles assisting. Kerwin did the edits and all overdubs at New Market Multimedia, assisted by Mike Miller and Jeff Pizer, and played bass on ‘Burn’. Michael Jack engineered the Hammond B3 at Pizazzudio, and Brad Bobesich added strings to ‘Jaded Loose Reflection’. Nelson and Kerwin mixed at Wet Shark Motel, and Jack mastered the record at Pizazzudio Mastering Labs. The band played Pearl and Premier drums, Zildjian A Custom cymbals, Roland, Yamaha and Akai keyboards, Paul Reed Smith and Seagull guitars, Ibanez basses, and VHT and Trace Elliot amps. Squeeze designed the artwork, with photography by Gordon Hawkins.
The CD was glass mastered by EMI MFG. and pressed by EMI Music Canada, with Page Music Distribution in North York handling Canadian distribution. The back cover bears the MAPL logo and a Canadian manufacturing statement, and Limit Records Inc. holds both the © and ℗.
The booklet thanks Limit Records, Page Music Distribution, Brad Nelson, Michael Jack, the staff at MetalWorks and Pizazzudio, and John Redmond at Polygram, along with a long list of musicians, music stores and supporters. Stages, The Palace and Smooth Hermans are named, as are 94FM Thunder Bay, VideoFACT, FACTOR and the Songwriters Association of Canada. Tom Cochrane gets thanks for unknowingly lending the band some of his equipment.
Duffy joined See Spot Run around the time of ‘Weightless’ and stayed for several years. He later moved to Las Vegas, where he kept performing and recording, and Terry Warren has been involved in some of his later recordings. Russell Soares turned to composing and producing, building a career in film and television music alongside instrumental releases under his own name.
-Robert Williston
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Credits
Musicians
Steve Peyton-Warren: vocals
Terry Peyton-Warren: drums, vocals
Russell Soares: keyboards, percussion
Andrew Cormack: bass
Bryan Duffy: guitar
Brad Bobesich: strings on ‘Jaded Loose Reflection’
Mike Kerwin: bass guitar on ‘Burn’
Songwriting
‘Fibreglass’ written by Terry Peyton-Warren
‘Masquerade’ written by Terry Peyton-Warren
‘The Water’ written by Terry Peyton-Warren and Bryan Duffy
‘Sky Is Falling Down’ written by Terry Peyton-Warren
‘Jaded Loose Reflection’ written by Terry Peyton-Warren
‘Most Beautiful People’ written by Terry Peyton-Warren
‘Ordinary You’ written by Russell Soares, Terry Peyton-Warren and Stone Idols
‘The Patch In The Black’ written by Terry Peyton-Warren
‘Burn’ written by Terry Peyton-Warren
‘I Can’t Save You’ written by Terry Peyton-Warren
‘All I Have To Give’ written by Terry Peyton-Warren
All lyrics written by Terry Peyton-Warren
All songs SOCAN
Production
Produced by Mike Kerwin
Bed tracks engineered by Brad Nelson at Wet Shark Motel
Assistant engineering by Mark Erlenmayer and Larry Knowles
Edits, bass guitar on ‘Burn’ and all overdubs engineered by Mike Kerwin at New Market Multimedia
Assistant engineering by Mike Miller and Jeff Pizer
Hammond B3 engineered by Michael Jack at Pizazzudio
Mixed by Brad Nelson and Mike Kerwin at Wet Shark Motel
Mastered by Michael Jack at Pizazzudio Mastering Labs
Artwork
Artwork and design by Squeeze
Photography © 1997 Gordon Hawkins
Management
Management by Nanci Malek at Bentertainment
Equipment
Pearl and Premier drums
Zildjian A Custom cymbals
Rimshot drumsticks
Roland, Yamaha and Akai keyboards
Paul Reed Smith and Seagull guitars
VHT and Trace Elliot amplification
Ibanez basses
Release
Released in Canada in 1997 by Limit Records Inc., L000-620
Distributed by Page Music Distribution Inc., 20 Railside Road, North York, Ontario, Canada M3A 1A3
© ℗ 1997 Limit Records Inc.
