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George Hepplewhite

George Hepplewhite (1727? – 21 June 1786) was a cabinetmaker. He is regarded as having been one of the "big three" English furniture makers of the 18th century, along with Thomas Sheraton and Thomas Chippendale. There are no pieces of furniture made by Hepplewhite or his firm known to exist but he gave his name to a distinctive style of light, elegant furniture that was fashionable between about 1775 and 1800 and reproductions of his designs continued through the following centuries. One characteristic that is seen in many of his designs is a shield-shaped chair back, where an expansive shield appeared in place of a narrower splat design.

Life and work
Very little is known about Hepplewhite himself. Some established sources list no birth information; however a "George Hepplewhite" was born in 1727 in Ryton, County Durham, England. According to some sources, he served his apprenticeship with Gillows in Lancaster, but the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography is sceptical about this. He was also a member of the London Society of CabinetMakers.

He based himself in London, where he opened a shop. After he died in 1786, the business was continued by his widow, Alice. In 1788 she published a book with about 300 of his designs, The Cabinet Maker and Upholsterers Guide, with two further editions published in 1789 and 1790. It was not until years after his death that his designs started to receive recognition. While some have attempted to attribute the furniture design to his wife Alice, there is no evidence that she was the original creative force behind the work beyond her publication of the reference guide after his death.

With contemporaries such as Thomas Chippendale producing pieces in a variety of styles, Hepplewhite's famed style is more easily identifiable. Hepplewhite produced designs that were slender, more curvilinear in shape and well balanced. There are some characteristics that hint at a Hepplewhite design, such as shorter more curved chair arms, straight legs, shield-shape chair backs, all without carving. The design would receive ornamentation from paint and inlays used on the piece.

The book influenced cabinet makers and furniture companies for several generations. The work of these generations influenced in turn copies of the original designs and variants of them through the 19th and 20th centuries.

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Barisan Alternatif

The Barisan Alternatif (BA, lit. Alternative Front) was a coalition of Malaysian opposition parties, formed as a counterweight to the ruling Barisan Nasional. Disbanded after the 2004 general elections, all 4 former component parties of BA (then 3, after a merger of 2 of the parties) have formed a new coalition, Pakatan Rakyat, following the 2008 general elections.

Formation
The impetus for the BA's formation was 20 September 1998 arrest and subsequent conviction of former UMNO deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim, who had been fired from his government posts and subsequently became the leader of the Reformasi movement against UMNO. On 24 October 1999, the four largest opposition parties—the Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS), the Democratic Action Party (DAP), the People's Justice Party (Keadilan) and the Malaysian People's Party – announced an electoral alliance and issued a joint manifesto.

In the 1999 general elections, the BA co-operated to contest only one candidate in each constituency. The big winner was PAS, which captured the states of Kelantan and Terengganu and increased its parliamentary seats from 7 to 27. DAP increased its share from 7 to 10 but with two of its most prominent leaders, Lim Kit Siang and Karpal Singh losing their constituencies. This disappointing performance was blamed mostly on its largely Chinese electorate's distrust of the alliance with PAS. The newly formed Keadilan, crippled by the detention of many of its leaders, took only 5 seats. The Barisan Nasional retained a 77% absolute majority with 148 of 193 seats.

Fragmentation
From the very beginning, the alliance had been strained by PAS's unwillingness to publicly renounce its aim of making Malaysia an Islamic state, a position that was anathema to Malaysia's 30% non-Muslim minority.

However, the strain increased after PAS's election victory and the minority parties' realisation that they were losing votes to the fear of an Islamic state. Shortly after the 11 September attacks, the DAP announced its withdrawal from the Barisan Alternatif on 21 September 2001.

The split has led to infighting between the opposition parties in the 2004 general election. As they could not agree in the allocation of seats in each state, many seats had multiple contestants. Ties between Keadilan and PAS were also strained, as was evident in PAS' refusal to support Parti Rakyat Malaysia's bid in the Kota Bharu parliamentary seat.

Legacy
By the 2008 general election however, the main opposition parties has realigned themselves to strategically avoid three-corner contests in the election, eventually leading to a major electoral setback for Barisan Nasional. This alliance was partly due to the PAS's softened approach prior to the elections by focusing on economic issues, criticising BN for dissolving parliament during the Lunar New Year period, and fielding its first non-Muslim candidate. Anwar Ibrahim's role as a highly influential opposition figurehead and his efforts to rally the various opposition parties also helped. Formal resurrection of Barisan Alternatif may take place given the resounding victory which has resulted from the allocation pact between PAS, DAP and PKR.

Pakatan Rakyat
On 1 April 2008, the leaders of PKR, DAP and PAS announced the new official alliance of Pakatan Rakyat (People's Pact). Together the three parties won 82 of the 222 parliamentary seats at stake in the 2008 Malaysian general election.

Component Parties

 * Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS)
 * Democratic Action Party (DAP)
 * People's Justice Party (PKR)
 * Malaysian People's Party (PRM)

Elected Representatives

 * Members of the Dewan Rakyat, 10th Malaysian Parliament
 * List of Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (1999–2004)
 * Members of the Dewan Rakyat, 11th Malaysian Parliament
 * List of Malaysian State Assembly Representatives (2004–08)

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Charles Voysey

Charles Voysey may refer to:

 * Charles Voysey (theist) (1828–1912), English Anglican priest
 * C. F. A. Voysey (Charles Francis Annesley Voysey, 1857–1941), English architect and furniture and textile designer
 * Charles Cowles-Voysey (1889–1981), architect and son of the above

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Olorus

Olorus was the name of a king of Thrace. His daughter Hegesipyle married the Athenian statesman and general Miltiades, who defeated the Persians at the Battle of Marathon in 490 BC.

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User:Sparky

Sherlock Holmes, Japan, and comics are part of my range of interests.

I've been involved with Neal Stephenson's Quicksilver Wiki since September 2003. Sadly, it’s disappeared. I’m expanded into Nerf and 3-D printing.

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Talk:Wyandot people

Iroquois of the Haudenosaunee
Correct me if I'm wrong, I think the terms Iroquois and Haudenosaunee are interchangeable, so it's tautology to write "Iroquois of the Haudenosaunee" — Preceding unsigned comment added by 138.73.8.227 (talk) 19:36, 23 March 2013 (UTC)

 * Haudenosaunee is what they call themselves. Every tribe has what the French or English named them and their true name they went by before that time period. 2605:A601:AAD6:5000:C82B:ACA3:1135:FD5 (talk) 01:26, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

Clans or tribes?
"The Petun nation, the tribes who lived around Georgian Bay in southern-central Ontario, were further divided into Bear, Cord, Deer, and Rock tribes." - it seems to me based on what I know of the Iroquois proper that these would have been *clans*, not tribes, but I am certainly no expert... Anyone got a reference? Brianski 21:24, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * The history of these people is complex and hard to summarize in a short encyclopedia article. There is a very good analysis of the interrelationships of the languages and tribes in the article by John Steckley, which I added as a source.  Briefly, these people were beaten by the Anishinabek to the North, the Iroquois (Hadenosaunee) to the south and east, the French and then the English.  The English and Iroquois pretty well finished them off.  Many were assimilated by the Iroquois, others were displaced to the east (Quebec) and south (Kansas and Oklahoma).

 * Note that Steckley says that it is unclear as to whether the Bear, Rock, Cord and Deer were clans, moitees or tribes. He uses "tribes," so I went with that. Sunray 07:45, 2003 Dec 8 (UTC)

 * Oh, heh, yeah I read that article just a few minutes ago, before I saw your response. Since it talks about a Huron "Bear tribe" I must be wrong. Nevermind me :)! Brianski 21:51, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
 * Those would be clans or groups of that tribe that fled together to other tribes. 2605:A601:AAD6:5000:C82B:ACA3:1135:FD5 (talk) 01:27, 20 September 2023 (UTC)
 * I am from the Wolf Clan and am a Wyandotte citizen. This is how I know. All this information is passed down from ancestors and our tribal nation. 2605:A601:AAD6:5000:C82B:ACA3:1135:FD5 (talk) 01:29, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

Wyandots in 18th century Ohio country
Discussion relating to Colonel William Crawford and the Crawford expedition moved to Talk:William Crawford (soldier)

Meaning of Hure
"the name referred to a hure, the rough-haired head of wild boars". Hure also means the nose of the boars. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.82.36.55 (talk • contribs), 21 February 2006

Origins of the word 'Huron'
The article states that it was Gabrielle Lalemant who proposed that the word originated in the French 'hure'. I think you will find that in the Relation of 1639, it is Jérôme Lalemant who writes of a French soldier seeing the hair fashion of a Wendat: ‘[T]his fashion of wearing the hair making their heads look to him like those of boars [hures], led him to call these barbarians “Hurons;” and this is the name that has clung to them ever since.’ (Reuben Gold Thwaites, 'The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents.' Vol. 16, pp 229 - 231.

 * You are probably right. This online source speaks of three different Lalemant working for the Jesuit order.

 * http://www.wyandot.org/lalemant.htm

 * The three could have easily been mixed up. I originally wrote "Father Lalemant". Someone must have added the first name later on. We would have to look at the article's revision history. For sure however, it is Gabriel and not Gabrielle. The first is masculin, the second feminin. :-) -- Mathieugp

Tobacco
Re: removal of growing tobacco text -- I think tobacco was grown that far north, but I can't remember the source of info offhand. Tobacco was grown in England in the 1600s, brought from the New World, until the practice was outlawed for the benefit of Virginia. If I remember, I'll look for a source when I have better acccess. Pfly 03:11, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Toujours les Hurons
There is high probability that the Frenchman's reference to the boar-like appearance of these Indians was directly related to their hair. The first Indians observed by the Missionaries and settlers were often scouts that commonly were engaged in hand-to-hand skirmishes. As a matter of protection, long hair was a liability. The cropped stripe down the middle was proof of virility without the easy grab. Dixonsnt 22:19, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Image; Hairdress
The article could use some paintings or photos of the Wyandot. A magazine I read in the 1960's showed Wyandot warriors wearing hairdresses made of stag antlers. Did the artist invent this or does it have a historical factual basis? Das Baz, aka Erudil 19:12, 5 January 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree that the article, like many others, would be improved by the presence of images, but why do they have to be images of stereotypical romantic "warrior" or "shaman" figures from the past? The Wyandot are a living culture, personally I'd like to see images that capture the Wyandot people and places as they exist today. cheers Deconstructhis (talk) 20:57, 5 January 2009 (UTC)

Okay, let's compromise. Let's have images both of the old Wyandot, shamans and warriors, and the modern Wyandot, as they are today. Das Baz, aka Erudil 21:21, 6 January 2009 (UTC)

Algonquin or Iroquois?
I studied that they were the only Algonquin non Iroquoian farming group on the st. Lawrence river Zakster22` (talk) 20:11, 17 December 2009 (UTC)

 * You evidently misunderstood or have confused Hurons/Wyandots with a different group. —Kevin Myers 21:27, 21 December 2009 (UTC)

Disambiguation
Should there also be a Wyandot (disambiguation) page to list all the articles with this or similar names (Wyandotte)? Ruhrfisch ><> ° ° 03:13, 28 January 2010 (UTC)
 * see for example Huron (disambiguation) Ruhrfisch ><> ° ° 03:37, 28 January 2010 (UTC)

Primary source
The following was dropped into the middle of the article. Perhaps a more knowledgeable editor can integrate it into the article?

