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Cleanup-link rot|date=March 2012Infobox musical artist | name = Bloody Chicletts| image =| caption =| image_size =| background = group_or_band| alias =| origin = Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada | genre = Alternative rock , Power pop , New Wave music|New wave http://www.seemagazine.com/Issues/1997/0109/mus3.html Bloody Chicletts, with Killjoys and Headstones, SEE Magazine , Friday, Jan. 17, 1997| years_active =| label = BMG , Ariola Records|Ariola | associated_acts = Limblifter , Age of Electric , The Odds , Damn The Diva | website =| current_members =| past_members = Glen ReidDevin ReschnyGabe TraceyChad Reid Kurt Dahle Glenn Kruger Bloody Chicletts was a Canadian new wave, power pop band best known for their only album; 1996's Presenting...Bloody Chicletts .
History
Bloody Chicletts consisted of guitarist/vocalist Glen Reid, keyboardist Devin Reschny, bassist Chad Reid ( Yoko Casionos (band)| Yoko Casionos ) and drummer Gabe Tracey. Reid and Reschny were from Calgary , Alberta and moved to Vancouver's Kitsilano neighborhood to escape the cold climate in Calgary, and to find additional musicians. Glen and Chad Reid are cousins, while Tracey was added to the lineup after the departures of drummers Kurt Dahle ( Age of Electric (band)|Age of Electric , Limblifter (band)|Limblifter , the New Pornographers (band)|the New Pornographers ) and Glenn Kruger ( the Paperboys (band)|the Paperboys , Mudgirl (band)|Mudgirl , Tariq Hussain (musician)|Tariq , Fidgital (band)|Fidgital , Real McKenzies (band)| the Real McKenzies ). The band was influenced by The Police (band)|The Police , The Cars (band)|The Cars , and Blondie (band)|Blondie .
For short time in 1997, Glen Reid was a member of Odds (band)|The Odds . http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/O/Odds/ConcertReviews/2004/09/28/647471.html Odds defy fate and pull off great show, By BLAIR S. WATSON -- Calgary Sun
Presenting...Bloody Chicletts
In 2008 Presenting...Bloody Chicletts was ranked by John M. Borack at #184 in the 200 best power pop albums of all time list in his book Shake Some Action: The Ultimate Power Pop Guide .
Presenting...Bloody Chicletts was mixed by Garth Richardson|Garth "GGGarth" Richardson , and charted in Canada on the Canadian Campus Radio Chart, debuting at #30. http://www.chartattack.com/charts/campus-radio/1996-12-10 Campus Radio Chart For December 10, 1996 The album spent 8 weeks on the chart and reached #21 in February 1997. http://www.chartattack.com/charts/campus-radio/1997-02-18 Campus Radio Chart For February 18, 1997 Presenting...Bloody Chicletts was produced by drummer Kurt Dahle of Limblifter who also drummed on the album. http://www.chartattack.com/features/65929/the-age-of-electric-heir-apparent the Age Of Electric: Heir Apparent
"She's a Freak", the lead single from Presenting...Bloody Chicletts debuted at #29 on the RPM Magazine|RPM Alternative 30 charts on November 11, 1996, http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php? & file_num=nlc008388.9861& type=1& interval=20& PHPSESSID=85qcan3t900esdshr0m03ee100 RPM Magazine Rock/Alternative - Volume 64, No. 13, November 11 1996 and stayed on the chart for 8 weeks, eventually reaching #13 in January 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php? & file_num=nlc008388.9781& type=1& interval=20& PHPSESSID=85qcan3t900esdshr0m03ee100 RPM Magazine Rock/Alternative - Volume 64, No. 19, January 13 1997
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External links
http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=sfJEW2LKCLI Video for "She's a Freak"
http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=Lmpz1AgkLMg Video for "On and On"
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