Made and printed in Canada
MAPL
SOCAN
Glass mastered by EMI MFG.
Pressed by EMI Music Canada
Matrix numbers
Matrix / runout: L000620CA 1-1-2 0 MASTERED BY EMI MFG.
Mastering SID code: IFPI L043
Mould SID code: IFPI 1F04
Barcode
7 77521 11702 8
Contact
Stone Idols
317 Maple Street, Newmarket, Ontario, Canada L3Y 3K3
Phone: 905-895-1902 ext. 902
Email: stone@rogers.wave.ca
Website: www.drown.org
Album Thanks
Mike, Zeke and Rick at Limit Records, Victor, Matt, Russ and Chris at Page Music Distribution, Brad Nelson, Alex and everyone else at MetalWorks, Michael Jack and Barry Lubotta at Pizazzudio, Bill and Irene Yountz, John Redmond at Polygram, Tom Cochrane for unknowingly lending us his stellar gear, Nanci Malek at Bentertainment, Gordon Hawkins for the photography, The Terry Clements guitar museum, Mike Sobacan for his Mesa-Boogie pre-amp, Mike Gibbs at Impact Business Services, Dave Ziemba for the space gear, Bruce and Simon at Burden-Maclean Imaging and the families Warren, Soares, Cormack and Duffy for their undying support
Thanks
Simon Banning and everyone at EBC, Simon Tuplin, James Hainie, Steve Perry, Glen Borden, Neil Parfitt, Angie Nuttal, Natasha Martel, The Arts Music Store, Just Drums, Steve’s Music, Gina Below at Blackwalk Productions, VideoFACT, Brian Pombiere and Norm Golledge, Kim, Ewin Fernie, Martin ‘Drown’ Crawford, Khin Hnin Soe, Efrat Dezent, Oracle, Flame, TwoStep, mcmurtry, ms Uncas, Tappy, GoldnGirl, BURE, Laluna, Dnormlguy, all at #40up intellichat, Mike at Pic-a-Pita, Brad Hilgers and Mark Tannahill at 94FM Thunder Bay, Lan, Louis, Phil, Marko, Jim, Hao and Scott (Screetch) at Stages, Rick O’grady, Peter and the staff at The Palace, John Stobie, Pamela Goodland, Angie Macsemchuk, Eugene and Jimmy at Smooth Hermans, Joe ‘Wendell’, Dave MacDonald, Tracy Preeper, Lori Basker, Caroll Duffy, Jason, Chris and Warren at Long & McQuades, Gary Lalonde, Dan Pollon, Alex DeWinne, Alex Sloman, Martin Turner and Tim Knight from SWIM, Rachael Grace, Danielle Dunn, Carl Cooper, Dan Scott, Jim Barber, Heather Connors, Patti Schmidt, Avril, Kerri, Randy, Jen, Angie, Jessica, Karen, Liz Schultz, Frank Vala, Paul Huggins, Rob Hamilton, Dave Genoa, Rich Sacik, Ed, Mike Biblow, Sean Abel, Shawn Robinson, Ben Lacey, Tina Austin, Matt and Michelle Planche, Stacey and Arlene Daly, Melanie Taylor, Jessica Taylor, DJ, Andy and Gen Hardman, Paula ‘Cookies’ McKinnon, Chris at the Brookdale, Mike Reid, The Ruins, Franko Ross, The Cottage Grubs, Steve Reed, Bluebird and the Songwriters Association of Canada, Al Connelly, Friends of The Unit, Jenn Neil, Doug Warren, Joel and Brett, Gilles and staff at Chumley’s, Brian Raine, Mansour and Kathy at the Fox and Fiddle, Larry and Nancy Freil, Garrick from No Fences, Suzie Ray, Bree Noble, Brett Kaarto, Mark Deptuck, Joey Gareri, Joel Graham, Daryl Faulkner and FACTOR
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