Death Notice from the State's Advocate, Milton Pennsylvania published 8 February 1827"Died - at Upper Sandusky, on Tuesday the 2nd of January, the celebrated Chief of the Wyandot Nation, BETWEEN-THE-LOGS. He was eminent for his eloquence and the conspicuous relation he held to the Nation as their Chief Speaker. He lived and died a friend to the American government. He was the first that embraced religion among his brethren and the nation: from his firm piety he was appointed leader and afterward exhorter in the Methodist E. Church, in each of these, as every other station, he filled with dignity and faithfulness. He died in full triumph of the Christian faith and with his last breath declared the goodness of God." {State's Advocate 8 February 1827}

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Mantle Site, Whitchurch–Stouffville, Ontario
Hard to understand why there is no reference of any kind to the very large 15th century Huron village, called the "Mantle Site", excavated in 2012 near Whitchurch–Stouffville in Ontario. If it is true that this is the biggest Huron village ever discovered, does it not merit the title 'national capital', and thus mention here on the Huron Wikipedia page? (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantle_Site,_Wendat_(Huron)_Ancestral_Village) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.243.152.118 (talk) 23:44, 26 April 2015 (UTC)

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Slight Confusion
I ought to point out that this article seems to largely pertain to what is now the Huron-Wyandot Nation, not really to any of the historic groups who made them up. Below are a few things I've been able to discover that I think ought to be addressed. Sorry about the amount of info, but I think it's important to address it all.

 * The Wyandot are one of the most famous tribes associated with the Cleveland region of Ohio & the Cleveland museum hosts many artifacts from their time.
 * The Wyandot were apparently caught up in the move of tribes in Ohio getting pushed continuously west by white settlers during the 18th & 19th centuries. They eventually ended up in Michigan & appear to have chosen to move to Canada, where they merged with the Huron, after the War of 1812.
 * You can see in this article here, http://genealogytrails.com/ohio/early_indian_migration_in_ohio.htm, (I've had trouble getting people to pay attention to it, but it's a transcription of a speech from an Archaeology convention & Ohio has a history of the experts seeming to know far more than the general public & not appearing to be aware of that.) that the Wyandot seem to have split off from the Petun, who fractured during the Beaver Wars. A third nation noted by West Virginia historians as the Tiontatacaga, or Guiandotte, also appeared & it seems the name Wyandot was a variation on that. This suggests that they were known to be connected in some way, despite being separated from one another by the unsettled Mahoning Valley of Ohio-Pennsylvania. Also, this map, https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3300.ct000656/ , notes a group called the Kentatentonga, who may be the same as the Tiontatacaga, as they come from the approximate region the Tiontatacaga claim to have been chased away from & are also marked as "Destruit," or destroyed-- this being exactly between the lands of the Wyandot & Petun.

You can also find a great deal of information on the previous point under the Other Historic Groups section here-- [] & under the Monongahelan section (including info explicitly concerning the Huron, on their own) here-- Prehistory_of_West_Virginia Annoyingly, there used to be more relevant information on the Tiontatacaga, but it seems to have vanished from the page(s) during revisions. Note, please don't change anything on either of these pages. They are, presumably, kept to hold together relevant archaeological & historical information that is important as archaeological sites are, apparently, endangered in the regions of West Virginia & Kentucky & I have not seen a more complete record for any other states in the U.S. on wikipedia.

 * I do realize that villages not belonging to the Petun have been found on the U.S. side of the Niagara River. I have heard that the Neutral Nation had two villages close to Niagara Falls that gave them control over the resources there & a fair edge in the regional economy-- but only two. Again, I believe the rest of the region between the Genesee, Alleghany & Cuyahoga Rivers belonged to the Petun until the tribe split. We also know for a fact that the New York Petun migrated to Canada & merged with the Huron, who may have moved west at the exact same time & they are often depicted as separate tribes around the end of the 17th century, post Beaver Wars.
 * I don't know whether the Huron tribe was named so first, or Lake Huron, but a lot of early maps show Lakes Michigan & Huron collectively referred to as Lake Michigan. [] So, I would have to guess the tribe's name came first.
 * The Huron keep being labeled as one of the most numerous Iroquoian nations that existed. The largest archaeological sites for Iroquoian peoples were found north of Lake Ontario & along the north side of the St. Lawrence River, so I would have to say that that is them.
 * I don't know if this helps, but in the Cayuga Dictionary, there is a reference to a tribe called the "Lake People," or (I don't have it in front of me, so bear in mind) Kanandaghono. They aren't mentioned alongside the other tribes in the back of the dictionary, but you can find the term if you look up the word for "Lake" in the English-Cayuga section. I feel fairly certain that these are the Huron, or whatever tribe was north of Lake Ontario. That probably means that they are also the mythical Canada Nation.
 * There is some speculation that the Huron & Neutral Nation attacked the Mascouten . I don't think that's true & I believe that the Iroquoian group who came from the Lake Huron-Detriot River region who helped the Neutrals in that war were actually the Erie. A few people say the war occurred during the 1730s, which is not contemporaneous with the Beaver Wars & the Mascouten are already noted as being chased out of Michigan by 1688 & existing much further south. [] In fact, trying to make all of this make sense, I'm almost positive that that conflict actually started the Beaver Wars to begin with, not the Huron attacking the Petun. If the information in the Ohio genealogy page is correct, it appears that the war continued on into the Petun because they may have harbored the Ontario from the combined Erie & Neutral forces. By the way, the Neutrals were also called Attawaderon, & you can also see a similar term named on the Baptiste map that I noted in point 3. Plus, the Cat Nation, or Eries, are also mentioned in the oral histories of the Ojibwe/ Odawa/ Saulteaux & were published in the book "Johnson, Basil "The Manitous: The Spiritual World of the Ojibway". 1995." It does not mention where they came from or who they were, but given other information, it seems fairly obvious. Plus, Cat/ Chat has become an accepted term for them on their Wiki page, []

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 * Finally, I know the current model of the Huron's involvement in the Beaver Wars dictates that they attacked the Petun, spawned the Wyandot & migrated west all at once. I find this unlikely that they would attack such a small territory that was separated from them by the Neutral Nation & would be difficult to keep ahold of, or that they would then abandon the Wyandot to their fate & move to protect the Petun whom they had just attacked. Plus, there had to be a reason territory was abandoned to allow them to move west in the first place.

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Relationship among groups
Is the following correct?

Iroquoian peoples
 * Wyandot people
 * Also known as the Huron.
 * Originally from the North American Great Lakes region.
 * Iroquoian-speaking peoples.
 * Displaced by war in the mid-17th century from the North Country, especially by the powerful Five Nations of the Iroquois League.
 * Huron Confederacy (or Wendat Confederacy)
 * A confederation of four major tribes: Bear, Deer, Hawk, and Wolf.
 * Attignawantan: A tribe within the Huron-Wendat Confederacy.
 * Tionontati (or Tobacco/Petun): Historically known as the Tobacco people, allies of the Huron-Wendat, lived in the Blue Mountains area.
 * Battled against the Iroquois Confederacy.

 * Iroquois Confederacy
 * Also known as the Five Nations or Haudenosaunee.
 * Iroquoian-speaking group.
 * Comprising the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and later the Tuscarora tribes.
 * Displaced the Wyandot from the North Country in the mid-17th century.

Algonquian peoples Brett (talk) 14:30, 17 September 2023 (UTC)
 * A large linguistic and cultural group of Native Americans.
 * Includes tribes such as the Mi'kmaq, Blackfeet, and Cheyenne.
 * Algonquian-speaking group.

 * Nice! I like your style here with the bullet points. Yes. These are correct. There is different dialects that we speak of Iroquois, Wyandotte/Wendat/Waⁿdat, being Northern Lake Iroquoian.
 * -Wolf Clan member, Wyandotte Citizen 2605:A601:AAD6:5000:8473:2F60:8DD4:B6B4 (talk) 01:38, 20 September 2023 (UTC)

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Death in Vegas

Death in Vegas are an English electronic music group, for which Richard Fearless serves as frontman. The band was formed in 1994 by Fearless and Steve Hellier and signed to Concrete Records under the name of Dead Elvis. Owing to an Irish record label of the same name, Dead Elvis became the title of their first album instead.

Dead Elvis
The band's debut, Dead Elvis (1997), used a blend of musical genres. Most of the tracks are mainly based in electronic dance music. Shortly after the release of the album, Hellier left the band and was replaced by Tim Holmes, who had already been involved with mixing and engineering tracks on the album.

The Contino Sessions
The band's second album, The Contino Sessions (1999), marked a slight change in direction with more attention to live instrumentation than their first and the inclusion of guest vocalists (including Dot Allison, Bobby Gillespie, Iggy Pop, and Jim Reid). Although predominantly rock-influenced, the album still retained some electronic elements, in particular the opening track, "Dirge", with its drum machine-based rhythm track. "Dirge" was featured on a Levi's jeans commercial, as well as the second installment of The Blair Witch Project, and was used in the trailer for the 2006 film The Black Dahlia. The song was also used in the trailer for the 2013 film Cheap Thrills and used in the 2001 film Disco Pigs, at the end of the 2009 remake of The Last House on the Left, near the end of the Being Human episode "The Longest Day", and in the second episode of season two of Misfits. Along with "Aisha" (with vocals from Iggy Pop), "Dirge" helped the band gain more recognition, culminating in a Mercury Music Prize nomination in 2000. "Dirge" was the subject of a lawsuit by the band Five or Six, as it borrowed extensively from their song "Another Reason". The matter was settled with Five or Six receiving a writing credit. "Aisha" was a top 10 hit in the UK and also featured in the PlayStation 2 title Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec.

