Moxy Fruvous
Created | Updated Apr 13, 2014
Moxy Fruvous are a Canadian band, based in Toronto. They play a wide variety of music genres, yet all of it is.. well.. odd. It consists of four members, Mike Ford (guitar, harmonica, bongos, keyboard, occasional drum kit and vocals), Murray Foster (bass, occasional drum kit, percussion, occasional guitar, and vocals), Jian Ghomeshi (drums, percussion, occasional guitar, and vocals), and Dave Matheson (guitar, accordion, banjo, keyboards, and vocals). <p>
They started as a busking group, using only vocals, which is their main 'instrument', but later decided to perform indoors, on the Canadian Broadcasting Company. They released their first album in 1994, “Bargainville”. And have since released 5 more albums, “Wood”, “B”, “You Will Go To The Moon”, “Live Noise”, “Thornhill”, and most recently “C”. <p>
Moxy Fruvous has many fans, who call themselves “Fruheads” and have a website at
<a href="http://www.fruvous.com"> www.fruvous.com </a>
<BR/> In case you are wondering just what Moxy Fruvous means... well... it doesn't mean anything <p>
They are most often compared with
<a href="http://www.h2g2.com/A256763"> They Might Be Giants </a>
as their music is similar in many ways, and many fans of Moxy Fruvous are also fans of They Might Be Giants. Fans of Moxy Fruvous may also like Ben Folds Five, and Bare Naked Ladies.
They started as a busking group, using only vocals, which is their main 'instrument', but later decided to perform indoors, on the Canadian Broadcasting Company. They released their first album in 1994, “Bargainville”. And have since released 5 more albums, “Wood”, “B”, “You Will Go To The Moon”, “Live Noise”, “Thornhill”, and most recently “C”. <p>
Moxy Fruvous has many fans, who call themselves “Fruheads” and have a website at
<a href="http://www.fruvous.com"> www.fruvous.com </a>
<BR/> In case you are wondering just what Moxy Fruvous means... well... it doesn't mean anything <p>
They are most often compared with
<a href="http://www.h2g2.com/A256763"> They Might Be Giants </a>
as their music is similar in many ways, and many fans of Moxy Fruvous are also fans of They Might Be Giants. Fans of Moxy Fruvous may also like Ben Folds Five, and Bare Naked Ladies.
