The Moffatts

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The Moffatts were a four brother band composed of Scott, Clint, Bob and Dave Moffatt. Eldest brother Scott was born on March 30, 1983 in the Yukon Territory, Canada. Less than a year later, the family moved south to Vancouver where, on March 8, 1984, triplets Bob, Clint and Dave were born. Although born on the same date, Bob and Clint are identical twins while Dave was a fraternal triplet. Growing up in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, The Moffatts learned singing early in their lives and were trained in country music, first appearing on-stage in 1990. In 1992, after performing at large-scale country music festivals, the group was nominated for five awards by the British Columbia Country Music Association.

Beginning in 1994, the Moffatt family moved to Nashville, Tennessee and then toured with The Osmonds, had a seven-month engagement in the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas, performed on television over 200 times, and released their first country album, titled The Moffatts. During this time, the brothers' parents divorced and the boys lived primarily with their father, who also managed the group until their 2001 break up.

As they became teens, the group dropped out of the country music genre and, with a new album, Chapter One: A New Beginning, began singing pop music. While previously only providing vocals, the group now added instruments, with Scott on lead guitar, Clint on bass guitar, Dave on keyboards and Bob on drums. Lead vocals were shared between Scott and Dave. Chapter One sold more than two million copies worldwide and almost went double platinum in their native Canada. It was produced in part by the Berman Brothers (who also worked for (Hanson and The Real McCoy) in New York and Toronto. One single, "Until You Loved Me," appeared in the Drew Barrymore film, Never Been Kissed. Chapter One was also very popular in Europe, with the group recording with German teen idol Gil Ofarim.

The follow-up album Submodalities was released in October, 2000, and contained a more classic/harder edged rock flavor than typical "boy band" fare. The transition between the bubblegum pop of their prior album and the harder edge of the new was captured in the 2001 documentary, Moffatts: Closing of Chapter One. The Moffatts wrote or co-wrote almost all of the album songs. Bob Rock, who has produced albums for such superstars as Metallica, Bryan Adams and Bon Jovi, produced Submodalities. The first single, "Bang Bang Boom" was played on Top 40 radio and topped the retail singles chart in Canada.

In October, 2001, the group broke up. This break-up happened after a year of exhaustive touring for the Submodalities release and coincided with Dave Moffatt's coming out of the closet to his family. Dave left home and reported that he did not speak to his father-manager for over a year.

Post Break-Up

After the break-up, twins Bob and Clint briefly joined a group called Hidell [1] that lasted slightly over a year and released one album. Brother Scott resurfaced in an Ontario-based band The Boston Post, named after either an old New England newspaper, the cursed Boston Post cane or a highway system in colonial America (accounts vary). They released an EP called It's 99PM in 2003, though whether they are still together or not is uncertain. Dave eventually relocated to Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, at first to attend the University of Winnipeg and then deciding to launch an acting and modelling career. In addition to hosting karaoke nights at a local gay bar, Dave also appeared in a 2005 Winnipeg production of Miss Saigon and was a contestant on Canadian Idol, that country's version of American Idol and Britain's Pop Idol. In an October 2004 interview linked below Dave reported that he and his family are now communicating and getting along well.

In 2004, the Canadian Pacific Railroad announced in a press release that half of the group (twins Bob and Clint) were "reunited" and appeared under the name "The Moffatts" for the railroad's Holiday Train program, a mobile fundraiser for community food banks. There was no mention of Scott or Dave being involved in any of Canadian Pacific's released materials. Scott underlined before the tour began that it would not be the Moffatts without Dave, and that the new band would have a different name which has not yet been revealed. A mention of a 2005 summer single was made. Although the group has shut down its website, the Moffatts remain popular in Europe.

The Moffatts

Post Break-Up

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