Scorpio Rising
In September 2002, the band released their third album, Scorpio Rising, after almost a three-year gap. During their time off, the band had toured and briefly returned to their techno roots with the track "Scorpio", which, although not appearing on any album, was included as the B-side of "Hands Around My Throat", the first single from Scorpio Rising. Scorpio Rising takes its name from the cult avant-garde film of the same name by Kenneth Anger. The lyrics of the title track (featuring vocals from Liam Gallagher) reflected the controversial nature of Anger's film. It also borrowed extensively from Status Quo's "Pictures of Matchstick Men". The matter was settled once again with Francis Rossi receiving a writing credit. It also continued to attract attention from advertisers and filmmakers with "Hands Around My Throat" being used in a Sony Ericsson advert and appearing on the soundtrack to The Animatrix, while the track "Girls" was used on the soundtracks to Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation and Angela Robinson's D.E.B.S., as well as in an episode of the TV show Veronica Mars and a commercial for BBC's most recent production of Sense and Sensibility. This was their last studio album for Concrete Records. Concrete released a best-of album, entitled Milk It, in 2004.

Satan's Circus
Death in Vegas set up their own label, Drone Records, and released their fourth album, Satan's Circus, in 2004.

The melody of Kraftwerk's "Trans-Europe Express" and "Kometenmelodie 2" are featured in the tracks "Zugaga" and "Kontroll" respectively. Unlike the previous two albums, Satan's Circus did not feature any guest vocalists. The album was also released as a limited edition double pack including a live CD, recorded on the Scorpio Rising tour at the Brixton Academy, London.

Oasis album production
In late December 2003 Death in Vegas was hired by Oasis to produce some tracks on their sixth album Don't Believe the Truth at Sawmills Studios in Cornwall.

Trans-Love Energies
The band released their fifth studio album, Trans-Love Energies, on 26 September 2011 in the UK. The album featured vocals by Katie Stelmanis of Austra and Richard Fearless.

Transmission
Death in Vegas' sixth studio album was released on 27 May 2016 on Fearless's Drone Records label, featuring vocals by writer and sex symbol Sasha Grey. The former Throbbing Gristle members Chris & Cosey remixed "Consequences of love"—a Transmission song performed and composed by Grey and Fearless—and in 2017 Michael Mayer adapted the Chris & Cosey remix in his DJ-Kicks album. Vice described Transmission as an "EBM-inspired romp through the darker edges of the sleazier clubs in the nightlife spectrum". In a cameo appearance DJ Harvey plays "Consequences of love" in the rave party at the Grand Palais scene of Mission: Impossible – Fallout.

Current members

 * Richard Fearless - producer, writer, electronics (1994–present)

Former members

 * Tim Holmes - co-production, engineering, mixing (1996–2004)
 * Steve Helier - co-production, engineering, mixing (1994–1999)
 * Ian Button - guitar (1996–2011)
 * Terry Miles - keyboards (2002–2004)
 * Danny Hammond - guitar (2002–2004)
 * Seamus Beaghen - keyboards (1996–2002)
 * Mat Flint - bass (1996–2005, 2011)
 * Dave Neale - drums (2011)
 * Dominic Keane - bass (2011)
 * Simon Hanson (Squeeze, Planet Funk) - drums (1998–2004)

Compilation albums

 * Back to Mine Vol. 16 (January 2004) as part of the Back to Mine series.
 * Milk It: The Best of Death in Vegas (February 2005)
 * FabricLive.23 (August 2005)
 * The Best of Death in Vegas (October 2007)

Productions

 * Don't Believe the Truth by Oasis (2004)

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Samogitia

Samogitia, often known by its Lithuanian name Žemaitija (Samogitian: Žemaitėjė; see below for alternative and historical names) is one of the five cultural regions of Lithuania and formerly one of the two core administrative divisions of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania alongside Lithuania proper. Žemaitija is located in northwestern Lithuania. Its capital city is Telšiai and the largest city is Šiauliai (located on the border between Samogitia and Aukštaitija). Throughout centuries, Samogitia developed a separate culture featuring diverse architecture, folk costumes, dances, songs, traditions, and a distinct Samogitian language.

Etymology and alternative names
Ruthenian sources mentioned the region as жемотьская земля, Žemot'skaja zemlja; this gave rise to its Polish form, Żmudź, and probably to the Middle High German Sameiten, Samaythen. In Latin texts, the name is usually written as Samogitia, Samogetia, etc. The area has long been known to its residents and to other Lithuanians exclusively as Žemaitija (the name Samogitia is no longer in use within Lithuania and has not been used for at least two centuries); Žemaitija means "lowlands" in Lithuanian. The region is also known in English as Lower Lithuania or, in reference to its Yiddish names, זאַמעט Zamet or זאַמוט Zamut.

Geography
The largest city is Šiauliai (Šiaulē). Telšiai (Telšē) is the capital, although Medininkai (now Varniai; Varnē) was once the capital of the Duchy of Samogitia.

The major cities are (the Samogitian language name, if different, is provided after slash):
 * Šiauliai (Šiaulē) (99,462 inhabitants)
 * Mažeikiai (Mažeikē) (32,477 inhabitants)
 * Tauragė (Tauragie) (21,516 inhabitants)
 * Telšiai (Telšē) (21,294 inhabitants) – considered capital
 * Plungė (Plongė) (16,750 inhabitants)
 * Kretinga (Kretinga) (16,580 inhabitants)
 * Palanga (Palonga) (16,046 inhabitants)

Samogitia is bordered by Lithuania Minor in the south-west, Suvalkija in the south-east, Aukštaitija in the east, and Semigallia and Courland in the north.

Demographics and language
The people of Žemaitija speak Samogitian, a variety of Lithuanian that was previously considered one of three main dialects (modern linguists have determined that it is one of two dialects, the other being the Aukštaitian dialect and that both of these dialects have subdialects each). Samogitian has northern and southern dialects, which are further subdivided. A western dialect once existed in the Klaipėda region, but it became extinct after World War II after its inhabitants fled the region as a result of being expelled or persecuted by the Soviet authorities. During the 15th and 16th centuries, the Samogitians of the Klaipėda region called themselves "Lietuvininkai", whereas at the end of the 19th century when the area, known in German as the Memelland, was part of Prussia (Germany), they were known as "Prūsai". After World War II, the territory of the western subdialect was resettled mainly by northern and southern Žemaičiai and by other Lithuanians. Samogitian has a broken intonation ("laužtinė priegaidė", a variant of a start-firm accent) similar to that of the Latvian language. In 2010, the Samogitian language was assigned with an ISO 639-3 standard language code ("sgs"), as some languages, that were considered by ISO 639-2 to be dialects of one language, are now in ISO 639-3 in certain contexts considered to be individual languages themselves.

Žemaitija is one of the most ethnically homogeneous regions of the country, with an ethnic Lithuanian population exceeding 99.5% in some districts. During the first part of the 19th century, Žemaitija was a major center of Lithuanian culture (Žemaičiai traditionally tended to oppose any anti-Lithuanian restrictions). The local religion is predominantly Roman Catholic, although there are significant Lutheran minorities in the south.

The use of the Samogitian language is decreasing as more people tend to use Lithuanian, although there have been some minor attempts by local councils, especially in Telšiai, to write certain roadside information in Samogitian as well some schools teach children Samogitian in schools.

History
The modern concept of "dialectological" Žemaitija appeared only by the end of the 19th century. The territory of ancient Samogitia was much larger than current ethnographic or "dialectological" Žemaitija and embraced all of central and western Lithuania.

The very term "Samogitians" is a Latinized form of the ancient Lithuanian name for the region's lowlanders, who dwelt in Central Lithuania's lowlands. The original subethnic Samogitia, i.e. Central Lithuania's flat burial grounds culture, was formed as early as the 5th-6th centuries. The western part of historical Žemaitija (before 12th–13th centuries it was inhabited by southern Semigallians and southern Curonians) became ethnically Lithuanian between the 13th and 16th centuries. The primal eastern boundary of historical Samogitia was the Šventoji River (a tributary of the Neris River); in 1387, the Lithuanian ruler (regent of Lithuania for Jogaila) Skirgaila had expanded the territory of Grand Duke's domain in Aukštaitija along the Nevėžis River at the expense of Žemaitija. Because during the 13th through 16th centuries the Teutonic Order and the Livonian Order bordered Žemaitija, it was long threatened by their expansionist aims. As such, the Samogitian territory was offered to these orders, or exchanged in peace treaties, a number of times. Lithuania would then regain Žemaitija during subsequent conflicts. For more than two hundred years, old Samogitia played a central role in Lithuania's wars against the crusading order of the Teutonic Knights (Knights of the Cross and Knights of the Sword). Invasions started in Lithuania in 1229. Combined military forces undertook numerous campaigns against Samogitians and Lithuanians. Saule (1236), Skuodas (1259), Durbe (1260), Lievarde (1261) are just a few of the battles that took place.

Since Žemaitija was the last pagan region in Europe left to be invaded and christened, the Teutonic Order set their sights on this last mission. Between 1345 and 1382, the Knights of the Cross attacked from Prussia some 70 times, while the Livonian Knights of the Sword made 30 military forays. Year after year, fortresses were attacked, farms and crops were put to the torch, women and children enslaved and men killed. Despite all their effort, the Žemaičiai managed to defend their lands until 1410 decisive Battle of Grunwald or Žalgiris, where united Polish-Lithuanian forces defeated the Teutonic Order and ended their crusading era. In the 15th century, Samogitia was the last region in Core Europe to be converted to Christianity. During the 15–18th centuries, it was known as the Duchy or Eldership of Samogitia, which included some territories of what is now considered Aukštaitija and Suvalkija as well. The Duchy of Samogitia was an autonomous administrative unit in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania with some similarities to a voivodeship. In contrast to some other arecoatsas of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the Lithuanian language was intensively used in the Duchy of Samogitia and its nobility throughout the early modern period. This is proven by the letter of Stanisław Radziwiłł to his brother Mikołaj Krzysztof Radziwiłł immediately after becoming the Elder of Samogitia that: "While learning various languages, I forgot Lithuanian, and now I see, I have to go to school again, because that language, as I see, God willing, will be needed."After the partitions of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth in the 18th century, Samogitia was incorporated into the Russian Empire along with the rest of Lithuania. Samogitia was the main source of the Lithuanian cultural revival during the 19th century and was a focal point for the smuggling of books printed in the Lithuanian language, which was banned by the occupying Russians.

In 1883, Edmund Veckenstedt published a book Die Mythen, Sagen und Legenden der Zamaiten (Litauer) (The myths, sagas and legends of the Samogitians (Lithuanians)).

