High Holy Days

High Holy Days is a Canadian rock band. HHD formed in North Bay, Ontario as the Arcand Band in 1998. In 2000 the name was changed to High Holy Days. The band currently consists of vocalist Marc Arcand, guitarist Bill MacGregor, bassist Chris Amey and drummer Brian Bird. Former members of the band include Dave Thompson (guitarist), Jeremy Galda (bassist), and Jason Guindon (drummer). Another former member was Brett Hind (guitarist). He was not part of the band when All My Real Friends was released on Roadrunner Records. When he was a part of the band it contained five members. Bill MacGregor rejoined the lineup with Dave Thompson leaving the band.

Overview

The band released their debut album All My Real Friends independently, and subsequently signed to Roadrunner Records in 2003. Roadrunner re-released that album in March 2004. This album subsequently spawned the Canadian hit singles "All My Real Friends", "The River of Styx" and "The Getaway". The album was also released in the United States in the fall of 2004. In Canada MuchMusic aired the videos for All My Real Friends and The Getaway. In the United States the video for The Getaway aired on Fuse.

In April 2006, as reported in the Wigan Evening Post, the band was in Platt Bridge, Wigan, working on their next album. They wanted to get away from Canada and work somewhere quiet, where they were relatively unknown. Whilst working in the studio in Platt Bridge they played gigs in Leigh and in The Tavern in Wigan.

Albums

Release Date
Country
Title
Label
February 22, 2003
Canada
All My Real Friends
Aleithia Records/AMG (Independent)
March 23, 2004
Canada
All My Real Friends
Universal Music Group
September 28, 2004
United States
All My Real Friends
Roadrunner Records
Summer 2008
"It's Not O.K."

Singles

Year
Song
2003
"The River of Styx" (album version)
2003
"Living in your Head"
2004
"All My Real Friends"
2004
"The Getaway"

External links

High Holy Days
High Holy Days at Myspace