The Carpet Frogs
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The Carpet Frogs are a Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

 based rock
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...

 band. They are best known for their work with Randy Bachman
Randy Bachman
Randolph Charles "Randy" Bachman, OC, OM is a Canadian musician best known as lead guitarist, songwriter and a founding member for both the 1960s–70s rock band The Guess Who, and the 1970s rock band Bachman–Turner Overdrive...

 and Burton Cummings
Burton Cummings
Burton L. Cummings, OC, OM is a Canadian musician and songwriter.He was the lead singer and frequent keyboardist for the Canadian rock band The Guess Who...

.

Band members

Nick Sinopoli - Percussion and vocals

David Love - Guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

 and vocals

Jeff Jones - Bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

 and Vocals (Known for his work with Tom Cochrane
Tom Cochrane
Tom Cochrane, OC Canadian musician and humanitarian, best known for his hit songs "Life Is a Highway", "Lunatic Fringe", "Human Race" and "I Wish You Well". Cochrane fronted the Canadian rock band Red Rider and has won seven Juno Awards...

, Ocean
Ocean (band)
Ocean was a gospel rock band formed in 1970 in Toronto, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. They are best known for their million-selling 1971 single "Put Your Hand in the Hand", penned by Gene MacLellan. The gramophone record sold over one million copies and received a gold disc awarded by the Recording...

, Gowan
Gowan
Gowan can refer to:Sport:*Gowan Rugby, Ancient Mouri form of non contact rugbyPeople:* Peter Gowan, academic* Lawrence Gowan, a Canadian musician who used the stage name Gowan* Hunter Gowan, Irish Protestant politician and militiaman...

 and Infidels (band)
Infidels (band)
Infidels were a Canadian funk-rock band in the 1990s.The band formed in 1990 when Molly Johnson reunited with Norman Orenstein, her partner in the short-lived 1980s band Alta Moda. They added Washington Savage, Jeff Jones and Owen Tennyson to the lineup, and released a self-titled album in 1991 on...

)

Michael Zweig - Guitar and vocals

Tim Bovaconti - replaces Michael on Guitar & Vocals in The Bachman Cummings Band 2007

Sean Fitzsimons - Drums and vocals

Past and Substitute Members

Greg Godovitz (Goddo)
Jim Nielsen (Bass)
Mike Hall (Killer dwarfs)
Mike McDonald (Bayou Boys)
Lawerence Grecch (original member)

Discography

1994 - Frog Curry

1994 - Christmas All Over the World

1995 - Adult Rock No. 5

1995 - Album Network In Store Play 34

2000 - Bullseye's Compact Christmas 2000

2001 - Takin' Care of Christmas

2003 - Everything is Beautiful

2006 - Pretending To Fly

2006 - Bachman Cummings, First Time Around Dvd/cd sonybmg

2007 - Jukebox
Jukebox (Bachman Cummings album)
Jukebox is the first studio album from Canadian rock legends Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings under the Bachman & Cummings name. It was released on Sony BMG on June 12, 2007. The album features covers of songs from the 1960s that Bachman and Cummings believed inspired them while growing up in...

 (Bachman Cummings Band)

2008 - Above The Ground, Burton Cummings, Sony/BMG

DVD

2005 - Live 8 concert, Barrie
Live 8 concert, Barrie
On 2 July 2005, a Live 8 concert was held at Park Place in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. Barrie is located north of Toronto.The event is also referred to as "Live 8 Toronto" or "Live 8 Canada"...





2006 - First Time Around
First Time Around
First Time Around is a one-disk DVD by Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings recorded in 2006 at CBC Studios in Toronto, Ontario by CBC. First Time Around was originally featured on CBC in April 2006, but was later released as a DVD featuring extended footage of the concert...

Bachman Cummings dvd available
2010 - various Winter Olympic clips from Burton Cummings Feb 25th performance Tv Show

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