Crash Test Dummies
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Crash Test Dummies, band
Brad Roberts – vocals & guitar
Ellen Reid – vocals, accordion & tambourine
Dan Roberts – bass guitar & vocals
Mitch Dorge – drums & samples
Stuart Cameron – guitars & vocals
Marc Arnould – keyboards & vocals
Julian Pellicano, conductor
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
J.S. Bach
Toccata and Fugue in D minor
Crash Test Dummies
arr: Lucas Waldin
God Shuffled His Feet
In the Days of the Caveman
Swimming in Your Ocean
How Does a Duck Know – Orchestra Tacet
Here I Stand Before Me
Two Knights and Maidens
When I Go Out With Artists – Orchestra Tacet
The Psychic
— Intermission —
Johann Sebastian Bach
Allegro
Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G Major
Crash Test Dummies
Comin’ Back Soon
I Think I’ll Disappear
Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead
Ghost That Hunt Me – Orchestra Tacet
Superman’s Song
Afternoons and Coffeespoons
Heart of Stone – Orchestra Tacet
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
Julian Pellicano, conductor
Known for his versatility across a broad spectrum of genres, dynamic interpretations and meticulous technique, American-Canadian conductor Julian Pellicano is the Principal Conductor of Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet and Associate Conductor of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. Bringing an incisive musicality and collaborative spirit to every performance, he has built a wide-ranging international career leading the Winnipeg Free Press to proclaim that “his versatility is truly astonishing.”
As a guest he has conducted orchestras in North America and abroad including the Seattle Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, the National Arts Centre Orchestra, the Orquestra de Valencia, Edmonton Symphony among others. Passionate about the intersection of music and dance, upcoming ballet performances include a debut with the National Ballet of Canada, are turn to Orlando Ballet as well as extensive performing and touring with the Royal Winnipeg Ballet.
A specialist in performing films live with orchestra, Mr. Pellicano’s catalogue of film projects encompasses over 20 titles including the Star Wars and Harry Potter series, E.T. The Extra-terrestrial, Jurassic Park, Home Alone, Miloš Forman’s award-winning film Amadeus, Fritz Lang’s Metropolis with its original 1927 score, Casablanca, Singin’ in the Rain, The Wizard of Oz, Disney’s Fantasia, The Nightmare Before Christmas, plus several of Charlie Chaplin’s silent classics.
Julian Pellicano studied conducting at the Yale School of Music, the Royal College of Music in Stockholm. Pellicano’s career grew out of unconventional beginnings, performing as a primarily self-taught percussionist, timpanist, drummer and accordionist. He percussion at the Peabody Conservatory, the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, Sweden, and the Yale School of Music. He also holds a degree in philosophy from The Johns Hopkins University.
Crash Test Dummies, band
The Crash Test Dummies are a Canadian rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba.
The band is most identifiable through Brad Roberts (vocals, guitar) and his distinctive bass-baritone voice. The band members have fluctuated over the years, but its best known line-up consisted of Roberts, Ellen Reid (co-vocals, keyboards), Brad’s brother Dan Roberts (bass guitar, backing vocals), Benjamin Darvill (harmonica, mandolin), and Mitch Dorge (drums, percussion). The band is best known internationally for their 1993 single “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm” and best known in Canada for the 1991 single “Superman’s Song”.
Fun Facts
The origin of the Crash Test Dummies is tied to the history of two Winnipeg nightspots, the Spectrum Cabaret and the Blue Note Café, owned by Curtis Riddell.
In the mid-1980s, Riddell joined with Brad Roberts to form the decidedly less-than-serious bar band Bad Brad Roberts and the St. James Rhythm Pigs. Over time, the band evolved into the Crash Test Dummies, a name suggested by a friend of the band.
Brad Roberts graduated with an honours in English Literature from the University of Winnipeg. When the band took off, he nixed his plans to pursue a master’s degree and jumped into the music industry.
The band members have fluctuated over the years, but its best-known line-up consisted of Roberts, Ellen Reid (co-vocals, keyboards), Brad’s brother Dan Roberts (bass guitar, backing vocals), Benjamin Darvill (harmonica, mandolin), and Mitch Dorge (drums, percussion).
People magazine contributor Craig Tomashoff described the quintet as “neo-folkie, pseudo-hippies, sort of Celtic, dryly humorous, exceptionally literate pop band.”
The band is best known internationally for their 1993 single “Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm” and best known in Canada for the 1991 single “Superman’s Song”.
Music by the Crash test Dummies has been featured in The Spy Who Dumped Me soundtrack and Black Bird soundtrack. “The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead” (featuring Ellen Reid) was featured on the Dumb and Dumber soundtrack. How I Met Your Mother – twice, New Girl, and Smallville.
