| Dallas Green | |
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 Green performing live in London, 2008
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Dallas Green |
| Also known as | City and Colour |
| Born | September 29, 1980 St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Post-hardcore, Alternative country, Acoustic music, Folk music |
| Occupations | Musician, singer-songwriter, lyricist, composer, vocalist, guitarist, pianist, harmonicist |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards, harmonica, banjo |
| Years active | 2005–present as City and Colour 2001–present in Alexisonfire |
| Labels | Dine Alone Records |
| Associated acts | Alexisonfire City and Colour Fucked Up Helicon Blue |
| Website | cityandcolour.ca |
Dallas Green (born September 29, 1980) is a Juno Award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter and musician, known for his work as guitarist and singer for the post-hardcore band Alexisonfire and his folk songs, released under the alias of City and Colour.
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Green confirmed, during an interview at the 2008 NXNE festival with DJ Dave Bookman of Toronto's CFNY-FM, that he was indeed named after the famous major league pitcher/manager of the same name. He stated that although he was born on Sep 29, 1980, he had gone without a name at first.. His mother was considering naming him Graham-Todd Green, but his father had bet on Philadelphia Phillies during the 1980 World Series that October and, after the team won, his parents decided on the name Dallas.[1]
Before joining Alexisonfire, Green was in a band called Helicon Blue, producing several songs before breaking up. The three piece band also featured Chris Rankin on bass and vocal, and Nicholas Osczypko on drums. The band recorded a self-titled release with Greg Below from Distort Entertainment, who also recorded a second record with the band which included; My Last Breath, Sunder, Greater Victory & Perpetual Healing.
In 2000, Green recorded his first known demo, Simple Songs. It was not until after this demo did he start writing under the City & Colour name. The demo contains versions of songs that were later released on this full length albums as well as several unreleased demos of unreleased songs. It was never released publicly and there is no known physical copy. It now circulates the internet in mid quality .mp3 files.
Dallas began playing with Alexisonfire in late 2001. Since then, they have released four albums (Alexisonfire, Watch Out!, Crisis, and Old Crows / Young Cardinals), along with several EPs. His melodic and piercing vocal range often brings a large presence in most of the band's songs.
In 2003 he appeared (along with George Pettit) on Jude the Obscure's album "The Coldest Winter", doing additional vocals on 3 songs.
One of the first appearances of Green outside of Alexisonfire is on Neverending White Lights' collaborative album Act 1: Goodbye Friends of the Heavenly Bodies, released in 2005. He contributed vocals to the song "The Grace". Green provided additional vocals on the track "INRihab" with Every Time I Die as well as on the track "Black Albino Bones" with Fucked Up on their second full length album, The Chemistry of Common Life.
City and Colour's first music video, "Save Your Scissors", from the now gold-rated album Sometimes, was released on January 17, 2006, featuring some of his best friends, band mates and favourite places in his hometown, St. Catharines, Ontario. The second video, "Comin' Home", went number one on MuchMoreMusic's video countdown.
City and Colour also released a live CD/DVD entitled Live on March 6, 2007 which includes two different live performances and a special performance with Ron Sexsmith. A limited edition has also been released at the same time. It included a USB key with footage from MMVA and Much on Demand performances[2].
On February 12, 2008, Green released a new full-length studio album entitled Bring Me Your Love . It was published under the label of Dine Alone Records. The music video for the first single, "Waiting...", was released on January 24, 2008. On June 6, 2008, "Sleeping Sickness", the second single for the album, was issued and on June 27, a music video was made by Montreal-based director Vincent Morisset[3][4]. This second single also features The Tragically Hip's Gordon Downie's vocals in the second verse.
Bravo! aired an hour-long City & Colour performance as a band for their Live at the Concert Hall... series on August 26, 2008. The performance included interviews, several songs from his latest album, Bring Me Your Love, and also a few songs from Dallas' debut, Sometimes, where he included his backing band into the songs.
In May 2009, Dallas appeared on CBC Radio's Q for an interview with Jian Ghomeshi, as well as a solo performance of three songs; "Body in a Box" and "Waiting..." from the album Bring Me Your Love, as well as "Comin' Home" from his debut album Sometimes.
As well as singing and playing guitar, Green is a skateboarder and has been skating since the age of 8. However, Green resists skateboarding on tour, for fear that he could injure himself. He has also stated on his live DVD that he is a fan of basketball.[5][6] He is also a self-described "hardcore fan" of former WWE wrestler, Razor Ramon as well as a fan of Mike Holmes, the star of home renovation show Holmes on Homes[7].
Dallas Green married So You Think You Can Dance Canada host and etalk [8] correspondent Leah Miller in December 2008. The two have been reportedly together since 2006 [9].
| Date of Release |
Title | Label |
| 2004 | Simple Songs (Demo Tape) | N/A |
| 2004 | The Death of Me (EP) | Dine Alone Records |
| 2005 | Missing (EP) | Dine Alone Records |
| 2005 | Sometimes | Dine Alone Records |
| 2008 | Bring Me Your Love | Vagrant Records/Dine Alone Records |
| 2008 | The MySpace Transmissions (EP) | Vagrant Records/Dine Alone Records |
2009 "Itunes Sessions (EP)"
| Date of Release | Title | Record label |
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| 2007 | Live | Dine Alone Records |
| Date of release | Title | Record label | Certifications |
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| 2002 | Alexisonfire | Distort Entertainment | Gold (Canada)[10] |
| 2004 | Watch Out! | Distort Entertainment | Platinum (Canada)[11] |
| 2006 | Crisis | Distort Entertainment | Platinum (Canada)[12] |
| 2009 | Old Crows / Young Cardinals | Dine Alone Records |
| Date of Release | Band | Title | Record label |
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| 2003 | Jude The Obscure | The Coldest Winter | One Day Savior |
| 2005 | Straight Reads The Line | Lets Get Nuts | Verona Records |
| 2005 | Neverending White Lights | Act 1: Goodbye Friends of the Heavenly Bodies | Ocean Records Canada / Maple Music Nationwide |
| 2007 | The Dear & Departed | Something Quite Peculiar | Science Records |
| 2007 | Every Time I Die | The Big Dirty | Ferret Records |
| 2008 | Fucked Up | The Chemistry of Common Life | Matador Records |
| 2009 | Lights Action | Welcome to the New Cold World | Colt Signals |
| 2009 | DL Incognito | Fight This | Crazy Records |
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   | Dallas Green's MySpace profile - city and colour on MySpace Music - Free Streaming MP3s, Pictures & Music Downloads |
| | Official City and Colour website - City and Colour - Bring Me Your Love |
| | Finish Strong - :: Finish Strong Family :: The Few...The Proud :: |
| | City and Colour Lyrics - Alphalyrics.com - alpha lyrics Resources and Information.This website is for sale! |
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