After World War I, Samogitia became a part of the newly re-established Lithuanian state. The Žemaičiai resisted the Bolsheviks and the Bermontians. During World War II, Lithuania was first occupied by the Stalinist Soviet Union in 1940, then in 1941 by Nazi Germany, and in 1944 again by the USSR. The Soviet Union recognized the independence of Lithuania on 6 September 1991. The last Soviet troops withdrew in August 1993.

In 1945, the Soviets denied the existence of the Lithuania Minor ethnographic region, out of political advantage, and declared the Klaipėda region a part of Samogitia.

Tourism
Tourist destinations in Samogitia include Palanga, Kretinga and Žemaičių Kalvarija. The majority of tourists come from Latvia, Poland, Belarus, Russia, Germany, Spain, Finland and Sweden.Palanga is a tourist destination among tourists from the United Kingdom, Germany and Russia.

Žemaičių Kalvarija (or New Jerusalem as it used to be called) is visited by pilgrims from all around the world, due to its annual The Great Žemaičių Kalvarija Church Festival (usually in June or July).

Politics
Samogitia historically was an autonomous region in the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, although it lost this status once Lithuania was annexed by the Russian Empire following the Third Partition of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in 1795 as a part of the Vilnius Governorate. In 1843, Samogitia was incorporated into the Kaunas Governorate, with a minor part attached to the Courland Governorate. Since then, Samogitia has not had a separate political status, but there were attempts to create a separate state during the uprising in February 1831.

Currently, Samogitia is represented by the Samogitian cultural society, a group interested in preserving Samogitian culture and language.

Symbols
The coat of arms depicts a black bear with silver claws and a collar on a red shield topped with a crown. The greater arms are supported by a knight with a sword and a woman with an anchor and has the motto Patria Una (Latin: One Fatherland). The current emblazonment of the arms was created by artist Algis Kliševičius.

The flag of Samogitia depicts the coat of arms on a white background. It is a swallowtail flag. A variant of the flag charged with the greater coat of arms additionally has a red border around the flag.

Both symbols are assumed to have been used for centuries, especially the coat of arms (differing claims assert it was first used in the 14th or 16th centuries). The symbols were used by the Duchy of Samogitia. These are the oldest symbols of the Lithuanian ethnographic regions. On 21 July 1994, these symbols were recognized by the government of Lithuania.

Because Žemaitija (Samogitia) does not correspond to any current administrative division of Lithuania, these symbols are not officially used anymore. However, the Samogitian bear was used in the coats of arms of Šiauliai County and Telšiai County. It also appears on the arms of the city of Šiauliai.

The emblem of the Lithuanian Armed Forces Motorized Infantry Brigade Žemaitija (Samogitia) is the griffin with a sword in his right hand and a shield, which features the Samogitian bear, in his left hand.

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Gilbert Bécaud

François Gilbert Léopold Silly (24 October 1927 – 18 December 2001), known professionally as Gilbert Bécaud, was a French singer, composer, pianist and actor, known as "Monsieur 100,000 Volts" for his energetic performances. His best-known hits are "Nathalie" and "Et maintenant", a 1961 release that became an English language hit as "What Now My Love". He remained a popular artist for nearly fifty years, identifiable in his dark blue suits, with a white shirt and "lucky tie"; blue with white polka dots. When asked to explain his gift he said, "A flower doesn't understand botany." His favourite venue was the Paris Olympia under the management of Bruno Coquatrix. He debuted there in 1954 and headlined in 1955, attracting 6,000 on his first night, three times the capacity. On 13 November 1997, Bécaud was present for the re-opening of the venue after its reconstruction.

Biography
Born in Toulon, France, Bécaud learned to play the piano at a young age, and then went to the Conservatoire de Nice. In 1942, he left school to join the French Resistance during World War II. He began songwriting in 1948, after meeting Maurice Vidalin, who inspired him to write his early compositions. He began writing for Marie Bizet; Bizet, Bécaud and Vidalin became a successful trio, and their partnership lasted until 1950.

In 1952, he married Monique Nicholas. They had three children.

While touring with Jacques Pills as a pianist, Bécaud met Édith Piaf, Pills' wife at the time. He began singing at her suggestion in 1953, with "Mes Mains" and "Les Croix". His first performance came the year after. His hits in the later part of the decade included "La Corrida" (1956), "Le Jour où la Pluie Viendra" (1957), and "C'est Merveilleux L'amour" (1958).

His first hit in the English-speaking world was Jane Morgan's cover version of "Le jour où la pluie viendra" (as "The Day the Rains Came", with English lyrics by Carl Sigman) in 1958. He began acting in the same period, starting with "Le Pays D'où Je Viens" (1956). In 1960, he won a Grand Prix du Disque and composed "L'enfant à L'étoile," a Christmas cantata. That same year, "Let It Be Me", an English version of his "Je t'appartiens", became a hit for the Everly Brothers, followed, over the years, by Bob Dylan, Nina Simone, Elvis Presley, The 5th Dimension, Willie Nelson, Jerry Butler, Sam & Dave and James Brown.

In 1973 he married Kitty Saint-John, with whom he had two children. He died of cancer at the age of 74.

Career from 1960
In 1961, Bécaud wrote and recorded "Et Maintenant", one of the biggest selling singles in French history. Translated as "What Now My Love", the song became a hit by Shirley Bassey, Sonny & Cher, Elvis Presley, Judy Garland, Andy Williams, Herb Alpert and Frank Sinatra.

In 1962, he completed his largest composition, the 2-act opera L'Opéra d'Aran, which was premiered at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées on 25 October 1962 (Georges Prêtre conductor). The plot of the opera takes place on the Aran Islands, off the west coast of Ireland, although Bécaud had never been to Ireland before.

After the opera's performances, he toured Europe and continued recording a string of pop music hits, including "Crois-moi ça durera" and "Tu le regretteras". He also co-wrote "Love on the Rocks" with Neil Diamond, which was featured on the soundtrack of The Jazz Singer and was an international hit. In addition, he co-wrote "September Morn" with Diamond. Other songs he co-wrote with Diamond and are found on the album "The Jazzsinger" are "Summerlove", "On the Robert E. Lee","Hey Louise" and "Songs of Life".

Marlene Dietrich recorded his "Marie, Marie" and performed it in her stage shows.

He wrote the song "Nathalie" to the text by Pierre Delanoë about a female Moscow guide in 1964. Bécaud visited Moscow in 1965 allegedly invited by students. The Czech writer Bohumil Doležal commented that the song described the guide as a KGB officer. A Russian blogger claimed that guides reported to KGB officers. The song was used to soften the image of the Soviet Union, despite Pierre Delanoë's anti-Soviet views.

His song "Seul sur son étoile" became "It Must Be Him" (with English lyrics by Mack David), a hit in 1967 for the American singer Vikki Carr, and the following year another Bécaud song, "L'important c'est la rose" was given an English lyric (by Norman Newell) and became a hit for the British singer Vince Hill under the title "Importance of Your Love".

On 19 June 1968, the American Broadcasting Company aired a half-hour colour special starring Bécaud that had been taped in Saarbrücken. Bécaud performed "Nathalie", "Mademoiselle Lise" and "The Day the Rains Came" and sang a duet with Inge Brück, "Sand and Sea". The programme also featured performances by João Gilberto, Lill Lindfors and Hans Koller.

Bécaud turned his focus more toward touring than recording in the 1970s. An example was his live performance at the festival The Golden Orpheus in June 1971 in Communist Bulgaria. He followed this with some acting work and at last finally took time off in 1973, citing exhaustion. In 1974, he was named Chevalier in the Légion d'honneur. The following year, he scored his one and only entry on the UK Singles Chart with "A Little Love and Understanding", which reached number 10 in the spring. The song also became his first and only chart hit in Australia, reaching number 19 in the winter. Later in the century, he began writing with Pierre Grosz and then Neil Diamond, also penning the Broadway musical Roza with Julian More.

In 1982, he recorded the duet "L'Amour est mort" with Québécoise singer Martine St. Clair at the start of her career.

The 1980s and 1990s, saw a slowdown of Bécaud's activity. He released various compilations and toured occasionally.

On 18 December 2001, he died from lung cancer, aged 74, on his houseboat on the Seine, and was interred in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. Bécaud's song catalogue, running to around 450 songs, is published by BMG Music Publishing.

Bécaud's song "L'Orange" was the featured track in one of the trailers of the movie Léon (aka The Professional) by Luc Besson.

Studio albums

 * 1953 : Gilbert Bécaud et ses chansons
 * 1954 : Young Man of Paris in Moods of Love (recorded in New York)
 * 1955 : Récital N° 1 – Mes grands succès
 * 1956 : Alors raconte
 * 1958 : Salut les copains
 * 1959 : Pilou... Pilou... hé
 * 1961 : Tête de bois
 * 1962 : Le Bateau blanc
 * 1964 : Le Pianiste de Varsovie
 * 1969 : L'Un d'entre eux inventa la mort
 * 1972 : Gilbert raconte et Bécaud chante
 * 1974 : Hier et aujourd'hui
 * 1975 : Je t'aime mon frère
 * 1976 : L'Amour c'est l'affaire des gens
 * 1978 : C'est en septembre
 * 1980 : Moi, je veux chanter
 * 1981 : Bonjour la vie
 * 1984 : On attend, on attend
 * 1987 : Le Retour
 * 1989 : Fais-moi signe
 * 1993 : Une vie comme un roman
 * 1996 : Ensemble
 * 1999 : Faut faire avec

Live albums

 * 1955–2002: 15 different albums all live at Olympia

Plus rarities:
 * 1957 : À l'Olympia – no 2
 * 1971 : Récital du festival de l'Orphée d'or 71 (Bulgarian release, with 4 more tracks by Jennifer)
 * 1978 : Au Québec – Récital en direct du Grand Théâtre de Québec
 * 2013 : Concerts inédits 1956–1958

Operas, musical comedies, compositions

 * 1960 : L'Enfant à l’Étoile (cantate de Noël) (with Orchestre Philharmonique, and choir of ORTF)
 * 1962 : L'Opéra d'Aran – (2-act opera, music by Bécaud. But he didn't sing on the tracks)
 * 1965 : Concerto pour piano
 * 1972 : La Répétition
 * 1976 : Heureux comme un poisson dans l'eau (publicité)
 * 1986 : Roza (musical)
 * 1992 : Aran Opéra (double CD on RCA/BMG, recorded live in 1966, sung by Bécaud)

