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Formed by Ron Hawkins , Steve Stanley , Dave Alexander and John Arnott in 1991 , the Low's punk-inspired folk pop quickly became a popular draw on the Queen Street West club circuit in Toronto . Also in 1991 , they released their debut album, '' Shakespeare My Butt '', which was actively supported by Toronto radio station CFNY , and quickly made the band a popular name across southern Ontario and western New York . The album became one of the best-selling independent releases in Canadian history (although it was eclipsed in the same year by Barenaked Ladies ' '' Yellow Tape ''), and was later named one of the ten greatest albums in Canadian music history by the music magazine '' Chart ''. In 1993 , the band signed a distribution deal with A&M Records, and released '' Hallucigenia '' in 1994 . Unfortunately, the band was riven with tensions, and broke up later the same year. Hawkins released a solo album, '' The Secret Of My Excess '', in 1996 , and then formed Ron Hawkins And The Rusty Nails . In 2000 , The Lowest of the Low set aside their differences for a five-show reunion tour, which saw the band playing to sold-out venues in Toronto and Buffalo, New York . In 2001 , the live album '' Nothing Short Of A Bullet '' was released. The album also featured a second disc with three new studio songs. '' Sordid Fiction '', the band's first new studio album since 1994, was released in 2004 . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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