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Unreferenced stub|auto=yes|date=December 2009 Joydrop was a Canada|Canadian alternative rock band in the late 1990s and early 2000s from Toronto, Ontario . The band consisted of vocalist Tara Slone , guitarist Thomas Payne (musician)|Thomas Payne , bassist Tom McKay (musician)|Tom McKay , and drummer Tony Rabalao .
The band released two CDs, Metasexual and Viberate , and had notable chart hits in Canada with their songs "Beautiful" and "Sometimes Wanna Die". The former was used on the soundtrack of the film Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed|Ginger Snaps II: Unleashed , playing as the end credits roll. The latter single was featured prominently on MTV2 in the US during the summer of 2001, thanks in part to a music video featuring Tommy Lee . They appeared as themselves, performing their two hit songs, on an episode of Special Unit 2 .
Following the band's breakup, Slone released a solo album, and was a contestant on Rock Star: INXS . Tony Rabalao also went solo and put out a CD under the name Lehlo but plays in Tara's band as well. Tom McKay is a producer and worked on Tara's and Tony's CDs. Thomas Payne is writing and producing with other artistsfact|date= February 2010. As of 2010 in Canadian television|2010 , Tara Slone is now part of Breakfast Television on CKAL-DT ( Citytv Calgary ).
Discography
Metasexual (1999)
tracklist| writing_credits = no | title1 = Fizz | length1 = 3:51 | title2 = Beautiful | length2 = 3:59 | title3 = Breakdown | length3 = 4:57 | title4 = Strawberry Marigold | length4 = 4:09 | title5 = Spiders | length5 = 3:12 | title6 = Dream Today | length6 = 3:21 | title7 = Cocoon | length7 = 3:13 | title8 = Over + Under | length8 = 4:06 | title9 = If I Forget | length9 = 3:49 | title10 = All Too Well | length10 = 3:43 | title11 = No One | length11 = 2:54 | title12 = Dog Star Radio | length12 = 4:46 | title13 = The Line | length13 = 5:02 | title14 = Until | length14 = 4:20
Viberate (2001)
tracklist| writing_credits = no | title1 = Thick Skin | length1 = 4:13 | title2 = American Dreamgirl | length2 = 3:46 | title3 = Sometimes Wanna Die | length3 = 3:16 | title4 = Life On The Sun | length4 = 4:32 | title5 = Swan Song | length5 = 4:00 | title6 = Replaced | length6 = 4:06 | title7 = Viberate | length7 = 4:40 | title8 = This Is Not Real | length8 = 3:57 | title9 = Expiry Dates | length9 = 3:36 | title10 = Do You Believe | length10 = 5:09 | title11 = Embrace | length11 = 4:23 | title12 = Metasexual | length12 = 6:43
Singles
Beautiful (1999)
If I Forget (exclusive to Canada) (1999)
Spiders (exclusive to US) (2000)
Sometimes Wanna Die (2001)
American Dream Girl (2001)
Filmography (brief mention)
Coyote Ugly (2000) A one-second newspaper advertisement is shown for the "Songwriter Showdown" featuring JoyDrop playing at the Bowery Ballroom, along with: The Skank Honkies, Papa Vegas, The Suicide Machines, Vertical Horizon, Eve 6, Verbena, Edwin McCain, Beth Hart, Excel, The Pietasters, Bis Train, and Pennywise.
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