Soundtracks

 * 1971 : La Maison sous les arbres (instrumental)
 * 2007 : Roman de gare

Compilations

 * 1959 : Croquemitoufle (compilation 1953–1958)
 * 1988 : Bécaulogie (9 CD collection)
 * 1997 : Bécolympia (2 CDs, 38 tracks live, 1955–1983)
 * 2003: Bécolympia (re-released with different order of track list and 1 more bonus)
 * 2002 : 50 Ans en Chansons (Long box 3 CDs, many unreleased materials)
 * 2004 : 100 Chansons d'or (4 CDs, with 6 unreleased tracks)
 * 2009 : Best of (3 CDs, 49 tracks)
 * 2011 : Best of Eternel (2 CDs, 46 tracks remastered)
 * 2011 : Anthologie Gilbert Becaud 1953–1959 (edited by Frémeaux & Associés – 2 CDs, 36 tracks chosen by André Bernard)
 * 2011 : Essentiel (12 CD box, 9 studio albums remastered, plus best singles + 2 CDs live (Best of Olympia 1955–1983) + 1 CD of bonus tracks + 64-page booklet of text and rare photos)
 * 2012 : Best of 3 CD (live at l'Olympia + the album Une vie comme un roman + parts from album Ensemble and Fais-moi signe + 3 bonus tracks in German, Sony Music release)
 * 2012 : 100 Chansons (4 CDs, with 8 unreleased tracks from a concert at L’Olympia in 1960)

Singles
Emblematic songs and compositions:

1950s

 * "Mes mains"
 * "Les Croix"
 * "Mé qué mé qué"
 * "Je t'appartiens"
 * "Les Marchés de Provence"
 * "Le jour où la pluie viendra"
 * "La Ballade des baladins"
 * "Salut les copains"

1960s

 * "Et maintenant"
 * "(Âge tendre et) Tête de bois"
 * "Dimanche à Orly"
 * "Quand Jules est au violon"
 * "Nathalie"
 * "L'Orange"
 * "Quand il est mort le poète"
 * "L'important c'est la rose"
 * "Je reviens te chercher"

1970s

 * "C'est en septembre"
 * "La Solitude ça n'existe pas"
 * "L'Indifférence"
 * "Un peu d'amour et d'amitié"

1980s

 * "Désirée"
 * "L'Amour est mort"
 * "Faut faire avec"

International / local versions

 * 1955: "Je t'appartiens" / "Let It Be Me" (Pierre Delanoë – Gilbert Bécaud)
 * 1957: "Le Jour où la pluie viendra" / "The Day the Rains Came" (Pierre Delanoë – Gilbert Bécaud)
 * 1961: "Et maintenant" / "What Now My Love" (Pierre Delanoë – Gilbert Bécaud – Elvis Presley)
 * 1966: "Seul sur son étoile" / "It Must Be Him" (Maurice Vidalin – Gilbert Bécaud)
 * 1966: "Plein soleil" / "Sand and Sea" (Maurice Vidalin – Gibert Bécaud)
 * 1972: "Un peu d'amour et d'amitié" / "A Little Love and Understanding" (Louis Amade – Gilbert Bécaud)
 * 1979: "C'est en septembre" / "September Morn" (Neil Diamond – Gilbert Bécaud)

Filmography

 * 1953: Boum sur Paris as Himself
 * 1956: The Country I Come From as Eric Perceval / Julien Barrère
 * 1957: Casino de Paris as Jacques Merval
 * 1959: Croquemitoufle as Bernard Villiers
 * 1960: In 80 Takten um die Welt (TV film)
 * 1962: Girl on the Road as an Air France pilot
 * 1973: Un homme libre as Henri Lefèvre
 * 1974: Toute une vie as Himself
 * 1995: Navarro as Sarkis (French TV series)

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Correspondence

Correspondence may refer to:

 * In general usage, non-concurrent, remote communication between people, including letters, email, newsgroups, Internet forums, blogs.

Science

 * Correspondence principle (physics): quantum physics theories must agree with classical physics theories when applied to large quantum numbers
 * Correspondence principle (sociology), the relationship between social class and available education
 * Correspondence problem (computer vision), finding depth information in stereography
 * Regular sound correspondence (linguistics), see Comparative method (linguistics)

Mathematics

 * Binary relation
 * 1:1 correspondence, an older name for a bijection
 * Multivalued function
 * Correspondence (algebraic geometry), between two algebraic varieties
 * Corresponding sides and corresponding angles, between two polygons
 * Correspondence (category theory), the opposite of a profunctor
 * Correspondence (von Neumann algebra) or bimodule, a type of Hilbert space
 * Correspondence analysis, a multivariate statistical technique

Philosophy and religion

 * Correspondence theory of truth, a theory in epistemology
 * Correspondence (theology), the relationship between spiritual and physical realities
 * Table of magical correspondences, list of relations between various items used in ceremonial magic

Entertainment

 * Correspondence chess played between different geographical locations
 * Correspondence (album), a 1983 studio album by singer and musician Peter Godwin
 * The Correspondence, a 2016 film by Giuseppe Tornatore, featuring Jeremy Irons
 * Correspondences (Babbitt), a 1967 musical work by Milton Babbitt

Other uses

 * Correspondence course, a distant education method

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Bachman–Turner Overdrive

Bachman–Turner Overdrive, often abbreviated BTO, are a Canadian rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, founded by three brothers: Randy Bachman, Robbie Bachman and Tim Bachman; along with Fred Turner, in 1973. Their 1970s catalogue included seven top-40 albums (five in the US) and 11 top-40 singles in Canada (six in the US). In Canada they have six certified platinum albums and one certified gold album; in the US they have five certified gold albums and one certified platinum album. The band has sold approximately 30 million albums worldwide and has fans affectionately known as "gearheads" (derived from the band's gear-shaped logo). Many of their songs, including "Let It Ride", "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet", "Takin' Care of Business", "Hey You" and "Roll on Down the Highway", still receive regular play on classic rock stations.

The original line-up consisted of Randy Bachman (lead guitar, lead vocals), Fred Turner (bass guitar, lead vocals), Tim Bachman (guitar, vocals) and Robbie Bachman (drums, percussion, backing vocals). This line-up released two albums in 1973. The second and most commercially successful line-up featured Blair Thornton (lead guitar), in place of Tim Bachman. This line-up released four albums between 1974 and 1977, including two that reached the top 5 in the U.S. pop charts, as well as the band's only U.S. No. 1 single ("You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet"). Subsequent line-ups enjoyed only moderate success.

After the band went into a hiatus in 2005, Randy Bachman and Fred Turner reunited in 2009 to tour and collaborate on a new album. In 2010 they played the halftime show at the Grey Cup in Edmonton. The two stopped touring following Turner's amicable retirement in March 2018.

On March 29, 2014, the classic Not Fragile line-up reunited for the first time since 1991 to mark Bachman–Turner Overdrive's induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, and participated in a tribute performance of "Taking Care of Business". On January 12, 2023, drummer and co-founder Robbie Bachman died at age 69, followed three months later by his brother, rhythm guitarist Tim on April 28, 2023.

On June 29, 2023, Randy Bachman and the new official Bachman–Turner Overdrive website announced BTO was back on tour. This version of BTO is led by Randy Bachman, with Fred Turner playing select dates. The rest of the group is made up of Randy's son, Tal Bachman, and Randy's solo touring outfit (who also made up the backing band for Bachman & Turner).

Early history 1971–1973
After finding success with The Guess Who, Randy Bachman left at the height of the group's popularity in 1970, citing health issues and lifestyle differences with the other band members. He recalled being labelled "a lunatic and a loser" and being told "nobody wanted to work with me." The exception was Chad Allan, former Guess Who lead singer, who had left that band four years before Randy. The two agreed to explore a musical project, and Randy then turned to family. The result was the band Brave Belt, formed in Winnipeg in 1971 with the additions of Randy's brother Robin "Robbie" Bachman on drums, and Gary Bachman acting as band manager. Brave Belt's self-titled first album, which had Randy playing both lead guitar and bass, was composed primarily of country-rock songs. (Randy later claimed in interviews that he didn't want this new band to sound like a knock-off of The Guess Who.) The album did not sell particularly well. The record label still wanted Brave Belt to tour, so Randy (at the suggestion of Neil Young) hired fellow Winnipeg bassist/vocalist C. F. ("Fred") Turner to perform in the band's scheduled gigs.

Turner was soon asked to be a full-time member and sing lead for the recording of Brave Belt II in 1972. Chad Allan appeared as a vocalist on two Brave Belt II songs, but left the band shortly after the album's recording. During the tour to support this album, another Bachman sibling, Tim Bachman, was added as a second guitarist because the band believed its three-piece arrangement was too restrictive. Brave Belt II also failed to achieve any notable chart success, and in mid-1972 their supporting tour was cancelled halfway through. But Turner's influence had started to make itself felt, as he composed five songs for the Brave Belt II album and sang lead on nine of the album's eleven songs. Brave Belt II had a harder, more riff-heavy sound than its predecessor, complemented by Turner's throaty, powerful voice.

According to Randy Bachman's autobiography, Bachman–Turner Overdrive's sound was born at a university gig in Thunder Bay, Ontario, shortly after Allan's departure. A promoter, disheartened with reactions to Allan's country-flavoured songs, which the band was still playing, decided to sack Brave Belt for the Saturday night show and bring in a more rock-oriented replacement from Toronto. When the replacement band didn't materialize, he begged Brave Belt to stay on and play a set of classic rock cover songs. As the band played songs like "Proud Mary", "Brown Sugar" and "All Right Now", the dance floor filled up and, according to Randy, "We instantly saw the difference between playing sit-down music people could talk over and playing music they would jump out of their seats and dance to."

After Reprise Records dropped Brave Belt from their label, Randy Bachman emptied his own bank account to finance another set of recordings with the Brave Belt II line-up, and began to shop around the next album. Said Randy in 1974, "I went to A&M, Epic, Atlantic, Columbia, Asylum – you name it. A week later, I'd get letters saying 'Dear Randy, We pass.' We're thinking of calling our greatest hits album We Pass and printing all those refusals on the jacket. I've got all 22 of them."

The band eventually landed a deal with Mercury Records, one which Randy proclaimed as a pure stroke of luck. In April 1973 Charlie Fach of Mercury Records returned to his office after a trip to France to find a stack of demo tapes waiting on his desk. Wanting to start completely fresh, he took a trash can and slid all the tapes into it except one which missed the can and fell onto the floor. Fach picked up the tape and noticed Bachman's name on it. He remembered talking to him the previous year and had told Bachman that if he ever put a demo together to send it to him. Coincidentally, Mercury had just lost Uriah Heep and Rod Stewart to other labels, and Fach was looking for new rock acts to replace them. Fach called Bachman, and Randy describes the conversation from there:

"I could hear 'Gimme Your Money Please' playing in the background, and that was the first song on the tape. Back then, you sent out two $7 1⁄2$-inch reels of your album, an A-side and a B-side, and that was side one, cut one. He said, 'Randy, this is fabulous. Is the rest of the album like this?' And I said, 'Yeah, it's all just good ol', dancing rock-and-roll.' So he said, 'Well, I have a meeting with my A&R people, but as far as I'm concerned, this is great and I want to sign it.'"

