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Members
Scott Anderson
James Black
Rick Jackett
Sean Anderson
Rich Beddoe
FORMER MEMBERS:
Rob Gommerman
Finger Eleven is a Canadian rock band formed in 1994.
Finger Eleven has achieved a devoted Canadian following throughout their time as a band. Their first album, Letters From Chutney (1995) was recorded under the name the Rainbow Butt Monkeys. They used money from a rock band search contest they won in St. Catharines, Ontario.
Once they had realized their music changed and wanted to be taken more seriously, the the Rainbow Butt Monkeys became Finger Eleven. Their breakthrough album, Tip, was released in Canada in 1997 and re-released by Wind-up Records in the United States in 1998 also has to do with the name change. Tip was produced by Arnold Lanni (Our Lady Peace).
Following the release of Tip, drummer Rob Gommerman left the band and was replaced by Rich Beddoe. In 2000 they released The Greyest of Blue Skies, again produced by Arnold Lanni.
They had success in their home country with this album going gold (50,000). Their 2003 release, self-titled album Finger Eleven was produced by Johnny K. This album includes the sleeper hit single "One Thing" which pushed the band into the mainstream. The song was a hit at Rock, Pop, and Adult Radio formats. The single "One Thing" reached #16 in the US and had exposure on TV series such as Smallville and Scrubs. The band also recorded the song 'Slow Chemical' for WWE superstar Kane (which also appeared on the soundtrack of The Punisher), and the song "Sad Exchange" for 2003's Daredevil movie. An Elektra mix of the song "Thousand Mile Wish" was featured in the credits of the 2005 movie Elektra. The song "Stay in Shadow" made an appearance as one of the music tracks to the video game, Burnout 3, and "Good Times" in SSX 3. Three of their songs were also featured in the GameCube game 1080° Avalanche.
Finger Eleven's most recent album titled Them vs. You vs. Me was released on March 6, 2007, again produced by Johnny K. The first single is "Paralyzer," which has slowly gained widespread popularity on U.S. rock stations. The second single is "Falling On".
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