Rosie Martin - bass, vocals
Greig Nori - lead vocals, guitar
Bill Priddle - vocals, guitar
Morris Palter - drums
Trevor MacGregor - drums (replaced Palter)
Greig Nori, Rosie Martin, Morris Palter and Bill Priddle, all friends growing up in Sault Ste. Marie, formed NC-17 in the early '90's and released several demos before moving to Toronto.
It wasn't long before a U.S. band with the same name sent a lawyer after the Canadian act and rather than fight American legal forces, instead, changed their name to treble charger (no capitol letters) in 1992. Through their own Smokin' Worm Records label they released their first album 'nc-17' - a remix of their first two demo tapes.
The band achieved a foothold on the post-grunge alternative audiences and found themselves on the cutting edge of musical technology with a self-created CDRom album called 'self=title' in 1995 which was first for a Canadian band. The CDRom track was a helping hand to some 30 acts whom treble charge admired with its complete discographies, biographies and pictures of all the acts included.
By 1996, their own label had been absorbed by their distribution label, Sonic Unyon, and the band made its leap to the big leagues with BMG Canada. 1997 saw the recording of a new album at which time drummer Morris Palter was fired after 'musical differences' with members over their want to be a power-pop act. Drummer Michael Levesque was brought in to finish the sessions and a replacement drummer, Calgarian Trevor MacGregor (ex-Wagbeard), was located after placing an ad in an alternative music magazine.
The album, "Maybe It's Me"m was finally released that year and ESPN picked the track 'Friend Of Mine' to accompany their 1997 wakeboarding coverage.
After a successful 5 week tour in the US during 1998 with the Foo Fighters, the group realized too late that its core audience, Canada, had not been properly served while the band was pushing its single 'Red' and the album didn't sell well in Canada.
Singles
1997 Friend Of Mine (BMG)
1998 Red (BMG)
Albums
1994 nc-17 (Smokin' Worm/Sonic Unyon)
1995 Self=Title (Smokin' Worm/Sonic Unyon)
1997 Maybe It's Me (BMG)
Video
Compilation Tracks
1998 Fade on '30 Hour Famine' (Nettwerk)
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