Adam Faux was born in Toronto Canada to a eccentric designer and proto hippie sculptor. He spent years living in geodesic domes and 28 sided houses and even a real farm house, and attended the Ontario college of Art at the tender age of 5. Okay, he ran around the halls for a year or so while Al Faux taught, and around maggies Farm (an o.c.a.d campus, 69-72) while hippies got their freak on.

By the age of 16, Adam had left home and was living in the heart of Toronto’s art and music scene, on Queen west. His first mohican was administered by Pete Lawson and Handsome Ned, and his first real job was “kitchen slave” at Yofi’s restaurant on fabled Baldwin Street, a mecca for vegetarians and green haired punk rocks. While At Yofi’s, Adam met John DesLauriers of the “10 Commandments” and “l’etranger”, and hassled him until finally forming “Pigfarm” in the mid eighty’s.

There was in the mean time, a stay in Mexico hunting iguanas and fishing commercially near isla mujeures, and a residency at Paris north station in France, as well as “street level existence” in 9 other countries in europe, ending in England, where he recovered from a Grecian motorcycle crash, having his broken fingers set by a widow whose husband had died that day, on the Greek island of Naxos.

Pigfarm recorded and performed from 1985-1994 in various forms throughout Canada and the United States and charted number 34 on the college music charts in America (after they had broken up for the first time), and held top honor on most Canadian university radio stations at at varying times, and enjoyed a publishing deal with peermusic world wide during which time Adam delivered Whitney Houston’s diamond award for the BodyGuard soundtrack to New York, and held up the train at the U.S. Canada border because immigration didn’t believe the dread locked and messy lead singer was telling the truth...about the contents of the box......

The “Lost Dakotas” list Adam as a founding member on wikipedia, and the “Urban Decay Group” appears if you google long enough; Andy Stochansky, Cyrus Sundar - Singh being key members...Adam counts among his most memorable accomplishments, working with Michael Snow (Canadian Hotshot Artist, see walking woman) on “the Audience” a massive sculpture at Toronto’s Skydome, producing and/or recording and playing on Kyp harness’s breakthrough “the Floating World” and “All her Love”, and recording/ mixing on the gemini award winning film “The Film Club” directed by Cyrus Sundar Singh, doin' the same plus playin' on the award winning doc “the Jews of India” by the same director, and including producer Vanessa Laufer.

Adam has in one way or another had video's rotated on Much Music, CTV, and CBC among others. Been the focus of the Dini Petty show(CTV), swinging on a star (CBC Radio), Much Music's 'the wedge" and countless other newspaper, TV and periodical features.

Presently, Adam’s focus is with a gang of disparate characters, "Exploding Band". Adam Faux, Jesse Capon, Curtis Faux, and Pete Fusco make up the live and recording band. Jake Chisholme, Brandi Disterheft (guitar and bass respectively) play on 3 tunes in the exploding band's recorded repertoire. Michael Philip Wojewoda appears on two tracks pounding the skins, and John Deslauriers plays bass on "The Same Great Gasp". Adam produced, co-wrote and performed on the “the Fourway Flashers” debut 2007 pop rock release, and is occasionally jazzing with fundamentalist pop players “The Tiny Specks”.
 

ADAM FAUX, acclaimed singer/songwriter is releasing his debut pop single from his soon to be released EP.

“The Exploding Band” is ADAM FAUX’s sensational new unit that supports him on stage and with his latest venture in this world of music.

Adam has assembled some of the finest players in this country to man THE EXPLODING BAND including bassists Peter Fusco, drummer Jesse Capon and guitarist extraordinaire Curtis Faux (yep, they are related…it’s in the DNA in this family). When this band hits the stage they really do explode.

Once the leader of Canadian Indie legends “Pigfarm” who garnered an international publishing deal with Peer Music and a #1 song at Campus radio in both the U.S. and Canada….. Adam states: “My perception of what I do now is very similar to what I did with Pigfarm.It’s the same spirit, faith and energy.”

Toronto writer, Karen Bliss writes: “Recorded at Toronto’s “The Rogue”, the band makes it’s introduction via an EP featuring seven catchy pop/rock songs, ranging from melancholy meander “Brooklyn Avenue to the blistering “How Do you Spend your Love” and Adam’s best ever pop song “She’s Not My Girlfriend”.

We have included a link for you to see “She’s Not My Girlfriend” video which is a kaleidoscope of primary color and astounding showmanship. It is truly a treat to view The Exploding Band’s show…..do not miss the chance to see Adam’s band in action….

Adam has enjoyed an illustrious career in music. He produced Mike Lynch’s Shindig in 2001, which spawned two Top 40 hits, engineered, mixed and co-produced and performed on two break through albums for Kyp Harness, 2001 All Her Love and 2002’s The Floating World. Adam also co-produced, co-wrote and performed on The Fourway Flashers’ 2007 debut EP. Adam’s credits are many and varied as he also was a guitarist for Laura Repo for 6 years and recorded and mixed the soundtrack for Gemini Award winning The Film Club. He has also held his own in two improve/jazz bands, The Tiny Specs and Hotfogandhi in 2004 and 2006.

“As my career progressed, I wanted to learn more and find out what my limits were”, says ADAM….

As you can hear from the song, “She’s Not My Girlfriend” with it’s sizzling lyrics and undeniable pop hooks….”I let her have me for free” & “She hates it when my heart gets in her way” as well as the universal “love gone astray” feeling of “Something about me wants more while I run for the door”.

“She’s Not My Girlfriend” will make your day. Imagine what it could do for your listeners.

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