2008–2009: Early days and record deal The band formed roughly two years prior to its 2008 appearance on
disBAND under the name Stand By Me. After meeting disBAND Guru
Greig Nori, Stand By Me was advised to change their name due to copyright issues. Turn It Up was chosen. Later, in order to perform several shows in
Toronto,
Ontario,
Universal Music Canada A&R rep
Mark Spicoluk advised the band to change their name again, and the band chose the name Stereos. After receiving the thumbs up from the judges from disBand, Stereos went to a large gig to receive a contract from the President of
Universal Music Canada and judged by
Kiss member
Gene Simmons. On June 4, their music video for "
Summer Girl" debuted on the MuchMusic Countdown. The single also debuted at #2 on the
Canadian Hot 100 based on the large number of downloads in the first week and in June 2009, Stereos' debut single, "Summer Girl" sold over 120,000 units in Canada and has been certified
CRIA double platinum in digital downloads. The band released their self-titled debut album
Stereos on October 20, 2009, and was certified gold by the
CRIA in January 2010 with sales of over 40,000 copies. The band started their first ever Cross-Canada tour on November 7, 2009, in Windsor, Ontario.
2010–2011: The Show Must Go...On The Road Tour and second studio album Stereos went across Canada in March and April 2010 on
Hedley's The Show Must Go...On The Road Tour. Hedley announced the tour in support of their new album
The Show Must Go which was released November 17, 2009. "
Fefe Dobson and Stereos were along for the whole trek, while
Faber Drive and
Boys Like Girls joined on select dates." In March 2010, the band received two
Juno Award nominations which were for Best New Artist, and Best Pop Album. They released two other singles that charted moderately, "Turn It Up" peaked at #31, and "Butterflies" at #51. The song "She Only Likes Me When She's Drunk" failed to chart. Stereos' second album, titled
Uncontrollable was released on December 14, 2010. The first single from the album, "Uncontrollable" was released on October 25, 2010 and peaked at #42 on the Canadian Hot 100. The second single, "Body Move" was released in February 2011, just before their cross Canada tour. In mid April the band's drummer, Aaron, sustained a broken hand, leaving him unable to perform, causing the band to cancel their remaining shows.
2019–present: 10-Year reunion and return from hiatus On March 10, 2019, Stereos announced a 10-year reunion show to take place on May 11, 2019, at Toronto's Rec Room during Canadian Music Week on their Facebook page, which ended up selling out. A second 10-year reunion show in the band's hometown of Edmonton took place on August 16, 2019 and also sold out. On October 20, 2019, the band announced they were officially back in the studio recording new material. On February 3, 2020, the band announced via their social media pages that they would be releasing a brand new single, titled "Sunset Gold" which was released on February 28, 2020. In 2023, they participated in an all-star recording of
Serena Ryder's single "
What I Wouldn't Do", which was released as a charity single to benefit
Kids Help Phone's Feel Out Loud campaign for youth mental health. ==Discography==