Five man electrical band members
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Five man electrical band members
Although they never achieved lasting success, The Five Man Electrical Band was one of Canada's best loved and hardest working Rock 'n Roll bands of the sixties and seventies.
Originally formed in Ottawa, Ontario in 1964 as The Staccatos (Rick Belanger, Les Emmerson, Brian Rading and Vern Craig), the group first gained national recognition in 1967 when they recorded an album for Quality Records called, "A Wild Pair", shared with The Guess Who.
The L.P. had some success in Canada and later that year a single was released by Capitol Records called "Half Past Midnight", which sold around 25,000 copies. By 1968, The Staccatos featured guitarist/vocalist Les Emmerson, bassist Brian Rading, keyboardist Ted Gerow, and drummers Rick "Bell" Belanger and Mike "Bell" Belanger.
They released their second album called "Five Man Electrical Band" which met with modest local success.
The band made a brief and unsuccessful attempt to establish themselves in Los An