Jason Taylor (guitar, vocals)
Alison McLean (drums, vocals)
Simon Bedford-James (guitar, vocals)
John Bowker (bass)
Scott Fairbrother (bass - replaced Bowker)
Frank Guidoccio (bass - replaced Fairbrother)

MADE formed out of the remnants of several Toronto area bands. Simon Bedford-James had been in Moving Targetz, Swedish Fish and his own group Simon Truth And The Last Band. With former Last Band alumni John Bowker (Daughaus) and Jason Taylor, they found the drum skills of Queen Street fixture Alison McLean.

Following their debut in Toronto clubs in 1994o, Made, started the rumble that they were the next-big-thing. They issued an independent cassette shortly thereafter, produced by Dale Morningstar (Dinner Is Ruined) called 'Rumball' that added fuel to the critical fire.

As a means to continue their momentum they played a showcase gig at Canada Music Week in Toronto to continue the buzz. A full length cassette called 'Big Bother' followed with a cover version of Slade's "Cum On Feel The Noize".

With some serious overtures brewing within the music industry, Alison McLean called her brother, James (manager for Doughboys Voivod), who felt the band was finally ready for the big leagues. They had a minor setback with the departure of John Bowker who, and with studio time booked, a quick replacement was found in Scott Fairbrother.

The band begin a seven week stint recording at Tom Treumuth's Hypnotic Studios where the studio's owner had fallen ill leaving these kids running the candy store. Some would find it insane to leave a band with no label, no manager, and two producers free to navigate a recording studio, and despite the ability to tinker without A & R or the clock ticking, the band was stuck with a $25,000 bill.

The band began to panic over the debt because most of the labels heard the recordings as merely demos of tunes that would have to be refined in a bigger, more lavish studio. However, the results were enough to impress Universal Records into fronting enough cash to properly remix the bedtracks, at which time it was decided that Fairbrother would be let go and Frank Guidoccio would be brought in. Universal released the band's debut CD, 'Bedazzler', in February 1997.

The success of the album's first single/video "Hairdown" led to extensive tours with the likes of Dinosaur Jr., Pluto and Chixdiggit. Made were able to parlay that into unexpected sales in Quebec.

Bedford-James left the band shortly after and has since reunited his 1980s outfit Swedish Fish.

MAdE carried on for one more album before calling it quits.


Singles
1997 Hairdown (MCA/Universal)

Albums
1994 Rumball (Independent)
1994 Big Bother (Independent)
1996 Bedazzler (MCA/Universal)

Video


Compilation Tracks







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