The Age of Electric band was conceived by Todd Kerns and Kurt Dahle circa 1986 and was born in April of 1989 after waiting for their two younger brothers John Kerns and Ryan Dahle to graduate high school. The Dahle brothers traveled two hours north from their home in Regina, Saskatchewan to the Kerns brothers small home town of Lanigan. The band's commercial breakthrough came with their independent EP Ugly in 1993, which set the stage for the major label release of their self-titled album in 1995. In 1996, the Dahle brothers released an album with their side projectLimblifter, which was also commercially successful in Canada. The band then released Make a Pest a Pet in 1997. The album produced the radio rock hit "Remote Control", which peaked at No. 9 on the singles chart in Canada and was later put on MuchMusic's diamond certifiedcompilation album, Big Shiny Tunes 2. Although it was the band's most successful album yet, being certified gold in Canada in 1998, tensions within the band led the group to break up after a 1998 tour as the opening band for Our Lady Peace. That year the band was nominated for a Juno Award as best new group. The Kerns brothers then went on to form Static in Stereo with other members, including their brother Ryan. Dahle went on to work with The New Pornographers. Todd Kerns became the bass player and backing vocalist for Slash's band, The Conspirators, and has been inducted into the B.C. Hall of Fame.
Reunion
In July 2015, The Age of Electric performed a reunion show in Calgary on August 29, 2015, their first public performance together in over 17 years. Zuckerbaby was the opening act. In 2016, the band announced plans to release a remastered, expanded two-LP vinyl reissue of Make A Pest A Pet in February 2017 to celebrate its 20th anniversary. Simultaneously, the band announced plans to release a new four-song EP the same month. The song "Keys" was released as the lead single from the new EP in November 2016. Both the Make A Pest A Pet reissue and the new EP, titled The Pretty EP, were released on February 17, 2017. In March 2017, the band embarked on a cross-Canada tour to promote the Make A Pest a Pest reissue and The Pretty EP.
