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Lungbutter are a Canadian band, from Regina, Saskatchewan. They formed in 1996, and released three full-length albums between 1997 and 2002.

The members are influenced by a great many musicians and genres; styles include rock, experimental, jazz, polka, comedy, metal, ska, folk and electronic (among others), so coming up with a definitive genre is a somewhat challenging task. On their website, the band has referred to themselves as "genre-bending anti-pop".

From 1997 to 2001, the membership was The Reverend Reed Collins (Lead Vocals, Keyboards), Tony A. Ward (Guitar, Background Vocals), John Breno (Guitar, Programming) and Bil Geck (Bass, Background Vocals), with all four members playing a number of additional instruments and toys.

Their first CD, "Available Now" was released in 1997. It should be noted that the album was recorded entirely on a cassette 4-track and contained 37 cuts - including a series of public service announcements spread throughout it.

A CD prize package from the now defunct Saskatchewan Original Music Association led to the band's second release, "What Have They Done This Time" in 1999. Digital recording equipment was used by Lungbutter for the first time on this album, and Saskatchewan-based engineer/producers Joel Grundahl and Mark Schmidt were brought in to help out.

From 2001 to 2002, Breno elected to play drums, leaving Ward as the sole guitarist in the group.

In April of 2002, the band went on hiatus in the midst of recording their third album, "The Most Hated Band In Town". Between 18 and 20 songs were written for the project, but chose to release the only 9 that were complete. Regina-area singers Ryan "Zubazz" Read and Michelle Boudreau provided vocals on selected cuts. The title "The Most Hated Band In Town" is an homage to some of the things Lungbutter had heard people say about their band during it's first six years.

During Lungbutter's hiatus, Ward and Geck (by now simply referred to as "Gil") co-hosted "Cranial Explosions" on CJTR, Regina's community radio station. Collins joined the band Hemisynch, and Breno briefly played drums for Dave Lang & The Man Band.

To the surprise of Lungbutter, and their fans, the band placed second on Last.fm's Group's Pixies Palace Artist Of The Year poll in 2007.

Perhaps because of this increase in online interest and support, the band re-formed in 2009, and added keyboardist Dixon Hellas-Difora, making it five piece band. Upon reforming, they chose to add the prefix "Actual" before Lungbutter, in part, to distinguish their work from that of at least five other bands using "Lungbutter" as their name elsewhere on the planet.

In 2011, bassist Gil left the band for personal reasons, and lead vocalist Reed Collins moved his family to Ontario for employment purposes - these departures temporarily shelved plans for a new album being written at the time, but recently the remaining members are back to writing.

Discography

 * Available Now (1997)
 * What Have They Done THIS Time? (1999)
 * The Most Hated Band In Town (2002)