At this point the band's demo tape was still called Brave Belt III. Fach convinced the band that a new name was needed, one that capitalized on the name recognition of the band members. The band had already mulled over using their surnames (à la Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young). While on their way back from a gig in Toronto, the group had spotted a copy of a trucker's magazine called Overdrive while dining at the Colonial Steak House in Windsor, Ontario. After this, Turner wrote "Bachman–Turner Overdrive" and the initials "B.T.O." on a napkin. The rest of the band decided the addition of "Overdrive" was the perfect way to describe their music.

BTO released their eponymous first album in May 1973. The album broke through in the US via border towns such as Detroit and Buffalo and stayed on the charts for many weeks despite lacking a hit single. The Turner-penned "Blue Collar" reached No. 21 on the Canadian RPM charts, but stalled at No. 68 on the US charts. The album's eventual success was very much the result of the band's relentless touring. Reportedly, Fach had agreed to put this album on the Mercury label only if the band would promote it with a heavy concert schedule. Wherever the band was getting significant airplay, Bachman–Turner Overdrive immediately traveled there, regardless of the tour routing, to build momentum.

One such opportunity occurred in St. Louis, Missouri. Fred Turner said, "We got a call from radio station KSHE that was putting on a benefit. They wanted a band to headline that nobody heard of because the headline acts they had booked got bigger offers and weren't coming. We had the BTO I album out then, so they at least had something to play and make it look like we were big. They started playing our record every hour, every cut off the album, across six states – 150,000 watts. The record company called and said, 'What the hell's happening? We shipped ten thousand records to St. Louis in one week!' We got there and it was an outdoor drive-in theatre, fifteen to twenty thousand people. The region had been saturated with our album. They didn't know we were Canadian, they just knew the songs. It was incredible."

Backed by manager Bruce Allen (who replaced Randy's brother Gary in 1972 when Gary was unable to relocate to Vancouver with the rest of Brave Belt), BTO logged over 300 dates in its first year of existence, and it paid off. BTO I would later be certified gold in 1974 by the Recording Industry Association of America.

Breakthrough and success 1973–1976
BTO's second album, Bachman–Turner Overdrive II, was released in December 1973 and became an enormous hit in the US (peaking at No. 4 in 1974) and their native Canada (peaking at No. 6 on the RPM albums chart). It was originally to be titled "Adrenaline Rush". It also yielded two of their best-known hit singles, "Let It Ride" and "Takin' Care of Business". While "Let It Ride" was BTO's first Top 40 hit in the U.S. (peaking at No. 23), "Takin' Care of Business" would become one of the band's most enduring anthems. Randy had already written the core of "Takin' Care of Business" several years earlier as "White Collar Worker" while in The Guess Who, but that band had felt it was not their type of song. It reappeared in BTO's repertoire during the supporting gigs for the first album primarily, as Randy put it, "To give Fred Turner a chance to rest his voice." Randy had heard DJ Daryl Burlingham say the day before a gig, "We're takin' care of business on CFUN radio", and he decided to insert the lyrics "takin' care of business" into the chorus where "white collar worker" previously existed.

Tim Bachman left the band in early 1974 shortly after the release of Bachman–Turner Overdrive II. Randy Bachman had very strong religious beliefs and established rules to be in BTO. Among them was a rule that drugs, alcohol and premarital sex were prohibited on tour, and Tim is alleged to have broken all of these. It is said that he was given opportunities to change his lifestyle and did, at least temporarily. Said Randy in a 1974 Rolling Stone interview: "I know from experience what can ruin a good thing. Drugs made the guys in The Guess Who change. They got sloppy. They ruined themselves and their marriages." Some other accounts state that Tim left because he wanted to study record engineering and concert promotion. Tim himself lamented that during a months-long stretch on the road, he was only able to see his infant son a total of three days. In a 2002 interview, brother Robbie said, "He was basically asked to leave. He wasn't BTO caliber [and] it was difficult to rely on him. I guess the band was conflicting with his whole life."

BTO continued a very busy tour schedule and during the supporting tour for BTO II, Tim was replaced by Blair Thornton. Thornton had been in the Vancouver-based band Crosstown Bus, which released one album on MCA records. In September 1974, the first BTO album with the modified line-up, Not Fragile (a play on the hit album Fragile by Yes), was released. It became a huge success, reaching No. 1 on both the Canadian and US album charts. It included the No. 1 single "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" and AOR favourite "Roll on Down the Highway". Not Fragile remains BTO's top-selling non-compilation album, selling over eight million copies to date.

1975 found the band engaged in highly successful tours of Europe and the US, wherein BTO was supported by Thin Lizzy, an emerging band also on the Mercury Records label. Said Randy, "Lizzy were just opening in England, but our label wanted to bust them in the rest of Europe and break them wide open in the States, so we toured with Phil and the boys for seven or eight months." With management pressure to capitalize on their growing success, BTO quickly recorded Four Wheel Drive in May 1975, which included the single "Hey You". Although reaching no higher than No. 21 on the US charts, "Hey You" would become BTO's second No. 1 single on the Canadian RPM charts. Meanwhile, the album charted in the Top Five in both the US and Canada.

Following a cross-Canada tour in the summer of 1975, which garnered caustic comments from the Canadian press as BTO had spent most of the last 18 months in the US, the band members were already developing songs for the next album. BTO went on to record Head On, releasing it in December 1975. This album produced the 1976 Top 40 single "Take It Like a Man", which featured a guest appearance by Little Richard who wailed away on his piano. Head On also featured the jazzy Randy Bachman composition "Lookin' Out for No. 1", which reached No. 15 on the Adult Contemporary chart. While garnering some airplay on traditional rock stations, it also received fairly heavy rotation on soft rock stations which normally did not play bands like BTO. In between the latter two albums, BTO released their only non-album single "Down to the Line". This song would appear on some of the later compilation CDs, as well as on re-issues of the Head On album in CD format. Head On would be the last BTO studio album to chart in the US Top 40, peaking at No. 23 in early 1976, while also climbing to No. 3 in Canada.

The first BTO compilation album, Best of B.T.O. (So Far), was released in July 1976 and featured songs from each of the band's first five studio albums. A single—a re-release of "Gimme Your Money Please"—was put out from this album, and it also charted well keeping BTO on both the AM & FM airwaves. Although peaking at only No. 19 on the charts, this compilation album became the best-selling Bachman–Turner Overdrive album to date, reaching Double Platinum status in the US.

Randy's departure and the new "BTO" 1977–1979
Freeways, BTO's sixth studio album that was recorded in late 1976 and released in February 1977, signaled the end of BTO's most successful line-up. Facing some criticism for the "sameness" of the band's songs on the two follow-up albums to Not Fragile, Randy Bachman wanted to update BTO's sound, including adding horns and strings on some songs, but the rest of the band seemed to disagree. Said Fred Turner:

"Since he (Randy) was funding the whole thing, everything went on his and Mercury's timetable. It finally came to a head for Freeways when Blair, Rob and myself told Randy we were burnt out, didn't like the songs we were writing, didn't like the songs he was writing, and that we wanted to take some time to regroup – especially since all the other bands were taking a year or two between albums, not doing two a year like we were. Randy told us his songs were fine and forced the album. It ended that version of the band."

Years later, Randy seemed to agree with Turner, stating, "Looking at it now, we should have taken four, five, six months off ... live a little, and then come back together with new ideas. In retrospect, that's what a lot of great bands do. And we didn't." Freeways reached No. 34 on the Canadian RPM chart but only reached No. 70 on the US pop albums chart. It contained no charting singles.

Randy Bachman left the group in May 1977, three months after the release of Freeways. His initial intention was to temporarily disband while he worked on a solo project, "But it was decided by management it wouldn't work." He conceded, "We also ran out of common interests." Robbie Bachman noted that the band had scheduled a meeting wherein he, Fred and Blair were going to discuss getting back to their rock and roll roots following the relative failure of Freeways. Randy then shocked the rest by saying he was leaving, despite the fact that BTO was still under contract with Mercury to release two more albums over the next 18 months.

Randy was replaced by bassist Jim Clench, formerly of April Wine. Bassist Turner moved to rhythm guitar with Thornton becoming the primary lead guitarist. Clench and Turner shared lead vocal duties. Even though this line-up included drummer Robbie Bachman, the band had to record and tour only as "BTO" because of an agreement with Randy who wanted to retain the rights to his surname for his solo career. While Randy kept the rights to the full Bachman name, the remaining band members bought the rights to "BTO" and its trademarks, including the gear logo. The re-structured BTO released Street Action in February 1978. The album became a commercial failure, missing the Top 100 on the US album charts and spawning no hit singles.

The band also released Rock n' Roll Nights in March 1979. It was the first BTO album to prominently feature outside songwriters, particularly Prism's Jim Vallance, who also co-produced the album. Vallance had taken over as main producer after Barry Mraz was fired by the band, and would later score huge success in the 80s with Bryan Adams. But like its predecessor, Rock n' Roll Nights also sold poorly (an estimated 350,000 copies worldwide). The album did, however, produce a moderately successful single called "Heartaches". Written by Turner, it cracked the Top 40 in Canada and reached number 60 on the US charts, making it the first BTO single in three years to chart in the US. BTO played this song on American Bandstand in February 1979 (with producer Vallance guesting on piano), along with another single from the same album called "Jamaica". Fred Turner and Jim Clench also appeared on Bryan Adams' debut album in 1980 as session musicians. (Adams had written one song, "Wastin' Time", for BTO's Rock n' Roll Nights album; Adams' own version of the song would appear a year later on his debut album.)

Disbandment, side projects, and reunions 1979–1991
BTO completed a relatively successful 80-date tour for Street Action through late 1978. But there was only one show for Rock n' Roll Nights, at Victoria Memorial Arena in Victoria, BC on April 7, 1979, and they officially disbanded by early 1980. After Randy recorded the solo album Survivor in 1978, he went on to form the short-lived Ironhorse in 1979. Ironhorse released two albums, Ironhorse and Everything Is Grey, before disbanding. Tom Sparks was the vocalist for the first Ironhorse album, along with Randy, but was replaced by Frank Ludwig for the second album in 1980. Sparks reportedly did not like the constant touring and being away from home for such long amounts of time. A reformed version of Ironhorse, renamed as "Union", released one album in 1981 entitled On Strike. Fred Turner was a member of Union along with Randy. The album sold poorly, as Randy was wrapped up in a bitter divorce and custody battle and thus unable to tour to support the release.

