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Leslie Spit TreeoLeslie Spit Treeo were a Canadian alternative rock band in the 1990s. The band took its name from one of their original rehearsal spaces, the Leslie Street spit in Toronto Harbour. The band originally consisted of vocalist Laura Hubert, rhythm guitarist Pat Langner, guitarist Jack Nicholsen and mascot Tag, a dog. They began as a street busking collective, sometimes with Graeme Kirkland contributing on drums, and won a role in Bruce McDonald's 1989 film Roadkill, playing themselves in concert performing their song "The Sound". They signed to Capitol Records and released their debut album Don't Cry Too Hard in 1990, garnerning significant airplay on rock radio stations with a cover of John Prine's "Angel From Montgomery" and with their own original song "Heat". They subsequently won a Juno Award for Most Promising Group in 1991. For their followup album, 1992's Book of Rejection, the band brought in guests Jason Sniderman on keyboards, Frank Randazzo on bass and Joel Anderson on drums. That album included the band's biggest hit, "In Your Eyes". Nicholsen left the band in 1993. Also that year, the band appeared in another McDonald film, Dance Me Outside, again playing themselves in concert. With the core of the band now down to the duo of Langner and Hubert, their 1994 album Hell's Kitchen was initially credited to The Spits since the band were no longer a "treeo", but when initial sales were slower than expected, it was rereleased under the band's original name. In 1996, the band released the double album Chocolate Chip Cookies in a cookie bag package that closely resembled Chips Ahoy packaging; after Nabisco threatened the band with a lawsuit, the band burned all the packaging in a bonfire in Toronto's High Park and rereleased the album the following year in a conventional jewel box. For that album's supporting tour, Langner and Hubert were joined by guitarist Jason Reed, bassist Shaun Noronha and drummer Vince Montago. The band have not released a new album since Chocolate Chip Cookies, although they continue to perform together occasionally in Toronto clubs. Hubert has released a solo jazz CD. Tag, the dog, passed away in 2000. Discography - Don't Cry Too Hard (1990)
- Book of Rejection (1992)
- Hell's Kitchen (1994)
- Chocolate Chip Cookies (1996)
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