Playhouse has been played on NTS in shows including Moxie , featured first on 12 February 2020. Songs played include You Feel Music (Club Vox).

Various artists with the name of Playhouse:

1) Jittery garage pop that's funk-tinged and even slightly psychedelic.

2) Vocal & Trumpet & Composer & Lyrics : Cana Çankaya

3) A minimal shoegaze side project

4) PlayHouse: Formed in 1987, five high school friends set out to be the biggest rock band to ever come out of Canada.

5) Indie/Alternative from Liverpool, UK.

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1) - The Band: Eric Haugesag (How' guh sog) sings, plays the guitar, writes all the songs. He's 25, but looks 12, except for a world-weariness that's somehow crept into his eyes. He comes from a very musical family; he learned to play bass before he could even pick it up. The first song he wrote included lyrics like "Your wife is gaudy/And her doggy's naughty". He ties his showlaces different from anyone else in the world.

Chris Nygaard (Nye' guard) plays bass. He's 22, but he too looks younger. He began playing bass right out of high school. This is his first band He met Eric when he went to school with his brother. Chris thinks Playhouse should be Rock Gods by now. They will be.

Stefan (Ste' fan) Sarles is the drummer. He's 23. He also looks younger than that, but not too much because he's so tall. He's known Eric since nursery school, although they weren't friends unitl later. He was in bands in Madison, Wisconsin, where he went to college. Now he 's in law school.

The Band's Sound: Stefan's arms whirl all over the place, creating maniacally paced drum rhythms. Chris' melodic bass lines keep right up with the pace, whiel Eric's guitar creates a noisy, frenzied overlay that never lets up. the resultant sound is alternately furious and delicate; songs ebb and flow, bounce, rage, and float. Jittery garage pop that's funk-tinged and even slightly psychedelic. No joke tunes for this band, their songs are about things like the atrophied state of the music scene, nuclear holocaust, and how people treat each other, and sung in Eric's hoarse vocals. Eric listened to a lot of jazz while growing up, but he's more influenced by the structure and logic of it than the sound. He's influenced by everything he hears, even bad bands, because they inspire him to be better than them.

The Band's History (according to The Label): The band formed in December of 1985, although Eric and Stefan had jammed together years before that. In April, 1986 they played their first gig, on Stefan's birthday, at Club Degenerate in the Seventh Street Entry. They were asked back right away, and the next month they opened two shows for the Meat Puppets. That fall they saved their pennies and recorded an 8-track demo tape with Dave Pirner from Soul Asylum producing. Pirner also co-produced the debut EP, with the band's soundman Terry Karkanen. This is Pirner's first crack at producing.

The Band's History (according to The Band): "In order to have a biography you must first have a past. Playhouse has no past, we're as innocent as a little puppy. Just Wait."

2) - Vocal & Trumpet & Composer & Lyrics : Cana Çankaya Dj : Ercan Erbas Guitar & Arangements : Tuna Hizmetli Bass : Sinan Öktem

3) - "Playhouse" was also a minimal shoegaze sideproject by a member of Lorna. It released at least one song (christmas story) on a compilation of christmas songs and on the old mp3.com.

4) - Formed in 1987, five high school friends set out to be the biggest rock band to ever come out of Canada. With a reputation for their high energy shows and big anthems, they quickly began filling every club & theater that they played. The band was destined for global success, selling thousands of copies of their two EP's; 1988's "Little Monster" and 1990's "Tongue Tied & Twisted!.” Just like so many bands in the early 90’s, the success that seemed to be theirs for the taking never fully manifested and after almost a decade of decadence and steady touring in support of such bands as Extreme, Killer Dwarfs, Lee Aaron and Harem Scarem, the band decided to call it quits. It was an end of an era………but some things never fully come to an end.

Fast forward to 2016 - the band reunites and enters the studio with veteran producer and guitarist of Slaves on Dope; Kevin Jardine, to record new songs. In 2017, for the 1st time in 25 years, Playhouse returned to the stage with a sold out comeback show in Montreal, Canada. Many high profile shows followed, including opening slots for The Dead Daisies, L.A. Guns, Buckcherry, Dizzy Reed's Hookers & Blow, Helix, and Warrior Soul. The band also releases their first album "The Rock N' Roll Circus" to critical acclaim in 2018 and followed that up with a single and video, “Revolution Tonight,” in 2020!

The band has just signed a Worldwide Record deal with US label RFL Records and have completed their new album, “Dancing at Funerals,

Canadian rockers Playhouse consisting of lead vocalist Peter Cat, bassist Danny Williams, guitarists KK and Eric “Freak” Westergard, and drummer Sam Harrison have unveiled their latest EP Broken And The Damned, which was released via RFL Entertainment on February 14, 2025.

https://www.rockwithplayhouse.com

5) - Back in the 1990's PLAYHOUSE were Liverpool's premiere honey souled indie rock band (NME, 1997). They had a devoted following around the country after supporting the likes of Sleater Kinney, Unwound, Penthouse, Pavement, Sebadoh, Feeder and Gary Numan. With three 7" singles under their belt and support from the NME and John Peel, the band were due to record their debut album until disaster struck when the drummer, Simon, broke his leg in a bizarre incident.

Simon later went on to play with the rock band - Black Spiders and now performs under the name of Blobb Ross.

Singer and guitarist Pete continues to write, over a 1000 songs at this point. He is Liverpool's most prolific and enigmatic figure, writing some of the most beautiful songs around.

Bassist Jason went on to perform with Mugstar, Sex Swing, Klamp, Dømes, Twin Sister & JAAW and runs God Unknown Records.

'Dynamo' (https://godunknownrecords.bandcamp.com/album/dynamo) compiles the three singles they released, alongside some outtakes, including a cover of Sebadoh's 'It's So Hard To Fall in Love'.