BTO reunited in 1983. Their line-up for their first studio LP in five years (released in 1984) consisted of Randy and Tim Bachman, Fred Turner and former Guess Who drummer Garry Peterson, who were joined by Billy Chapman, their drum tech, on keyboards. Younger brother Robbie Bachman declined to participate after business and trademark disagreements with Randy and the others:

"When Randy wanted to get back together again, I said, 'Okay, let's have a publishing company with the band. Let's all write the tunes. We'll all share equally and there won't be any more animosity.' He said no, so I got up and left. Blair wasn't asked to rejoin because Randy knew that Blair wouldn't take any crap like Timmy would. They went out and started to use the name BTO within a year and the same trademark that Randy sold to us! So Blair and I sued him and we won. They had to pay us royalties."

In Randy's 2000 autobiography, Takin' Care of Business, he counters that Robbie declined to participate in the reunion when he and Fred refused to share in the publishing royalties of the hit BTO songs Randy and Fred authored.

The new album, simply (and confusingly) titled Bachman–Turner Overdrive, was released in September 1984 on Charlie Fach's new Compleat label. "For the Weekend", a song from this album, was released as a single and had a companion music video. It dented the US charts at No. 83, making it the first chart appearance by a BTO song in five years, and also the last.

In July 1986 they released a live album, recorded at The Moon in Tallahassee, Florida, on August 1, 1985, called Live! Live! Live! which featured two new tracks, "Bad News Travels Fast" and "Fragile Man". The latter was actually a studio recording with the audience sound added to it. A studio version of "Bad News Travels Fast" was released on the soundtrack for the movie Body Slam. They were the opening band for the new Sammy Hagar-fronted Van Halen on their 5150 tour in 1986. This plum opening slot was done by a trio line-up of Randy, Tim and Garry Peterson (allegedly with some bass parts and Fred's voice provided via tapes) since Fred Turner had been unavailable when the group was first contacted by Van Halen's management. Chapman later stepped in as drummer for Peterson after the latter severely injured his leg while playing softball during the group's downtime on the road.

After the Van Halen tour ended, Randy split and Tim kept going briefly as BTO (see lineups below). The others reluctantly gave him permission to do so to get his way out of debt. Billy Chapman briefly drummed in Tim's lineup and later became the drummer for Randy Bachman's band and appeared on Randy's 1993 solo album Any Road.

In 1988 the 1974–77 Not Fragile line-up (Randy, Fred, Blair, Robbie) reformed once again, took to the road and recorded an unknown number of songs together. The only song to make it out into the public by this version of the band was a cover of the song "Wooly Bully", which is only available on the American Boyfriends movie soundtrack. But by late 1991, Randy Bachman had left the group again. Two explanations exist for this happening. The first, according to Randy Bachman, was that the band agreed to take a break. But at some point the other members decided they wanted to continue doing concerts because the money was too good to pass up. Randy stated they asked him to tour with them but he was working on his solo project and had to decline. The others then chose to go on as BTO without him. In the second explanation, the other members (particularly Robbie and Blair) have maintained that Randy quit.

Trial by Fire era (1991–2005)
Randy Bachman was replaced by Randy Murray after his second departure from the band in late 1991. (Murray had been in Tim Bachman's 1987–88 touring incarnations of BTO.) This reconstituted version of BTO (Murray with Robbie Bachman, Fred Turner and Blair Thornton) proved to be its most enduring as they toured together from 1991 until December 2004. Trial by Fire: Greatest and Latest was released in 1996 and was their last album to contain any new material.

The sibling rivalry between Robbie and Randy that had started with the 1984 reunion album continued during this era. Said Randy in a 1999 interview, "They said, 'We'll just call ourselves BTO. People will know you're not there.' The problem is when BTO pulls into town, the radio, the press people, call them Bachman-Turner Overdrive. It's like Coke and Coca-Cola, two names that go hand in hand. It kind of gets represented that I'm there and when they play the gig, I clearly am not there. [And] they've got another guy to take my place who unfortunately is named Randy. So there's this inference that I'm there and I'm not there, which is a disservice to the fans." Replied brother Robbie, "Randy Murray doesn't fill anyone's shoes. He brings his own."

In 2003 the Canadian Music Hall of Fame voted to induct Bachman–Turner Overdrive into the museum. However, the band would have had to play as the Not Fragile line-up, meaning the inclusion of Randy Bachman to the band for that performance. The current version of BTO at the time declined the invitation unless they could be inducted as "BTO" without Randy Bachman playing on stage. The Hall refused and the band was not inducted. (The "classic" line-up of Randy Bachman, Fred Turner, Blair Thornton and Robbie Bachman would eventually be inducted - by astronaut Chris Hadfield - in 2014.)

In an interview in 2004, Rob Bachman had stated that BTO was working on nine or ten new songs. It has been reported from numerous sources that the band could not get a good label to release the project and wanted this album to be distributed and publicized well, unlike what happened to the Trial by Fire CD. There was also a plan to release a live DVD/CD from a show in 2003 in their hometown of Winnipeg, but thus far this has not happened.

Hiatus 2005–2009
After the 2005 disbandment of the band, several of their albums were reissued. The first one to be made available again after the disbandment was Freeways in 2005, followed by Bachman–Turner Overdrive II in 2006 and Four Wheel Drive in 2008. Brave Belt I and Brave Belt II were re-released on a single CD March 17, 2009.

Although Rob and Blair remained very reticent about BTO since late 2004, Rob had been rumoured to state he no longer wished to play in the band and had hung up his drum sticks. On January 10, 2023, Robbie Bachman died at age 69.

On January 23, 2009, Tim Bachman played on stage at one of Randy Bachman's shows, the first time they had together since 2003. Randy Bachman, who already hosted the successful radio show "Randy's Vinyl Tap", was slated to be the host of a new television show called "Road to Guitar", which was set to air on the Discovery Channel. He was on tour with Burton Cummings during the summer of 2009, and played dates for the Randy Bachman Band in the United States and Canada for August and September.

Throughout his tenure in BTO and up until 2017, Randy Murray played bar gigs and casual shows around the Vancouver area. He began working in Anglican Church communications in 2002. He is currently the Communications Officer of the Anglican Diocese of New Westminster and retired from music in 2017. He is the only Trial by Fire–era member of BTO, besides Fred Turner, to have played shows after the disbandment in January 2005. Like Rob, Murray has also stated he no longer wishes to be in BTO.

Bachman and Turner reunion 2009–2018
Due to the intense interest in a Bachman-Turner reunion, Randy Bachman and Fred Turner announced their reteaming on December 8, 2009, in their hometown of Winnipeg.

Information on the 2010 Bachman & Turner tour and the new album was provided at their then-new website bachmanandturner.com. As Randy wrote on the site, the project started with his request to Turner that he sing lead on the song, "Rock 'n Roll Is the Only Way Out". But after hearing the track with Turner's vocals, Randy asked if his former bandmate could contribute more vocals and some original compositions and offered to put his solo project on hold in favour of a Bachman-Turner album. It morphed into a full-blown collaboration.

On September 12, 2009, the Winnipeg Free Press had already reported that Randy Bachman and C.F. Turner would reunite to play concert dates in Europe, Canada and the US in 2010 backed by Randy's current band of Marc LaFrance, Mick Dalla-Vee and Brent Howard, billed simply as Bachman & Turner. Some early confirmed tour dates announced were June 2010 at the Sweden Rock Festival and the High Voltage Festival in July 2010 at London UK; the story added that there was also interest from agents as far away as South America and Australia.

Bachman & Turner's tour and album plans resulted in a lawsuit by Rob Bachman and Blair Thornton regarding ownership of the band name and related trademarks. Rob Bachman and Blair Thornton claim that US and Canadian rights in the BTO name and trademark were transferred to Rob Bachman, Blair Thornton and Fred Turner when Randy Bachman commenced a solo career in 1977. Randy Bachman is said to have registered the names "Bachman-Turner", "BTU", "Bachman-Turner United" and "Bachman-Turner Union" in both the United States and Canada. These names are said to cause confusion with the names "Bachman-Turner Overdrive" and "BTO", resulting in potential damages to Rob Bachman and Blair Thornton. There appeared to be general legal agreement that one could perform under one's own legal names such as "Bachman & Turner", so the newly reunited pair were billed as such for the 2010 tour and album. The band played the halftime show at the 2010 Grey Cup in Edmonton.

The rock duo's self-titled album, Bachman & Turner, was released September 7, 2010 in North America and on September 20, 2010, in Europe. In November 2010 they performed at the famous Roseland Ballroom in New York City as part of their North American tour. A double live album, Live at the Roseland Ballroom, NYC, was recorded at that show, which was also filmed and released on DVD and Blu-ray in 2012.

Capitalizing on the recent Bachman & Turner album and supporting shows, BTO released another compilation set in 2013, Bachman–Turner Overdrive: 40th Anniversary, with 26 songs on two CDs. Much of the collection had been released before, but there were four previously unreleased songs, including "Rough Ride" from the 1984 BTO reunion album sessions and "West Coast Turnaround" from the 1975 Head On sessions. The CD set also features one Brave Belt song ("Never Comin' Home"), and eight songs on disc two are from the long out-of-print B.T.O. Live – Japan Tour album from 1976. Disc two also adds live versions of "Blue Collar" and "Give It Time", recorded at the same Japan concerts but not released on the LP edition. On March 10, 2018, Randy Bachman announced that Fred Turner would be retiring from touring.

Resumption of Bachman-Turner Overdrive
In June 2023 Randy announced a resuming of Bachman–Turner Overdrive, in honor of their 50th Anniversary, with a lineup consisting of the backup members of Bachman & Turner (who had also been backing him solo as well): Mick Dalla-Vee (vocals, bass), Marc LaFrance (vocals, drums, percussion) and Brent Howard Knudsen (vocals, guitar), along with Randy's son Tal Bachman, who had previously achieved success as a solo artist, on vocals, guitar and piano. The new lineup also toured in the fall of 2023, with more dates following in early 2024. Bruce Allen, Blair Thornton and Fred Turner gave the new lineup their blessing, with Turner slated to appear with them on a new BTO album and possibly guesting on some tour dates as well.

