Men Without Hats
Career:1980 - Present
Members:Ivan Doroschuk, Stefan Doroschuk, Allan McCarthy, Colin Doroschuk, Tracy Howe, Mike Gabriel, Jean-Marc Pisapia, Lenny Pinkas, Roman Martyn, Jeremy Arrobas, Lysanne Thibodeau
Men Without Hats is a Canadian New Wave group from Montreal, Quebec. Their music is characterized by the distinctive baritone voice of their lead singer Ivan Doroschuk as well as their elaborate use of synthesizers and electronic processing. They achieved their greatest popularity in the early to mid 1980s with their most successful single, "The Safety Dance", a Top 10 hit in both the US and the UK, as well as other countries including South... Africa. Their other big success was the 1987 hit, "Pop Goes the World". Men Without Hats initially consisted of Ivan Doroschuk and Jeremie Arrobas , as well as Ivan's brother Stefan , with various other members joining and leaving the group, including a third Doroschuk brother, Colin . The band was founded in 1977 in Montreal and would undergo numerous personnel changes through the rest of the decade with Stefan, Colin, and Arrobas as the only relative constants joining Ivan.
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