Glen Marshall (lead vocals, guitar)
Brent Wice (keyboards)
David Wice (drums)
Bruce Tennant (bass)
Norm Carmel (bass; replaced Tennant)
Stephen "The Whaleman" Crone (bass; replaced Carmel)
Cameron Chapman (drums; replaced Wice)
Sarah Keates (piano, vocals)
Billy Rod Majoros (drums; replaced Chapman)
Hamilton's answer to the Velvet Underground, this 4-man outfit formed in 1980 and took their name from the Canadian children's TV show 'Tales Of The Riverbank' (starring Hammy Hamster). Not long after their initial get together Tennant's family made him leave the band and was replaced by Carmel. With the release of the Bob Doidge produced 12" single "Desire" in 1985 (which also included audio treatments by Daniel Lanois), the band's popularity picked up. Following the success of this release, Carmel quit over musical differences as the band's musical influence shifted from punk/pop to dance oriented material.
The band would release the 1987 full-length LP 'Take Me Home' with new members Keates, Crone & Chapman at Grant Avenue studio with producer Daniel Lanois.
In a final attempt to keep Altogether Morris alive into the '90s, Marshall rejuvenated the line-up once more with the addition of Majoros for the 'Big Boots' CD in 1990 and after touring the album, went their separate ways. Around the same time the band spearheaded the release of two acclaimed CD compilations featuring exclusively Hamilton artists.
Marshall and Keates created the legendary Hamilton studio, Catherine Street North. Following this the two went their own way creatively with Marshall carrying on as a producer (Dave Rave, Kate Schrock, Joe Mannix, Sisters 3) and Keates joining Lucky 7 before eventually relocating to New York; Crone has released a dozen recordings under the name Whaleman; Majoros formed the band Flux and is currently in the band The Foreign Films.
with notes from Sarah Knight (Keates), Rick MacKinnon, Norm Carmel and David Wice..
Singles
1983 Suzanne (independent)
Albums
1985 Desire/Nothing's As Real [12"] (Big Smile) WRC2-3899
1987 Take Me Home (Mass Appeal)
1990 Big Boots (ATM) ATM-T003
Video
Compilation Tracks
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