# Peter Elkas

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{{Short description|Canadian musician (born 1976)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
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| name              = Peter Elkas
| image             = Peter Elkas.jpg
| caption           = Elkas performing in 2007
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| alias             =
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|1976|7|24}}
| origin            = [Montreal](/source/Montreal), Canada
| instrument        = {{hlist|Vocals|guitar|harmonica|piano}}
| genre             = Pop, rock
| occupation        = Musician
| years_active      =
| label             = [New Scotland](/source/New_Scotland_Records), [MapleMusic](/source/MapleMusic_Recordings)
| current_member_of = Peter Elkas Band
| past_member_of    = The Local Rabbits
| website           =
}}

'''Peter Elkas''' (born July 24, 1976) is a Montreal-born Canadian musician. He played with the Local Rabbits from 1990 until 2001, releasing an EP and three studio albums. In 2004, he published his debut solo album, ''[Party of One](/source/Party_of_One_(Peter_Elkas_album))''. He has since released ''[Wall of Fire](/source/Wall_of_Fire_(album))'' (2007), ''Repeat Offender'' (2011), and the 2018 EP ''Lion''.

==Biography==
===The Local Rabbits: 1990–2001===
Born in [Montreal](/source/Montreal), Elkas spent twelve years as part of the alternative rock band the Local Rabbits, with whom he began playing as a teenager, in 1990.<ref>{{cite news|title=Local Rabbits |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/local-rabbits-mn0001306813/biography |website=allmusic.com |date= |access-date=March 28, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last = Keast|first = James|title = Joel Plaskett and Peter Elkas: Brothers in Arms|publisher = [Exclaim!](/source/Exclaim!)|date = May 2007|url = http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid1=110&csid2=778&fid1=25421|accessdate = May 6, 2007|archive-date = September 30, 2007|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070930022353/http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/multiarticlesub.aspx?csid1=110&csid2=778&fid1=25421|url-status = dead}}</ref> They released ''The Super Duper EP'' in 1993 and followed it with the full-length ''You Can't Touch This'', in 1995. In 1997, they toured North America and performed as [Neko Case](/source/Neko_Case)'s backing band on several [Lilith Fair](/source/Lilith_Fair) dates.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hare-raising tales |url=http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/1997/101697/music2.html |website=montrealmirror.com |date=April 17, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070417204615/http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/1997/101697/music2.html |access-date=March 28, 2023|archive-date=April 17, 2007 }}</ref> Their second studio album, ''Basic Concept'', came out in 1998, and in 2001, the band published their final record, ''This Is It Here We Go''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Local Rabbits – This Is It Here We Go |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/local_rabbits-this_is_it_here_we_go |website=exclaim.ca |date=September 1, 2002 |access-date=March 28, 2023}}</ref> The Local Rabbits subsequently disbanded, but they briefly reunited in 2007 to record a track for the [Rheostatics](/source/Rheostatics) tribute album ''[The Secret Sessions](/source/The_Secret_Sessions)''.

===Solo work: 2004–present===
Elkas released his first solo album, ''[Party of One](/source/Party_of_One_(Peter_Elkas_album))'', in 2004. [Charlie Sexton](/source/Charlie_Sexton) produced his 2007 sophomore release, ''[Wall of Fire](/source/Wall_of_Fire_(album))''. In 2011, Elkas published his third album, ''Repeat Offender'', and in 2018, he issued the EP ''Lion'', under the name Peter Elkas Band.

In 2025, he contributed a cover of [Joel Plaskett](/source/Joel_Plaskett)'s "Beyond, Beyond, Beyond" to the Plaskett tribute album ''[Songs from the Gang](/source/Songs_from_the_Gang)''.<ref>Allie Gregory, [https://exclaim.ca/music/article/joel-plaskett-songs-from-the-gang "Sloan, the Sheepdogs, City and Colour, Bahamas Wish Joel Plaskett Happy Birthday with 'Songs from the Gang' Covers Album"]. ''[Exclaim!](/source/Exclaim!)'', April 11, 2025.</ref>

==Discography==
===The Local Rabbits===
* ''The Super Duper EP'' (1993)
* ''You Can't Touch This'' (1995)
* ''Basic Concept'' (1998)
* ''This Is It Here We Go'' (2001)

===Solo===
* ''[Party of One](/source/Party_of_One_(Peter_Elkas_album))'' (2004)
* ''[Wall of Fire](/source/Wall_of_Fire_(album))'' (2007)
* ''Repeat Offender'' (2011)
* ''Lion'' (EP, as Peter Elkas Band – 2018)

==References==
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==External links==
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Category:Living people
Category:Anglophone Quebec people
Category:Canadian rock singers
Category:Canadian rock guitarists
Category:Canadian male guitarists
Category:Canadian indie rock musicians
Category:Guitarists from Montreal
Category:21st-century Canadian guitarists
Category:21st-century Canadian male singers
Category:Canadian male singer-songwriters
Category:21st-century Canadian singer-songwriters

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