Clarity Group

History...

Five Man Electrical Band, today a Canadian icon once had a dream of conquering the giant music scene in The United States of America.

With great success in Canada at a time when the music industry was in its infancy the band (then known as The Staccatos) knew it had only one place to go if it was going to get the recognition it deserved. Los Angeles beckoned as it always has for so many aspiring singers, songwriters, bands, actors and artists around the world.

Arriving in the Mecca of the entertainment world was a band that had fought it’s way out of the trenches of the night club and university circuit and reached a career pinnacle playing a Royal Command Performance for Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip and thousands of devoted fans in the band’s home town and nation’s capital of Ottawa on Canada’s birthday, July 1.

It wasn’t long before American music industry heavyweights began to take notice of five Canadians who had come to California to strike gold. They could see this was a band to be reckoned with.

Exhaustive American tours with groups like The Allman Brothers, Edgar Winter, Sly And The Family Stone and Rare Earth so sharpened their skills that they were ready to take on the world when “Signs” exploded on American radio, soaring to the top of the U.S. Billboard Charts.

“Signs” went to #1 in Australia for nearly 2 months and was huge in other parts of the world including the band’s own country. A string of hits followed: “Absolutely Right”, “Money Back Guarantee”, “Moonshine (friend of mine)”, “Werewolf”, “I’m A Stranger Here” and a slew of others but the hit that truly places the band on hallowed ground in music history is “Signs”. Tesla scored a huge hit with a cover of the song on their album “Five Man Acoustical Jam” in the ‘90’s and more recently Fat Boy Slim had a hit called “Don’t Let The Man Get You Down” based mostly off the now unforgettable line…… “And the sign said long haired freaky people need not apply”.

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