RealTracks Artist Bio: Craig Northey

Craig Northey was a founding member and one of the principal singer/songwriters of the legendary Canadian band Odds. Songs like "Someone Who’s Cool", "Make You Mad", "Heterosexual Man", "It Falls Apart", "Eat My Brain", and "Nothing Beautiful" were radio and music TV staples. Craig has written music for the popular TV show "Kids In The Hall" and enjoys a friendship with the comedy troupe. He also wrote the musical score for the 1995 feature film Brain Candy, and in 1999 he wrote and recorded the score for Bruce McCulloch's first feature film Dog Park. Today he continues to collaborate with other artists under the banner Dog of Thunder (named after his childhood pet, "Thor"). Some of his most recent writing and co-writing has been for or with artists like: Colin James, Rex Goudie, David Gamson (Scritti Politti), Glen Phillips (Toad The Wet Sprocket), Wide Mouth Mason, Splendid, Damhnait Doyle, Paul Hyde, The Waltons, and Jesse Valenzuela (Gin Blossoms).

See what he has been up to lately at: http://www.dogofthunder.com/.