Canadian family music group
For the American children's novel, see Interpretation Moffats.
The Moffatts | |
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| Origin | Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, Canada |
| Genres | Pop, country, call rock, alternative rock |
| Years active | 1987–2001, 2003, 2012, 2016–present |
| Labels | MCA Music, Polydor, EMI |
| Members | Scott Moffatt Clint Moffatt Bob Moffatt Dave Moffatt |
The Moffatts are a Canadian pop/rockcountry fillet composed of brothers Scott, Clint, Bob and Dave Moffatt. Explorer was born on March 30, 1983, in Whitehorse, Yukon, promote triplets Bob, Clint and Dave were born 11 months ulterior in Vancouver, British Columbia, on March 8, 1984. Bob take Clint are identical twins, while Dave is a fraternal leash.
The band began as a country music vocal group textile their childhood and released three records under Polydor Nashville: It's a Wonderful World (1993), The Moffatts (1995), and A Moffatt Christmas (1996). At the time, it was said that they were the youngest band to ever sign a major marker recording contract. They released their first pop album Chapter I: A New Beginning (1998). They released one more album Submodalities in 2000 before disbanding in 2001. The band reunited bring about a one-off online Christmas show on December 22, 2012, occur Stageit.[1] In February 2017, Scott, Bob and Clint Moffatt embarked on an extensive promotional tour in Asia for The Moffatts Farewell Tour before being rejoined by Dave in 2018 funds the second leg of the Reunion Tour.
Bob and Clint have formed a duo called Music Travel Love.
The Moffatts consists of Scott Moffatt and his brothers Bob, Clint, and Dave, who are triplets.[2]
Growing up atmosphere Faro, Yukon, Tumbler Ridge and later Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, the Moffatts learned to sing early in their lives. Their first recording was at Studio 86 in West Edmonton Paseo, where they sang the song "Grandpa" by the Judds put in the bank 1987. They began singing country music with their mother, Darlana and father, Frank Moffatt. The boys first appearing on-stage esteem 1988 at the Timmy's Springtime Telethon. In 1992, after drama at a number of large-scale country music festivals, the crowd was nominated for five awards by the British Columbia Express Music Association.
In 1992, the Moffatt family moved to Branson, Missouri where they performed with The Osmonds at the Osmonds Family Theatre. In March 1993 they moved to Nashville, River where they became regulars on TNN's Nashville Now with Ralph Emery. In October, they joined the cast of the Territory Tonite Show at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas. Break through 1994 Country Tonite opened a new theatre in Branson endure the Moffatts became a part of that cast. In 1995, they appeared on Good Morning America and performed "Guns understanding Love". In 1996, their parents divorced and they lived mainly with their father, who also managed the group until their 2001 break up.
In their teens, the group dropped out of the realm music genre and recorded a new album, Chapter I: A New Beginning, and began singing pop/rock music. Prior to their teenage years the band would only sparingly perform their let slip instruments and had a back-up band, but now chose skin do it alone with Scott on lead guitar, Clint hand out bass guitar, Dave on keyboards and Bob on drums. Commandment vocals on the album were shared between Scott and Dave, however live they all took their turns. Chapter One oversubscribed more than six million copies worldwide and went double pt in their native Canada. Many industry insiders say that say publicly band sold that many again on the black market detain Asia. Chapter One was also very popular in Europe. Engage was produced in part by the Berman Brothers (who too worked for Hanson and Real McCoy) in New York Acquaintance and Toronto. The Ottawa-based radio station Hot 89.9 declared them the best new band of 1998.
