# Pony Da Look

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{{short description|Canadian indie rock band}}
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| origin          = [Toronto](/source/Toronto), [Ontario](/source/Ontario), Canada
| genre           = [Indie rock](/source/Indie_rock)
| years_active    = {{start date|2001}}–2011
| label           = [Murderecords](/source/Murderecords)
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| current_members = *Temple Bates
*Amy Bowles
*Catherine Stockhausen
*Rob Gordon
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'''Pony Da Look''' was an [indie rock](/source/indie_rock) band from [Toronto](/source/Toronto), Ontario, Canada. The band members were Temple Bates (composer/keyboards/vocals), Amy Bowles (lyrics/vocals/keyboards), Catherine Stockhausen (keyboards/vocals), and Rob Gordon (drums). Former members include Rebecca Mendoza (drums). Their music combined heavy drum beats, raw keyboard riffs and forceful vocals with unconventional lyrics.<ref name=exclaim>[http://exclaim.ca/music/article/wavelength_500_3 "Pony Da Look Toronto, ON February 10"]. ''Exclaim!'',   By Scott A. Gray Feb 11, 2010</ref><ref name=khider>[http://exclaim.ca/music/article/pony_da_look-pony_da_look "Pony Da Look Pony Da Look"]. ''Exclaim!'', By I. Khider May 01, 2002</ref>

==History==
Bates, Bowles, and Mendoza came together as Pony Da Look and released their first self-titled album in 2001. Tara Azzopardi and Megan Dunlop also played with them in 2001.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://nowtoronto.com/music/local-spotlight-pony-da-look |title=Local Spotlight: Pony da Look - NOW Magazine |access-date=2018-10-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029152255/https://nowtoronto.com/music/local-spotlight-pony-da-look/ |archive-date=2018-10-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=khider /> With the addition of Stockhausen on keyboard, they followed it up with ''The Forcefield Weakens'' in 2003.<ref>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/the-sound-of-even-half-baked-ingenuity/article751942/ " The sound of even half-baked ingenuity"]. CARL WILSON. ''Globe and Mail'', Jul. 25, 2003</ref><ref name=chart>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20170819105201/http://www.chartattack.com/news/2008/04/29/pony-da-look-shatter-dimensions-with-new-album/ "Pony Da Look Shatter Dimensions With New Album"]}}. ''Chart Attack'' - Apr 29, 2008</ref>

After Mendoza and [Sloan](/source/Sloan_(band))'s [Chris Murphy](/source/Chris_Murphy_(Canadian_musician)) celebrated the birth of their child in 2007,<ref name=chart /> Pony Da Look signed to Sloan's label [Murderecords](/source/Murderecords) and released ''Shattered Dimensions'' in 2008.<ref>[https://nowtoronto.com/music/album-reviews/pony-da-look/ "PONY DA LOOK Shattered Dimensions (Murderecords)"]. ''NOW Magazine'', by Lucie Davies April 24, 2008</ref> Mendoza left the band and was replaced on drums by Rob Gordon. Pony Da Look continued to perform in the Toronto area until 2011.<ref name=exclaim /><ref>[https://www.thesnipenews.com/music/concert-reviews/florence-and-the-machine-at-the-mod-club-toronto/ "Florence and the Machine at the Mod Club, Toronto"]. ''The Snipe News'', November 5, 2009</ref>

Bowles and Bates are painters who continue to exhibit regularly, Mendoza is a modern dancer and choreographer and Stockhausen is a television producer and photographer.

Bowles served as one of the inspirations for the character [Envy Adams](/source/List_of_Scott_Pilgrim_characters) in ''[Scott Pilgrim v the World](/source/Scott_Pilgrim_v_the_World)''.<ref>"[https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/upon-time-west-country/ Edgar Wright's A Fistful Of Fingers: once upon a time in the West Country]" by Nick De Semlyen. ''Empire''. 18 Nov 2015. Accessed 30 Nov 2018.</ref>

==Studio albums==
*2001: ''Pony Da Look''
*2003: ''The Forcefield Weakens''
*2008: ''Shattered Dimensions''

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://myspace.com/ponydalook Pony Da Look] on [Myspace](/source/Myspace)

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Category:Musical groups established in 2001
Category:Musical groups from Toronto
Category:Canadian indie rock groups
Category:Murderecords artists
Category:2001 establishments in Ontario

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