Alert the Medic formed in 2006 by members Ryan MacDonald, Jonathan MacDougall, Matt Campbell and Dale Wilson who grew up together in and around the town of Stellarton, Nova Scotia. They released their first full-length Self Titledalbum in 2006 which was co-produced and engineered by Laurence Currie. In late 2007, guitarist Jonathan MacDougall left the band and the position was temporarily filled by Jon Landry of the Stanfields until the band found current guitarist Troy Arseneault in early 2008. With the addition of Arseneault, the now Halifax based rock group had an impressive year in 2008, receiving two East Coast Music Award nominations for Rising Star Recording of the Year and Rock Recording of the Year. In September the band was also a part of the d250 Rollercoaster University tour in Nova Scotia featuring illScarlett, and opened for Canadian rock band Our Lady Peace at the Centre 200 in Sydney, Nova Scotia. In March 2009, Alert the Medic traveled to Toronto, Ontario to record their second album We, the Weapon once again working with Laurence Currie. The album was recorded at Hallamusic, Greendoor Studios and The Echo Chamber and was independently released in September 2009. Alert the Medic received two 2010 East Coast Music Award nominations for Rock Recording of the Year and Single of the Year for We, the weapon's debut single Atlas and were nominated for Fan's Choice Entertainer of the Year in 2011 The third single from the albumThe Weatherman was featured on Season 4, Episode 6 of the ABC and Global TV show Rookie Blue on July 25, 2013. Rob Crowell of Deer Tick appears on the album We, the weapon. Rob Bezanson keyboardist for Crash Parallel joined the band for two Toronto shows during the bands We, the weapon release tour. In November 2012 the band returned to the studio to begin pre-production work with founding Our Lady Peace member and current Crash Karma guitarist Mike Turner at The Pocket Studios. The band would continue demo and pre-production work with Turner throughout 2013 and in February 2014 they began recording their third album The Phantom Moves at The Pocket Studios in Toronto. The album was released on May 3, 2014. The band began promotion of the new record during the spring of 2013, appearing on the Marilyn Denis Show and filming a YouTube video with former WWE wrestler Rick Martel. Tracks from The Phantom Moves also appeared on the 2014 NHL Awards, CFL.ca, NHL.com and Roger's Sportsnet during the entire 2014 postseason and World Series coverage. The album led to the band signing a distribution deal with Fontana North and received two Music Nova Scotia award nominations for "Group Recording of the Year" and "Rock Recording of the Year". In 2016 Alert The Medic began pre-production for their fourth album Let Them Have Their Fun. The album was produced and mixed by Mike Turner, engineered by Phil Hotz with additional engineering by Turner. Let Them Have Their Fun was recorded in Toronto, Ontario, Canada at Revolution Recording with additional tracking done at The Pocket Studios in February 2017. It was released through Fontana North and Cadence Music Group on September 8, 2017. Band members
