July Fourth Toilet


July Fourth Toilet is a Canadian band and a musical collective from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. They are an experimental act that can be loosely described as rock, although they incorporated elements of several musical styles.

History

July Fourth Toilet was founded in late 1993 by zine publisher and performance artist Robert Dayton and cartoonist Julian Lawrence. Their name was bestowed upon them by their American counterparts Zip Code Rapists from a list that was used to name several bands on the Amarillo Records label. Consisting of a loose cast of dozens of members throughout the years; long-time stalwarts included , Andre Lagace, Jody Franklin, and Clancy Dennehy.
Each live performance was planned around a specific theme, with no two performances being the same. These included improvised sets, song-poems, various artist/album tributes and conceptual ideas such as the end of the world. They were also known for their outlandish "bargain basement" theatrical costumes, audience confrontation and performance art antics. They have played shows with the Zip Code Rapists, Sun City Girls, Three Day Stubble, Caroliner and Old Time Relijun.
July Fourth Toilet contributed a track, "Hello Rock 'N' Roll Star", to the compilation album Vancouver Special, which was released in 2000 through Mint Records, with the proceeds going to charity. They have also appeared on several other compilations.
In 2004, July Fourth Toilet celebrated their tenth anniversary doing a live stage performance of Rock Fantasy, a K-Tel children's record from the 1970s. In 2006, they performed a tribute set to composer Paul Williams that he attended.
In 2007, MungBeing magazine released their "long-lost" seven-inch record Childhood Will End online. The collective's studio album July Fourth Toilet Presents Balls Boogie Featuring Me And Bobby McGee was released in 2008.

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