Artist description Loud, aggressive, moody. Not for the faint of heart, or mind.

Music Style Industrial

Musical Influences Godflesh, Skinny Puppy, Peter Gabriel, The Swans

Artist History Metha Mean was formed by Stef Caron and Jamison Cant in 1996 from the remains of Winnipeg's industrial pop-noise group Heads or Tales. Caron relocated to Montreal that year, alone, and enlisted Marc Bertola, from Dogwalker, to replace the absent Jamison Cant. The two piece version of Metha Mean played a handful of shows before recruiting Angry White Mob bassist Raf, and the three were together until mid-1999 when Bertola left to concentrate on Dogwalker; Jamison Cant relocated Montreal by then, just in time to record the Mean's first album, Open. Raf left Metha Mean after the completion of Open, and was replaced by Jett Monette for several shows in the summer of 2000. Metha Mean is now comprised of Cant and Caron, along with bassist/keyboardist Peter Marsh, of Koin, and for live shows, drummer Simon Lang. They are currently recording "Unloved", an album which has turned towards their less industrial influences: Massive Attack, Peter Gabriel, King Crimson, Ekova, Virginia Rodriguez. It is due out sometime in late 2002.

Group Members Jamison Cant, Stef Caron and Peter Marsh, with Simon Lang on drums.

Instruments Mr. D-108, guitar, 2 bass guitars, vocals, pedal noise

Albums Open

Press Reviews "...heavy industrialism..." - Jamie O'meara, Hour; "...pretty bummed out..." - Lorraine Carpenter, Exclaim!

Additional Info As well as working on a second album, the Mean is planning a mini-tour with dates in the Ontario-Quebec region. Confirmed dates are October 16th at the 360 Club in Toronto, October 20th at Petit Campus in Montreal and October 22nd at Le Kashmir in Quebec City. There are shows being planned for Windsor, Trois-Rivieres and Fredericton.

Location Montreal, Quebec - Canada

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