PUP

Filled with attitude, energy, and hooky guitar numbers, PUP certainly are a punk rock-band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada whose debut record made them among the acts to view over the Canadian music scene. Featuring Stefan Babcock on vocals and electric guitar, Steve Sladkowski on electric guitar and vocals, Nestor Chumak on bass and vocals, and Zack Mykula on drums and vocals, all longtime close friends who fulfilled in elementary college, PUP was produced in 2011 beneath the name Topanga. The initial name was a mention of Topanga Lawrence, a personality performed by Danielle Fishel over the 90s sitcom Boy Fits World, however when the associates learned Fishel will be reviving the type in 2014 within a spin-off entitled Girl Fits World, they thought we would transformation the name to Puppy, position for “Pathetic Usage of Potential.” Topanga released an electronic EP entitled Oceans, and positive press and interest from other rings helped build a hype about the group. In 2013, they truly became PUP, launching their self-titled debut record through the Royal Hill label. The record was popular with both critics and supporters, using the group getting named Greatest Live Present and Greatest New Musician by CBC Radio 3. The music group toured thoroughly, playing throughout Canada and producing their method to Britain and america. By the finish of 2013, Puppy had signed an archive cope with the well-established punk label Aspect One Dummy, as well as the music group spent a lot of 2014 and 2015 touring to get SOD’s reissue of their debut LP, introducing their initial headlining travels of america and Canada, aswell as producing their Australian debut. In Feb 2016, Puppy teased a fresh single known as “DVP” before their second full-length recording, The Dream HAS ENDED. Released in-may of that yr, the album’s name is a mention of a prognosis Babcock received from his doctor: he’d seriously broken his vocal cords, having endured many years of nonstop touring. In accurate punk fashion, Puppy utilized the doctor’s glib comment as the rallying cry for another group of hard-hitting, self-deprecating punk music.