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Sons of Freedom (band)

Sons of Freedom were a Canadian alternative rock band of the late 1980s and early 1990s. The band, consisting of vocalist James Newton, guitarist Don Harrison, bassist Don Binns, and drummer Don Short, formed in 1986 in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Career
Their self-titled debut album was released in 1988 on Slash Records, and was supported by a cross-Canada concert tour. They won the CASBY Award for Most Promising Group in 1989, and were shortlisted for the Juno Award for Most Promising Group at the Juno Awards of 1990. The band's second album, Gump, was released in 1991 on MCA Records in Canada and Chrysalis Records in the United States. The album debuted at No. 1 on Chart, Canada's campus radio charts, and spawned "You're No Good", the band's only single to chart in the RPM Top Singles chart. After being dropped from their record labels, the band broke up in 1993. Harrison, Binns and Short initially joined with singer Jen Wilson under the new band name Black Eye Buddha, ==Later work==
Later work
Binns, Short and Harrison subsequently joined with Lee Aaron in the band 2preciious, and with Dave "Rave" Ogilvie in the project Jakalope. In 2007, Newton launched a new project called Rat Silo. The band consisted of Don Binns (bass), Finn Manniche (guitar), Dave "Oz" Osborne (keyboards) and Sean Stubbs (drums). ==Discography==
Discography
Sons of Freedom (1988) Track listing: • 1. "Super Cool Wagon" • 2. "The Criminal" • 3. "Mona Lisa" • 4. "Dead Dog on the Highway" • 5. "Holy Rollers" • 6. "Shoot Shoot" • 7. "Judy Come Home" • 8. "Is It Love" • 9. "Fuck the System" • 10. "This Is Tao" • 11. "Alice Henderson" === Gump (1991) === Tex (1995) Track listing: • 1. "Walkie Talkie" • 2. "I Want You" • 3. "Hit It" • 4. "Heaven" • 5. "Yer Too High" • 6. "I Believe" • 7. "Sugar High" • 8. "Blind Children" • 9. "I'm Burning" • 10. "Help Me" • 11. "Underneath Yer Window" • 12. "Wrong Direction" • 13. "Best Friend" • 14. "You Don't Belong" • 15. "Don't Come Back" • 16. "Blowakisstry This" ==References==
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