current_members years_active influences label article_title past_members background genre origin name
dave jonasson berthiaume rejean ricard rod slaughter sean stevens jack 1999 & ndash ; 2010 the billy joel who the beatles elvis costello teenage fanclub xtc mint novillero
 rusty matyas grant johnson scott hildebrandt roberta dempster group_or_band indie rock , pop winnipeg , manitoba , canada novillero
novillero

novillero is a canadian indie pop band formed in 1999 in winnipeg , manitoba .
their musical style has been dubbed `` mod-pop '' .
novillero formed in 1999 out of the ashes of winnipeg lounge pop darlings transonic , picking up rod slaughter -lrb- duotang -rrb- , dave berthiaume -lrb- bulletproof nothing -rrb- , and rusty matyas -lrb- the waking eyes -rrb- along the way .
this lineup released `` the brindleford follies '' on endearing records , toured moderately in support of its release , and then ground to a halt early in 2002 .
after nearly a year apart , slaughter , stevens , berthiaume and matyas reunited to play a one-off show with new songs .
the music then was heading in a new direction , relying less on spacey psychedelia and more on keyboard-driven pop hooks while retaining enough of their mod influence to bridge the gap .
they added grant johnson when matyas scaled back his input to focus on the waking eyes -lrb- who had just signed a record deal with arnold lanni 's new label coalition records -rrb- .
jack jonasson , formerly of the paperbacks , began playing live shows as a vocalist and instrumentalist formally in 2007 .
`` the globe and mail '' 's music critic hailed the band 's 2005 show at the winnipeg folk festival as one of the best canadian rock concerts of the year .
novillero has been featured on numerous tv shows including `` monk '' and `` eureka '' .
in `` monk '' , novillero appears in the season 5 episode `` mr. monk goes to a rock concert '' and they play the songs `` the laissez-faire system '' and `` gaining ground/losing sight '' .
in season 1 , episode 6 of `` eureka '' the band can be heard playing a cover of barry mcguire 's `` eve of destruction '' .
in season 2 , episode 10 `` the art of carrying on '' , a track off of `` aim right for the holes in their lives '' was featured .