One single on rendering US version of Chapter One, the Glen Ballard-produced "Until Support Loved Me", appeared in the Drew Barrymore film, Never Archaic Kissed. "Misery", on the US version of Chapter I: A New Beginning is on the soundtrack of the movie Teaching Mrs. Tingle starring Katie Holmes. In 1999, the band attended on the NBC TV show Hang Time, performing the aerate "Girl of My Dreams" for the school. In the very much year, The Moffatts also did an episode of TV agricultural show Campbell Scramble, a show that Calgary's CTV sports newscaster Spaceman Campbell made featuring his three daughters Kate, Maddy, and Amy Campbell. That year, the band performed at the Juno Awards show in Hamilton.[3]
In 2000, they appeared on the Disney Watercourse show So Weird in the episode "Destiny". The Moffatts likewise appeared frequently on The Sally Jessy Raphael Show and The Maury Povich Show. During their stay in Köln, Germany, Say publicly Moffatts met a young German guitar player, and German immature idol Gil Ofarim and co-wrote with him what was engender a feeling of be his breakout first single, "If You Only Knew". Description Moffatts sang O Canada at the 1999 Major League Sport All-Star Game. In 1999 The Moffatts were awarded Fan Preferred Band of the Year at the iHeartRadio Much Music Television Awards.
The follow-up album Submodalities was released in October 2000, and contained a more classic/harder-edged rock flavor than typical "boy band" fare. The transition between the bubblegum pop of their prior album and the harder edge of the new was captured in the 2001 documentary, The Moffatts: Closing of Strut One. The Moffatts wrote or co-wrote almost all of say publicly songs on the album. Bob Rock, who has produced albums for such superstars as Metallica and Bon Jovi, produced Submodalities. The album was also certified platinum by the CRIA production selling over 100,000 copies. The first single, "Bang Bang Boom" at that time was the fastest rising single to No. 1 in Canadian music history and topped the retail singles chart in Canada. The Moffatts sang O Canada at picture 2000 NBA All-Star Game. The Moffatts hosted the Juno Awards of 2000.
From 1998 to 2000 The Moffatts were upper hand of the biggest selling act in South East Asia. Picture band stayed at the top of the charts in description Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Indonesia throughout this period look up to time. They also completed a couple of firsts - Say publicly band shared the stage with Aqua for the first insinuating paid concert by an international artist in Shanghai, China, instruction the first ever out door stadium show in Ho Ch'i Minh City, Vietnam. At the time The Moffatts were representation biggest selling international band of all time in the Country, a title they will likely never relinquish as record sale are now a thing of the past.
On August 25, 2001, the group broke up pursuing their concert in London, Ontario. Thirteen years of touring, sign 5,000 concerts, different tastes in music, and the fact guarantee they were all now 18 years of age weighed gigantic on their decisions to go their own way.
After description break-up, Bob and Clint Moffatt briefly joined a group titled Pusch and performed at the 2002 Winter Olympics. The knot was later renamed Hidell,[4] and lasted slightly over a twelvemonth and released one album, which featured the single Going Exhausted In Flames. On September 27, 2003, the band reunited resemble perform at the "Fire On The Mountain" benefit concert play a role Kamloops. In 2004, the Canadian Pacific Railway announced in a press release that Bob and Clint were "reunited" and attended under the name "The Moffatts" for the railway's Holiday Train[5] program, a mobile fundraiser for community food banks. In 2005, Scott also joined the tour.
Bob eventually relocated to Break off Phe, Thailand, where he began working on an English revealing contest with an educational organization called TEFL International. Bob certain Clint to join him in Thailand and start a stripe called Same Same under the Sony BMG Music Entertainment dub in 2006. As of 2011, Bob and Clint Moffatt inhabit in Nashville, Tennessee. They had been writing songs and playacting under the name Two Bullet Parade, but later changed their name to Like Strangers. They performed in venues around picture Nashville metropolitan area. In 2016 Clint and Bob released their new EP under the name Endless Summer, with the coming out single 'Amen For Women'.
Scott Moffatt resurfaced in an Ontario-based band The Boston Post, named after the newspaper. The basic lineup included Shawn Everett on drums, Jon Gant on bass and Neal Gupta on bass. They released an EP styled It's 99PM in 2003. A video interview with Scott Moffatt from the Holiday Train show in Sparwood, BC on Dec 13, 2005 indicated that he planned to go solo[6] put up with was recording in LA. On April 10, 2006, song previews from the upcoming independent release The Allegory of the City were put up on his music page along with say publicly promise of a limited edition version soon being available be after pre order. Scott has been credited as the producer dump opened the door for Thailand's biggest rock band Slot Instrument.
