Dunk (band)

Dunk
Origin	Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
Genres	Pop Rock
Years active	1999–????
Labels	Sony
Associated acts	Starkicker
Past members
Doug Boudreau Ben Dunk Nick Dunk Tawgs Salter

Dunk was a Canadian pop-rock band from Niagara Falls, Ontario, best known for their 2000 Canadian top-30 single "Crowdsurfing".

History

Starkicker

The group formed after the Dunk brothers dissolved their earlier project Starkicker a few years prior. Starkicker achieved two Canadian hits with the songs "Get Up" and "Neil Armstrong" from their only album, 1996's Beach Music.

Beach Music was a top-30 Canadian Campus Radio Chart hit in the late summer and fall of 1996.^[1]

The first single from the album, "Get Up" entered the RPM Rock/Alternative 30 charts at #30 on July 22, 1996, and stayed on the chart for 10 weeks, peaking at #10 the week of August 26.^[2]

"Neil Armstrong" enjoyed even greater success, debuting on the RPM Top 100 singles chart on October 14, 1996 at #98.^[3] The song peaked at #26 in December of that year^[4] and stayed on the chart for 11 weeks.^[5]

Dunk

Dunk's first single "Crowdsurfing" was a hit in May 2000, debuting and peaking on the RPM Rock/Alternative chart at #18.^[6] It stayed on the chart for 9 weeks. No other singles from the 1999 Time To Fly album charted.

Post-Breakup

As of 2006 Ben Dunk was the co-owner of Sound Of Pop, the Toronto-based publishing, label and management firm.^[7]

Discography

Dunk released one album on Sony Records in 1999 titled Time To Fly. The album featured the hit single "Crowdsurfing".

References

1. ^ Campus Radio Chart For September 24, 1996
2. ^ RPM Magazine Rock/Alternative - Volume 64, No. 2, August 26 1996
3. ^ Top Singles - Volume 64, No. 9, October 14, 1996
4. ^ Top Singles - Volume 64, No. 18, December 16 1996
5. ^ Top Singles - Volume 64, No. 21, January 27 1997
6. ^ Rock/Alternative - Volume 70, No. 26, May 01 2000
7. ^ ole/Sound Of Pop's Ben Dunk Expands His Horizons