Ambush (band)

Ambush
Origin	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Genres	Country
Years active	YYYY (YYYY)–present
Labels	Chancellor Music, 306
Website	getambushed.com
Members
Mark McDonell Riq Turner [2001-present] Tom VanCoughnett [2011-present]
Past members
Jef Leeson [1993-1998] Glenn Desjardines [1998-2001] Skip Layton [1993-2005] Jim Wright [2005-2011]

Ambush is a Canadian country music group, formed in 1993 in Ottawa, and now based in Perth, Ontario, Canada.

The original line-up (from 1993 to 1998) consisted of Skip Layton (drums), Jef Leeson (bass guitar and lead vocals) and Mark McDonell (guitar and vocals). They met while working as the backup band for Ottawa-area singer Dennis Whitty, and derived the name Ambush from the name of Whitty's backing band, 'Bushwacker'. The original line-up recorded three cover albums, in 1993, 1994 and 1995 (produced by singer Leeson and released on his independent label Chancellor Music), before recording their first CD in Nashville over 1995 and 1996, with producer-writer Cyril Rawson. These recordings yielded modest regional hits with "Since She Got Back From Texas" and "Girls Like That". In 1997, a 3-track CD featuring the songs "Let's Go Crazy Girl", "Since She Got Back From Texas" and "Don't Let It Hit You on the Way Out" (all originally from their 1996 debut CD) was released, which included new vocals and remixes by Chad Irschick at Inception Sound Studios in Toronto.

Leeson left the band in November 1998 to pursue a solo career and record production work. He was replaced by Glenn Desjardines at that time, who in turn was replaced by Riq Turner in October 2001. Layton departed in October 2005, replaced by Jim Wright. Wright left the band in October 2011, to be replaced by Tom VanCoughnett.

In 2006, the band released a studio album entitled I Wanna Go Home With You. This album included singles such as “This Could Be The Night”, “Too Hot For Words” and “Anything To Rock You”. With the success of this album the band decided to record another album. At the 2007 CCMA Awards, the band made the transition from the “small-town-local-bar-band” to the nominees for Group of the Year. In 2009, Ambush released their self titled studio album, Ambush.

Discography

Albums

YEAR	TITLE & DETAILS	RECORD LABEL
1993	On Stage On cassette only	Chancellor Music
1994	Hard to Say No On cassette only	Chancellor Music
1995	Kickin' Up a Fuss On cassette only	Chancellor Music
1995	Ambush	Chancellor Music
1996	Ambush (EP)	Chancellor Music
2006	I Wanna Go Home With You Released: 2007
	AMBUSH: Live 3 Released: 2007
2008	AMBUSH: Live 4
2009	Ambush Released: Summer 2009	306 Records
	Ambush Classics Released: 2009

Singles

YEAR	SINGLE	FROM THE ALBUM
1995	"Since She Got Back From Texas"	Ambush (1995 CD)
1996	"Girls Like That"	Ambush (1995 CD)
2000	"Don't Give Up"	Not on any album
2003	"Till You"	I Wanna Go Home with You
2005	"Party Like a Rock Star"
	"This Could Be The Night"
2006	"I Wanna Go Home with You"
	"Anything to Rock You"
2007	"In This Room"	Ambush (2009 CD)
2008	"Wasn't That a Party"
	"Drive"
2009	"She Doesn't Come Close"
	"Small Town"
2010	"Take My Picture"
	"My Little Girl"

Music videos

Year	Video
2006	"This Could Be The Night"
2007	"In This Room"
2009	"She Doesn't Come Close"

Awards and achievements

• Champions of the CMT reality series Plucked (2006)
• Nominated for Canadian Country Music Association Independent Group or Duo of the Year (2006)
• Nominated for Canadian Country Music Association Independent Group or Duo of the Year (2007)
• Nominated for Canadian Country Music Association Group or Duo of the Year (2007).
• Nominated for Canadian Country Music Association Group or Duo of the Year (2008).
• Nominated for Canadian Country Music Association Video of the Year (In This Room)(2008).
• Nominated for Canadian Country Music Association All-Star Band Award (2008)

External links

• Ambush Official Site
• Ambush at MySpace

References

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