Pony Da Look Explained

Pony Da Look
Background:	group_or_band
Origin:	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Genre:	Indie rock
Years Active:	–2011
Label:	Murderecords
Current Members:	Temple Bates Amy Bowles Catherine Stockhausen Rob Gordon
Past Members:	Rebecca Mendoza

Pony Da Look was an indie rock band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The band members were Temple Bates (composer/keyboards/vocals), Amy Bowles (lyrics/vocals/keyboards), Catherine Stockhausen (keyboards/vocals), and Rob Gordon (drums). Former members include Rebecca Mendoza (drums). Their music combined heavy drum beats, raw keyboard riffs and forceful vocals with unconventional lyrics.^{[1] [2]}

History

Bates, Bowles, and Mendoza came together as Pony Da Look and released their first self-titled album in 2001. Tara Azzopardi and Megan Dunlop also played with them in 2001.^[3] With the addition of Stockhausen on keyboard, they followed it up with The Forcefield Weakens in 2003.^{[4] [5]}

After Mendoza and Sloan's Chris Murphy celebrated the birth of their child in 2007, Pony Da Look signed to Sloan's label Murderecords and released Shattered Dimensions in 2008.^[6] Mendoza left the band and was replaced on drums by Rob Gordon. Pony Da Look continued to perform in the Toronto area until 2011.^[7]

Bowles and Bates are painters who continue to exhibit regularly, Mendoza is a modern dancer and choreographer and Stockhausen is a TV producer and photographer.

Bowles served as one of the inspirations for the character Envy in Scott Pilgrim v the World.^[8]

Studio albums

• 2001: Pony Da Look
• 2003: The Forcefield Weakens
• 2008: Shattered Dimensions

References

1. http://exclaim.ca/music/article/wavelength_500_3 "Pony Da Look Toronto, ON February 10"
2. http://exclaim.ca/music/article/pony_da_look-pony_da_look "Pony Da Look Pony Da Look"
3. Web site: Local Spotlight: Pony da Look - NOW Magazine . 2018-10-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181029152255/https://nowtoronto.com/music/local-spotlight-pony-da-look/ . 2018-10-29 . dead .
4. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/the-sound-of-even-half-baked-ingenuity/article751942/ " The sound of even half-baked ingenuity"
5. . Chart Attack - Apr 29, 2008
6. https://nowtoronto.com/music/album-reviews/pony-da-look/ "PONY DA LOOK Shattered Dimensions (Murderecords)"
7. https://www.thesnipenews.com/music/concert-reviews/florence-and-the-machine-at-the-mod-club-toronto/ "Florence and the Machine at the Mod Club, Toronto"
8. "Edgar Wright's A Fistful Of Fingers: once upon a time in the West Country" by Nick De Semlyen. Empire. 18 Nov 2015. Accessed 30 Nov 2018.

External links

• Pony Da Look on Myspace