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Floating Hypodermic Needles The Floating Hypodermic Needles (or FHN) was a Canadian garage rock group that originally consisted of Kevin (Robbie) Roberts (bass guitar, double bass, trombone, vocals), Spence (Sticks) Hingle (drums, guitar, vocals), Garth Stuart (keyboard instruments, piano, saxophones) and William (Billy) Reid (tambourine, bass guitar, vocals). The members of the Floating Hypodermic Needles first came together in 1978 under the name Billy Vegas & The Cooler Kings.

In 1979, they toured and released a single as The Floating Hypodermic Needles. The next year, the group moved to Adelaide, Australia, where they made the informal 1980 recordings that became The Glenelg Beach Tapes, which forged the basis for their 1981 debut album "Murder City". The group began performing officially as the Floating Hypodermic Needles in 1979, and went on to release two studio albums.

The original configuration of the Band ended its touring career in 1984. The Band recommenced touring in 1983 without vocalist Billy Reid, who had left the group to attend Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. Following a 1983 show, Kevin Roberts was found dead of suspicious causes later to be ruled a suicide, but the remaining two members continued to tour and record albums before Spence Hingle died of a drug overdose in 1984, after which the group broke up for good. .

in 1997, Zeal magazine ranked them No. 89 on their list of the 100 Greatest Bands You Never Heard Of and "Driving 401" was ranked the 489th best song of all time in Canadian Music Magazine's 500 Greatest Canadian Content Songs of All Time list. __NOINDEX__ __NEWSECTIONLINK__