Early career Tomalty started a rock band called Rubberman in high school. In 1999, Rubberman won first prize at
CHOM-FM's annual "CHOM L'Esprit" contest as well as the "" contest. The band signed to Donald K Donald's
Aquarius Records label and released the
Rubberman LP. That same year Tomalty formed a blues side project,
Jonas & The Blues Blooded, featuring his father, Rick Tomalty, on harmonica.
Solo career In 2004, Tomalty released a cover of "
Edge of Seventeen" (originally performed by
Stevie Nicks), which was the first track on the
Jonas EP. It was followed by the original singles "Show Me", "Daddy" and "Like a River". After the release of the EP, Rubberman opened for
Van Halen on their North American tour. The EP earned two nominations at the
Juno Awards of 2004 in the "New Artist of the Year" and "Rock Album of the Year" categories. His second album,
Suite Life, was released in October 2006 and featured its first single "Bows and Arrows". In 2007, Tomalty released
Promised Land, his third album. The album was never distributed outside of Canada due to a conflict between the band and their record label, which resulted in the label dropping the band. Afterwards, Jonas & The Massive Attraction went on a cross-Canadian tour with
Collective Soul.
Jonas & The Massive Attraction In 2010 Jonas formed Jonas & The Massive Attraction and released the album "Big Slice" The first single "Big Slice" was released to radio across Canada and Europe. The band toured Canada and Europe several times over the next 3 years. The 2013 album release
Live Out Loud (co-written and produced by
Marti Frederiksen) was a success, with "Respire" reaching #2 on the Quebec Francophone charts. The second Francophone adaptation "Je Crie Ton Nom" (co-written by Simon Wilcox, Nelson Minville and Mark Holman) became Jonas' first SOCAN #1 single. Jonas subsequently collaborated with producer Fred St-Gelais and singer with
Marie-Mai on the single "Jamais Trop Tard", which reached #1 on the charts. The trio subsequently collaborated on the single "Christmas Calling", written by Tomalty. In 2014, they released
Album X as Jonas & The Massive Attraction. The album included seven original songs, such as "Lifeline" (co-written by
Raine Maida of
Our Lady Peace), and 3 re-recordings of past successes such as "Bows & Arrows", "Daddy" and "Burn the House Down". The band toured this album for the next few years and cut a live version of the show for the release of
Live & Electric in 2017. In April 2022 he released the album "Jonas Tomalty Undivided" with a new band and adding his family name to the project. ==Discography==