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Odds

Band · Vancouver, BC

Odds are a Vancouver power-pop and alternative-rock band known for melodic guitar hooks, dark humour, Canadian rock-radio staples, and an active recording and touring career.

Active since
1987
Catalog
14 releases
Last checked
July 17, 2026

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Odds are a Vancouver, British Columbia power-pop and alternative-rock band formed in 1987. The current artist-controlled biography identifies Craig Northey on vocals and guitar, Doug Elliott on bass and vocals, Pat Steward on drums and vocals, and Murray Atkinson on guitar, vocals, and keyboards. The artist-controlled Bandcamp page independently identifies Vancouver, British Columbia, repeats the 1987 formation, and provides the same current lineup on Crash the Time Machine. After an initial run beginning with Neopolitan in 1991, the band paused around the turn of the century and resumed activity in 2007, first using The New Odds while recovering its original name. The current profile remains active through a 2025 collaborative single, 2025 festival performance and interview, current tour listings, and the official storefront and contact surfaces. These current sources confirm Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada as the public professional base without exposing a private address. Odds build concise rock songs around vocal harmonies, guitar hooks, power-pop structure, irony, and storytelling. The band's 1990s catalog includes Neopolitan, Bedbugs, Good Weird Feeling, and Nest, with songs such as It Falls Apart, Eat My Brain, Someone Who's Cool, and Make You Mad becoming Canadian radio fixtures. Later releases include Cheerleader, Universal Remote, and the 2023 album Crash the Time Machine. The exact Spotify artist 1MVQ4bbrG5VdRyozjajZQp contains fourteen principal album and single containers in the Canadian market. Spotify classifies seven as albums and seven as singles, dated from September 19, 1991 through February 6, 2025. Provider single classification includes multi-track EPs. Representative releases include Listening Party with Limblifter, Crash the Time Machine, Universal Remote, Cheerleader (Deluxe), Good Weird Feeling, and Neopolitan. Apple Music independently presents the same artist history and core catalog. The band produced Crash the Time Machine with Steven Page at Doghouse of Thunder in North Vancouver, with Craig Northey recording the album. The official biography also identifies Neopolitan as self-produced. MusicList therefore includes Odds in the producer and engineer browse surface on documented recording work, never on inference. The JUNO Awards archive records Odds nominations for Group of the Year, Best Rock Album, and Songwriter of the Year in 1996, followed by another Songwriter of the Year nomination in 1998. The official biography identifies Good Weird Feeling as a Platinum-selling album, and Music Canada's archive records its certification history. Current professional relationships include 410 Mgmt Co. for management and Paquin Artists Agency for booking. MusicList routes inquiries only through the official contact page and does not reproduce direct contact details. Spotify media is displayed live with provider attribution and a monogram fallback. The exact English and French payload was reviewed for collision-free identity, current Vancouver and British Columbia geography, activity history, current membership, provider catalog arithmetic, production work, awards, certifications, professional relationships, safe contact routing, provider media, and meaning parity.

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