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Jim Belanger (Keyboards, Guitar, Vocals) Has been around the music scene for more years than he would like to recall. Starting out in Scarborough as a guitar player in various high school “basement/garage bands” he graduated to the “pro-circuit” playing rock and roll in Irish clubs and dance halls in Toronto during the late 1960’s. In the 1970's he played in a popular Newmarket band with his father-in-law. He took a 13 year "rest" to operate his own recording studio where he acted as an engineer and producer. Selling the studio he got back into action playing with several bands in the G.T.A. including Backbeat and Straight Up before co-founding "ECLIPZ". |
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Richard Humpage (Bass, Vocals) Richard started his musical career back in 1964 playing six string guitar. It was after watching a bass player wield his instrument at a concert a few years later that he made the switch to bass guitar. Rich was associated with many Newmarket and area bands during his early musical career, has been associated with various local and not so local musicians around the Toronto area as well as out West for many years. A co-founder of Backbeat, the high profile bassist for Straight Up and now a co-founder of "ECLIPZ". |
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Ted Wright (Vocals, Lead Guitar) Was born and raised in Scarborough, Ontario where be began playing guitar at the ripe old age of 8. He began his musical career out west where he toured extensively from Yellowknife in the North West Territories to Manitoba, to British Columbia and into the state of Washington. In the ‘80’s he played in a country band that toured in Ontario and Quebec. He also spent 7 years working the casino and bar circuit in San Diego, California before returning to Ontario where he helped co-found "ECLIPZ". |
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Chris Belanger (Drums, Vocals) began playing drums at the age of 6 in the basement of his parent’s house in Newmarket. By the age of 12 he was already a seasoned studio session player having played on several individual projects as well as an album. He gained further seasoning over the next several years playing in bands as well as getting grounding in jazz from his high school music program. He toured out west with country bands where he took on the additional task of music director. Coming off the road, he took a few years off before deciding to get back into the business and helped co-found "ECLIPZ". |