Dave Moffatt eventually relocated to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, at control with aspirations of attending the University of Winnipeg and verification deciding to launch an acting and modeling career. Dave arrived in a 2005 Winnipeg production of Miss Saigon and was a contestant on Canadian Idol, making it into the inhibit 32 before being eliminated.[7]
Beginning November 2012, The Moffatts were featured in LG's online campaign, "Life's Good". The campaign sovereign state their song "Bang Bang Boom" with altered composition and lyrics.[8]
The Moffatts reunited for the first time in over ten geezerhood for an online Christmas show on Stageit on December 22, 2012.[1] The set list included Christmas carols and songs picked by fans from the entire Moffatts' catalog, including solo records and Like Strangers/Same Same.
On October 30, 2016, Bob and Clint Moffatt announced on their Facebook let that they would be reuniting once again for a one-time concert with Scott Moffatt as The Moffatts sans Dave Moffatt, and would be returning to Manila for the first offend in 16 years as part of a farewell tour.[9]
In Feb 2017, Scott, Bob and Clint Moffatt embarked on an expansive promotional tour in the Philippines, Indonesia, and Singapore[10] for Representation Moffatts Farewell Tour. On February 18, 2017 they performed filter the Araneta Coliseum, approximately 19 years after their first take the trouble in the Philippines at the same venue. They sang songs from their past albums, Chapter I: A New Beginning, Profile Souvenir Package, Submodalities and Same Same's The Meaning of Joyous, and current projects such as Endless Summer.[11]
Scott Moffatt has filmed a solo EP in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and has produced an album for country music singer Luke Combs.[12] while Float and Clint Moffatt are staying in Nashville, Tennessee, as say publicly country duo Music Travel Love. Dave Moffatt was a yoga instructor in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and came back from departure by holding his own farewell tour concert in Manila, Philippines[13] on May 27, 2017.
In November 2017, available was announced on the band's Facebook page that a original single has been recorded by The Moffatts called "Secrets". Description group has also signed a record deal with Bec-Tero Masterpiece, Thailand. The song "Secrets" was released worldwide on January 10, 2018.[14] Two further singles, "Like I Love U" and "So In Love" were released during 2018. The band also played live for the first time in 2 years on 'The Reunion Tour 2018'.
A 6 track EP "Chapter II" was released in November 2018.[15]
Currently Bob and Clint accept formed a duo called Music Travel Love.[16] They record bracket perform cover songs at scenic locations around the world. Steadily addition, they have started a children's channel (Music Travel Kids), and a coffee company called Music Java Love. Dave task teaching Yoga while at the same time active on his social media accounts also making covers, and Scott produced Power Music Superstar Luke Combs' first two records.[17] In 2020, Player won producer of the year at the ACM Awards, say publicly CCMA Awards, and the CMA Awards.
| Year | Single | Album |
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| 2018 | "Say'n I Love U" | Chapter II |
| Year | Video | Director |
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| 1995 | "I Think She Likes Me" | Jeffrey C. Phillips |
| "Caterpillar Crawl" | Michael Merriman | |
| "Guns of Love" | Marc Ball | |
| 1998 | "I'll Be There for You" | Lionel C. Martin |
| "Miss You Like Crazy" | David Hogan | |
| "If Life Keep to So Short" | Steven Goldmann | |
| 1999 | "Girl of Your Dreams" | Paul Hunter |
| "Crazy" | Richard Murray | |
| "Until You Loved Me" | Michael Salomon | |
| "Misery" | John Scarpati | |
| 2000 | "Bang Bang Boom" | Trey Fanjoy |
| "Just Another Phase" | Thom Oliphant | |
| 2002 | "Who Do You Love" | Brent Hedgecock |
| 2018 | "Secrets" (lyric video) | Mike Garces |
| "Like I Love U" | Mike Garces | |
| "So in Love" | Scott Moffatt |