Down with Webster
{{Infobox musical artist
| Name = Down with Webster
| Background = group_or_band
| Origin = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| Genre = Hip Hop / Progressive music
| Label = Universal Motown - Universal Music
| URL = http://www.downwithwebster.com/
| Current_members = Bucky (Vocals)
Pat (Vocals & Guitars)
Cam (Vocals)
Tyler (Bass & Keys)
Marty (Drums)
Kap (Hype Man)
Diggy (DJ)
}}
Down with Webster or DWW is a 7 man hip hop/progressive music band from The Beaches area of Toronto, Canada who signed with Universal Motown in April 2009. The group consists of Bucky and Cam on Vocals, Pat on Vocals & Guitars, Tyler on Bass and Keyboards, Marty on Drums, Kap as the Hype Man and Diggy as the DJ. During live shows the band occasionally uses a three piece horn section.
History
In 2008, DWW won the Rogers Mobile/Universal Music best unsigned artist in Canada award and in 2009 both KISS front man Gene Simmons and Timbaland expressed interest in signing the band to their respective labels. According to Timbaland, "That group is the most amazing and creative, innovative group that’s going to come out in 2010."[1].
The band's debut mini-album Time to Win Vol. 1 was released on October 6, 2009, and the single "Rich Girl$" debuted on the Canadian Hot 100 at #47 for the week of October 24, 2009, and had risen to #26 for the issue of November 21.[2] The track debuted at #37 on the Canadian BDS All-Format Airplay Chart.[3]
Discography
- 2007: Down With Webster
- 2009: Time To Win, Vol. 1
Footnotes
- ^ Down with Webster’s Time To Win, Vol. I in Stores Today Business Wire, October 6, 2009
- ^ Canadian Hot 100 Week of November 21, 2009 Billboard.com Retrieved: October 23, 2009
- ^ Canada All-Format National Airplay Issue Date:10/31/2009 Neilsen BDS Radio Retrieved: October 23, 2009