Band member deaths
On November 3, 2010, Jim Clench died at age 61 in a Montreal hospital after a battle with stage-four lung cancer.

Robbie Bachman died on January 12, 2023, aged 69. Less than four months later, on April 28, 2023, Tim Bachman passed away at age 71 after battling cancer.

Impact and influence
BTO has been recognized in many music circles for carrying on the torch of guitar-heavy rock and roll at a time when soft rock was dominating the Top 40 charts, and progressive and glam acts were getting an increasing share of FM radio play. As drummer Rob Bachman put it: "We were basically fans of all kinds of music, but really liked the old kind of rock-and-roll...like Elvis and the funky kinds of rock bands like The Stones. Luckily for us, Creedence had just called it quits, and we came out with three- and four-chord rock-and-roll with Fred Turner's gruff voice. So it was basically this working man's kind of rock-and-roll."

A reviewer assesses, however, that critics are divided over BTO's legacy:

"Dave Marsh noted that the band peaked with Not Fragile, an album that 'seemed to exhaust Bachman's imagination; everything before and since is simply sluggish.' The band's entry in The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock acknowledges BTO's limitations, while properly assessing their assets: 'However much it might be open to derision as formula cash-register boogie, BTO's rock is at least dexterously played and arranged, with dynamics reminiscent of mid-period Led Zeppelin.' For a period during the mid-1970s, BTO enjoyed high sales, steady radio play, and sold out arena shows."

Stated John Einarson, author of the biography Randy Bachman: Still Takin' Care of Business, "If The Guess Who made Canadian music North American, Bachman-Turner Overdrive made it international, earning gold and platinum records not only in the US and Canada, but in Sweden, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, among others."

After accusing BTO of "shamelessly stealing riffs from the Rolling Stones, The Doobie Brothers and anyone else who happened to be handy," Toronto Star critic Craig MacInnis acknowledged, "They knew how to put the hooks in all the right places, led by the urgent fretwork of Randy Bachman and the gravel vocal stylings of Turner, whose voice resembles a fully-revved Harley-Davidson."

Stephen King derived his Richard Bachman pen name from Bachman–Turner Overdrive, stating he was listening to the band's song "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" at the time his publisher asked him to choose a pseudonym on the spot.

The band was featured in The Simpsons episode "Saddlesore Galactica", which has Randy and Fred voicing their own characters as BTO makes a reunion tour appearance in Springfield.

Randy Bachman and Fred Turner also appeared in the 2012 comedy movie The Campaign, making a cameo performing the song "Taking Care of Business".

The song "Takin' Care of Business" was also the title of a 1990 movie starring Jim Belushi as an escaped convict who wins tickets to see the Chicago Cubs in the World Series and finds the Filofax of businessman Charles Grodin. The song serves as the theme song to the movie.

The track "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" was featured as part of a running joke in the Harry Enfield sketch "Smashie and Nicey" in the early 1990s, with the duo playing the song to end almost every show.

The band is referenced in the 1994 novel Shoedog by George Pelecanos.

Awards and recognition and other achievements

 * 1974: Juno Award winner, Most Promising Group of the Year
 * 1975: Juno Award winner, Group of the Year
 * 1976: Juno Award winner, Group of the Year
 * 1978: Juno Award nomination, Group of the Year
 * 2008: Guitar Magazine, "Takin' Care of Business" rated at number 10 in top 100 most covered songs
 * 2014: Canadian Music Hall of Fame, Inductee

Discography

 * Bachman–Turner Overdrive (1973)
 * Bachman–Turner Overdrive II (1973)
 * Not Fragile (1974)
 * Four Wheel Drive (1975)
 * Head On (1975)
 * Freeways (1977)
 * Street Action (1978)
 * Rock n' Roll Nights (1979)
 * Bachman–Turner Overdrive (1984)
 * Trial by Fire: Greatest & Latest (1996)

Members

 * C. F. Turner – lead vocals, bass, rhythm guitar (1973–1979, 1983–1986, 1988–2005, 2023–present)
 * Randy Bachman – lead vocals, lead guitar (1973–1977, 1983–1986, 1988–1991, 2023–present)
 * Robbie Bachman – drums, percussion, backing vocals (1973–1979, 1988–2005; died 2023)
 * Tim Bachman – rhythm guitar, lead and backing vocals (1973–1974, 1983–1986; died 2023)
 * Blair Thornton – guitar, backing vocals (1974–1979, 1988–2005)
 * Jim Clench – bass, lead and backing vocals (1977–1979; died 2010)
 * Garry Peterson – drums, backing vocals (1983–1986)
 * Billy Chapman – keyboards (1983–1986)
 * Randy Murray – guitar, lead and backing vocals (1991–2005)

Lineups

 * Changes in bold.

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Brave Belt

Brave Belt was a Canadian rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba originally consisting of Randy Bachman (guitar/vocals), his former Guess Who bandmate, Chad Allan (vocals/keyboards), and Randy's brother Robbie (drums). Randy also provided bass tracks for the recording of the band's first album, Brave Belt (Reprise Records, 1971). C. F. "Fred" Turner was added shortly after as bassist for the supporting concerts.

The band made the Canadian Top 40 with the minor hit "Crazy Arms, Crazy Eyes," which peaked at No. 35 in November 1971. However, they missed the U.S. charts completely.

In 1972, Turner became the lead vocalist for the Brave Belt II album. Allan left the band after the recording was completed. During the supporting concerts for Brave Belt II, Tim Bachman was added as a second guitarist. Despite the changes, Brave Belt II sold poorly and the band struggled to book live shows. In a 1974 Rolling Stone interview, Randy estimated there were losses of about $150,000 in 1971-72 ($923,000 in 2020 dollars), with himself personally absorbing about 60% of the loss, as he was paying the other band member salaries from his Guess Who royalties.

Although dropped from the Reprise label, the Brave Belt II lineup (C. F. Turner with Randy, Tim and Robbie Bachman) recorded and shopped around a demo that was supposed to be a Brave Belt III album. New management convinced them to change their name − they eventually settled on Bachman–Turner Overdrive.

Thus, the eponymous first Bachman–Turner Overdrive album is essentially Brave Belt III, the album that was rejected by Reprise Records. Bachman had contacted many record labels to get the Brave Belt III tapes signed. Charlie Fach at Mercury eventually listened to the tapes and liked what he heard. Bachman listened to some suggestions, remixed and re-edited the tapes, and the band recorded at least two new songs. The result was the first Bachman–Turner Overdrive album for Mercury, released in May 1973.

Though Brave Belt is relatively unknown some 40 years later, the importance of the band was summed up by Randy Bachman in a 2001 interview: "It was an innocent time of soul-searching. Nobody would play with me when I left The Guess Who. I was completely black-listed. I couldn't get a decent musician to play with me, except Chad Allan, who had also been in The Guess Who and left. He and I bonded together, and I might not have gotten started without him, even though he left sometime after that first album. Those [Brave Belt] albums are so important to me because, for the first time, I was making my own music, paying for it, finding strengths in it, and going through the process of finding the right music for the record. It led to me becoming a stronger producer for BTO."

Brave Belt I and Brave Belt II were re-released on a single CD March 17, 2009.

Track listing

 * Side One
 * 1) "Crazy Arms, Crazy Eyes" - (Randy Bachman) - 2:44
 * 2) "Lifetime" - (Randy Bachman) - 1:53
 * 3) "Waitin' There For Me" - (Randy Bachman) - 3:17
 * 4) "I Am The Man" - (Chad Allan) - 4:03
 * 5) "French Kiss" - (Chad Allan, Rob Matheson) - 3:46
 * 6) "It's Over" - (Randy Bachman) - 3:05
 * Side Two
 * 1) "Rock And Roll Band" - (Chad Allan) - 3:52
 * 2) "Wandering Fantasy Girl" - (Chad Allan) - 2:50
 * 3) "I Wouldn't Trade My Guitar For A Woman" - (Chad Allan) - 1:47
 * 4) "Holy Train" - (Chad Allan) - 3:05
 * 5) "Anyday Means Tomorrow" - (Randy Bachman) - 3:02
 * 6) "Scarecrow" - (Chad Allan, Rob Matheson) - 5:38

Personnel

 * Chad Allan - piano, lead (4, 5, 8, 10, 12), co-lead (1, 2, 7, 9) and backing (11) vocals, accordion, rhythm guitar, mandolin
 * Randy Bachman - lead guitar, lead (3, 6, 11), co-lead (1, 2, 7, 9) and backing vocals, bass, herzog
 * Robbie Bachman - drums (1-8, 10, 11), percussion
 * Additional Personnel
 * Wally Didduck - fiddle
 * Ron Halldorson - pedal steel guitar
 * Billy Mac - drums (9, 12)

Track listing

 * Side One
 * 1) "Too Far Away" - (Randy Bachman) - 3:38
 * 2) "Dunrobin's Gone" - (Chad Allan, Bob Ericson) - 3:10
 * 3) "Can You Feel It" - (C. F. Turner) - 2:36
 * 4) "Put It In A Song" - (C. F. Turner, Tim Bachman) - 3:34
 * 5) "Summer Soldier" - (Chad Allan, Randy Bachman, Robbie Bachman) - 3:23
 * 6) "Goodbye, Soul Shy" - (C. F. Turner) - 3:45
 * Side Two
 * 1) "Never Comin' Home" - (Randy Bachman) - 3:40
 * 2) "Be A Good Man" - (C. F. Turner) - 2:51
 * 3) "Long Way 'Round" - (credited to "Charles Charles" -- collective pseudonym of C. F. Turner & Randy Bachman) - 2:15
 * 4) "Another Way Out" - (Chad Allan, Randy Bachman) - 3:30
 * 5) "Waterloo Country" - (Chad Allan) - 5:00

Personnel

 * Randy Bachman - guitars, backing vocals
 * Chad Allan - keyboards, backing vocals, lead vocals (tracks 2 & 10)
 * C. F. Turner - bass, lead vocals (except tracks 2 & 10)
 * Robbie Bachman - drums, backing vocals, percussion

Additional personnel

 * Tim Bachman - guitars, backing vocals (touring only)

The album reached #36 in Canada.

Canadian chart singles

 * "Rock and Roll Band" (1971) - #64
 * "Crazy Arms, Crazy Eyes" (1971) - #35
 * "Never Comin' Home" (1972) - #57
 * "Dunrobin's Gone" (1972) - #58 #5 CAN AC
 * "Another Way Out" (1972)

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 * Boston Typewriter Orchestra, a musical comedic performing group
 * British Trust for Ornithology
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 * Rinconada Bikol language (ISO 639-3 language code: )

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