39 Steps (band)
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39 Steps are an alternative rock
/punk rock
band from Canada
, best known for their single "Slip into the Crowd", a song by The 222s
, which was performed in the Woody Allen
film Hannah and Her Sisters
in a scene set at CBGB's NYC.
Their name is taken from the classic work The Thirty-Nine Steps
.
. The 222s had become the 39 steps in 1986 with the departure of Louie Rondeau on drums and the addition of Gagne and Paul.
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
/punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
band from Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, best known for their single "Slip into the Crowd", a song by The 222s
The 222s
The 222s are a Canadian punk band first active from 1977 to 1981. They are most famous for their 1978 single "I Love Suzan". They reformed in 2010.-History:...
, which was performed in the Woody Allen
Woody Allen
Woody Allen is an American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, jazz musician, author, and playwright. Allen's films draw heavily on literature, sexuality, philosophy, psychology, Jewish identity, and the history of cinema...
film Hannah and Her Sisters
Hannah and Her Sisters
Hannah and Her Sisters is a 1986 American comedy-drama film which tells the intertwined stories of an extended family over two years that begin and end with a family Thanksgiving dinner...
in a scene set at CBGB's NYC.
Their name is taken from the classic work The Thirty-Nine Steps
The Thirty-nine Steps
The Thirty-Nine Steps is an adventure novel by the Scottish author John Buchan. It first appeared as a serial in Blackwood's Magazine in August and September 1915 before being published in book form in October that year by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh...
.
Status
The band is no longer active. The lead singer Chris Barry http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/1998/010898/nm20.html reunited with his first band, The 222sThe 222s
The 222s are a Canadian punk band first active from 1977 to 1981. They are most famous for their 1978 single "I Love Suzan". They reformed in 2010.-History:...
. The 222s had become the 39 steps in 1986 with the departure of Louie Rondeau on drums and the addition of Gagne and Paul.
Discography
- 39 Steps (Line) (1984)
- Slip Into The Crowd (RCA) (1987)
- Neon Bible (Blackheart/Cargo) (1993)