Artist Information Biography In a parade of innovation, imagination and realization, MENEW allows you to experience the possibility you can change the world, or at least, believe you can. In a culture of hype and nonsense, their music can transport the listener - reaching for the sky while remaining firmly planted on the ground. It's not often an up and coming band of brothers, like Canadian stalwarts MENEW, get the opportunity, so early in their career, to perform on the arena stage with U2, work with top-rated record producers Rick Parashar (Pearl Jam, Bon Jovi) and Scott Mathews (Elvis Costello, Eric Clapton) and shoot a video with George Lucas' Industrial Light & Magic cinematographer Hans Uhlig, all while still in their 20's. Shade, Key and Nathan Samuel Phillip, who form the group MENEW, know their way around guerilla marketing almost as well as the stage and studio, and are fearless in accomplishing their mission to reach as many people as possible with their brand of revolutionary rock and live performance. We've seen them performing live on a flatbed truck, and on a stage lifted over 30 feet in mid-air by an 80 ton crane in downtown Toronto. They've toured across North America, and last year they hit the UK. Born and raised near Toronto, Canada, MENEW started their music study and interest while their ages were still in the single digits. Nathan recalls, "I remember hearing U2 for the first time riding the bus to elementary school, and since then we've been hooked." "Greats like Bowie, Dylan, U2 and The Beatles are just a few of the reasons we formed the band to begin with." Shade comments, "Although we are influenced by them, we use them as inspiration more than anything. We work hard at making our material original, and all our own." The name MENEW (pronounced "MEN-u") is a symbol more than a word, a universal name, sans language restrictions. "Although it originally came from merging two signs in our garage rehearsal space, we also liked that it was a sort of palindrome with a reversed "E", explains Nathan. MENEW‘s latest record "Of The Future", released on the RedCore Label, was in the shortlist for four  Grammy Nominations including ’Album of the Year’ and ‘Best Rock Album’. Although the pre-release of their new CD coincided with their appearance at NxNE (they kicked off the whole convention), the remainder of the year and 2009 will see MENEW touring North America for promotional and live performances in major markets including a performance on the  Late Show with David Letterman. MENEW's video for "This Isn't Real" can be viewed here: www.MENEW.com/thisisntrealvideo . Complete Information including current news updates, discography, lyrics and tour information at: www.MENEW.com www.MySpace.com/menewmusic Instrumentation MENEW are: Shade - Lead Vocals & Guitar Key - Piano & Synthesizers Nathan Samuel Phillip - Drums & Backing Vocals Discography 2008 EP 'Of The Future' - Produced by Christian Mock & MENEW, 6 Tracks: includes singles 'The Future', 'Keep Me Alive', and 'This Isn't Real' 2007 EP 'The Astronaut' - Produced by MENEW, 6 Tracks: includes singles 'Distance to the Sun', 'New Orleans', and 'Angels' 2006 LP ' Adjust Your Truth' - Produced by Christian Mock & MENEW, 12 tracks: includes singles 'Lady Natural', 'A Million', 'Throw an Obstacle' and 'Don't Stop Saving the World' Links http://www.menew.com Official Website Official MySpace YouTube Channel MENEW on iTunes MENEW on Amazon.com