Walk Off the Earth is a Canadian independent alternative rock, ska, and reggae rock band from Burlington, Ontario. They are known for their music videos of covers and originals. The band is well known for its covers of pop genre music on YouTube, making use of instruments such as the ukulele and the theremin, as well as looping samples. The band's recorded music and videos are produced by member and multi-instrumentalist, Gianni "Luminati" Nicassio.
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History
Walk Off the Earth was formed in 2006 in Burlington. The band began releasing music independently. The band created cover versions of the songs of The Gregory Brothers. The video of the band's live cover of Gotye's "Somebody That I Used to Know" gathered over 175 million views in four months on YouTube in early 2012. and received positive responses from both Gotye and his co-singer on the song, Kimbra. The band released an accompanying video where all five members are shown playing on one guitar. The production was taken from the 26th cut of a 14-hour session. Ellen DeGeneres featured the band on her January 23, 2012 show where they played live, again on one guitar; they were also included in YouTube Rewind 2012 "Rewind YouTube Style 2012", doing a part of their one guitar acoustic version of "Gangnam Style".
In February 2012, the band signed a recording contract with Columbia Records. They appeared in the Season 4 premiere of CTV's The Listener, performing two songs and socializing with the main characters in the bar. They also covered "Rude" by Magic!, "Hello" by Adele, "Party Rock Anthem" by LMFAO, "Payphone" by Maroon 5, and "Roll Up" by Wiz Khalifa.
In December 2012, Walk Off the Earth released an original single titled "Gang of Rhythm". They uploaded a cover of Taylor Swift's "I Knew You Were Trouble" to YouTube in January 2013, with four of the five band members and guest beatboxer KRNFX using only vocals.
On March 11, 2013, Rolling Stone magazine streamed their unreleased R.E.V.O. album in its entirety. The full-length R.E.V.O. album was released on March 19, 2013, after which they commenced in the R.E.V.O. Tour through the US and Europe. They began another US and Europe tour, Gang of Rhythm, in 2014. The most recent tour was the Sing It All Away tour through Europe and North America, which began in 2015.
The band's YouTube video of Lorde's "Royals" was featured in the 2014 Grammy Awards. The band's original single "Gang of Rhythm" was chosen as the theme song for the Catalan TV show El Foraster. The group were also featured on the soundtrack of the 2015 animated film La Guerre des tuques 3D, performing the song "You're My Sweater".
Walk Off the Earth won a 2016 Juno award for Group of the Year.
Their latest video on "Issues" was filmed with The Next Step dancers Briar Nolet and Myles Erlick, and was featured in Dance Spirit's magazine website and had more than 850,000 views on YouTube.
In August 2017, the band's single "Fire in My Soul" was certified gold.
Walk Off The Earth performed during the half-time show of the NFL playoff game, 14 Jan 2018, Minnesota Vikings vs. New Orleans Saints.
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Members
- Current members
- Gianni "Luminati" Nicassio - bass, guitar, ukulele, banjo, mandolin, drums, vocals, theremin, glockenspiel, piano, cajon, cello, bongos, harmonica, double bass, percussion, kazoo, keyboards, melodica, beatbox, kalimba, harpejji, whirly tube, producer
- Sarah Blackwood - guitar, ukulele, vocals, bass, glockenspiel, percussion, piano, mandolin, kazoo, harpejji, pan flute, whirly tube
- Ryan Marshall - guitar, bass, trumpet, harmonica, vocals, ukulele, piano, glockenspiel, percussion, kazoo, bongos, whirly tube
- Mike "Beard Guy" Taylor - piano, keyboards, organ, vocals, xylophone, glockenspiel, melodica, trumpet, didgeridoo, accordion, kazoo, euphonium, slide whistle
- Joel Cassady - drums, cajon, bongos, congas, percussion, vocals, bass, organ, piano, spoons, ukulele, guitar, kalimba, harpejji, whirly tube, sampling, mixing, producer
- Touring members
- Lee Williamson- guitar, banjo, bass, mandolin, ukulele
- James "Ervy" Ervin - trumpet, percussion
- Zach Gerber - drums, guitar, bass, vocals, percussion
- Past members
- Pete Kirkwood - drums, vocals, percussion
Awards and nominations
Discography
Studio albums
Extended plays
- 2012: R.E.V.O. (EP)
- 2013: iTunes Session
- 2014: A Walk Off the Earth Christmas EP
- 2015: Sing It All Away
Singles
References
External links
- Official website
- WaveCat playlist
- Walk Off The Earth at allmusic.com
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