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Breeding Ground
Band Toronto Canada Active 1980–1990
Breeding Ground formed in 1980 in Toronto, Canada and was active until 1990. Breeding Ground has 2 chart appearances on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 1990–1991. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Business”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #80. The station that charted Breeding Ground most often is CFNY 102.1 The Edge (Toronto, ON), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 1990.
Breeding Ground were a Toronto outfit working the alternative rock side of the Canadian '80s, a band built around the two men who never left: singer John Shirreff and guitarist Hugh Gladish. They started the group with bassist Jonathan Strayer, and while everyone else came and went, Shirreff and Gladish kept the thing on its feet.
Their 1986 album Tales of Adventure gave them "Reunion", and "Business" gave them a second song for the countdowns. Both lean toward atmosphere over bluster, with Shirreff's vocals pitched somewhere between yearning and cool reserve. The band called it a day in 1990, leaving a small catalog and a couple of songs that listeners held on to.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Breeding Ground on radio countdowns
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 986 | Reunion | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) |
| 1990 | 80 | Business | CFNY Top 90 Songs of 1990 |
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