HISTORY

They met when a jam session was arranged for the two and soon after Bruce McQueen and Reggie Bennett were were introduced to the band through the musical community and mutual friends. The band name was taken from the first grade text. It was their manager who eventually suggested the name and it was the only one they could all agree on.

The band released their first effort in 1993. They released a demo tape called "Traces" on April 1, 1993 that sold many copies side-stage at their shows. Traces marked the beginning of a relationship with former April Wine guitarist Gary Moffet.

The band was signed to Canada's Loggerhead Records and released their first album Ten Stories High in July 1997. On the album, track 13 has 13 seconds of silence. Gary Moffett produced and co-engineered the album and also supplied some guitar work. They released singles and videos for the songs Au Naturel, Lucy and My Name is Santa.

See Spot Run's song Lucy was included on the Canada Games Compilation CD and was played during national broadcasts of the games. The Canada Games took place in CornerBrook, NFLD on February 1999.

"Weightless" the band's second album was written in six weeks at Chris' brothers house in Winnipeg. Gary Moffett worked with the band again on the album. The title track Weightless was written in fifteen minutes and was inspired by a can of hairspray. The bands first single and title track Weightless flew up the charts and hit top ten. It then earned the title of being the first ever single by an independent band/label to crack the top ten in BDS (Broadcast data systems) chart history.(August 1999) (BDS is a national radio spins based chart) Weightless stayed on the rock charts for over six months.

A remix version of Weightless then screamed up the Canadian CHR chart in just eight weeks reaching number six. The song stayed in the top ten for nine weeks straight.(Nov 30 - 1999 to Feb 9 2000)

Within months, See Spot Run had claimed two top ten hits, Weightless and Terrified and had videos added to Much Music and Musique Plus.

The french remix Decoller hit#1 on the Quebec pop/rock charts in January 2000.

They were the first band to launch an album at Toronto's Air Canada Centre. They launched Weightless on May 3, 1999. They sang both the Canadian and American National anthems at the opening ceremonies when the Toronto Raptors took on the Miami Heat at the Air Canada Centre on January 28, 2000. After launching the CD and the new video with a live webcast from the Air Canada Centre, the new single hit the Canadian singles chart.

See Spot Run started to break into the USA. 15 American radio stations in the Mid-west has already added "Weightless"

In March 2000, the band received the Factor Breakthrough Award for most radio airplay by a new artist as well as the Wire Magazine Concert Of The Year Award that was voted in by the public.

In September 2000 it was announced that Reggie Bennett was leaving the band due to personal and family issues. His replacement Bryan James Duffy formerly of the Stone Idols joined shortly after Reggie's departure.

Bryan replaced Reggie and made his first public appearance with SSR at the Peach Festival in Winona, ON. Bryan wrote several new songs with Chris and became a huge success for the band. Bryan decided to take an absence from SSR in December 2003. Justin Bunn replaced Bryan in February 2004 and has made outstanding performances on stage.

Bruce decided to quit the band in April 2002 and rejoined a new band called "The Gooders". Mark Homer replaced Bruce and made his first appearance with the boys in Ottawa. Mark decided to leave the band in 2003 for personal reasons. His replacement is Josh Trager who has shown an excellent example of his drumming skills for the band. Josh joined the band through mutual friends in February 2004.

See Spot Run's new album is on hold as the band searches for that elusive record deal. Meanwhile, several new songs have been wrote and performed on short tours across Ontario.