# The Perpetrators

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**The Perpetrators** are a Canadian [rock](/source/Rock_music)/[blues](/source/Blues) [band](/source/Musical_ensemble) formed in 1999 in [Winnipeg](/source/Winnipeg), [Manitoba](/source/Manitoba), Canada. The band was nominated for a [2006 Juno Award](/source/Juno_Awards_of_2006) in the [Blues Album of the Year](/source/Juno_Award_for_Blues_Album_of_the_Year) category for *[The Gas and the Clutch](/source/The_Gas_and_the_Clutch)*.

## History

Currently they are J "Howik" Nowicki (guitar, vocals), Ken "KMac" McMahon (drums, vocals), and John "Josco" Scoles (bass, vocals). Their best known songs include "Six Pack" and "She Lets Me Know". Past members include Ryan Menard, Scotty Hills, Chris "MAMA" Bauer, Chris Carmichael, and Chris Saywell (also of the [D.Rangers](/source/D.Rangers)).

They have played back up for [Hubert Sumlin](/source/Hubert_Sumlin), [Louisiana Red](/source/Louisiana_Red), [Paul "Wine" Jones](/source/Paul_%22Wine%22_Jones), [Downchild Blues Band](/source/Downchild_Blues_Band), [George "Wild Child" Butler](/source/George_%22Wild_Child%22_Butler), [Jim Byrnes](/source/Jim_Byrnes_(actor)), [Kenny Brown](/source/Kenny_Brown_(guitarist)), and [Cedric Burnside](/source/Cedric_Burnside), as well as recording with [Juno](/source/Juno_Award) winners [Sue Foley](/source/Sue_Foley) and [Big Dave McLean](/source/Big_Dave_McLean).

The band was a 2006 [Western Canadian Music Award](/source/Western_Canadian_Music_Award) recipient for Outstanding Blues Album.[1] The Perpetrators have also been nominated for a [Juno Award](/source/Juno_Awards)[2] and for *Electric Act of the Year* at the Toronto Blues Society's Ninth Annual [Maple Blues Awards](/source/Maple_Blues_Awards).

On January 25, 2007, The Perpetrators released a new single on [Winnipeg](/source/Winnipeg) radio stations titled "You're Gonna Kill Me" for their new album titled *[Tow Truck](/source/Tow_Truck_(album))*. The album was released in April 2007 and was nominated for two 2008 Western Canadian Music Awards–best blues and best independent recordings. In the fall of 2008, their fourth album, recorded live at their home base, the High & Lonesome Club, was released just before they undertook their fourth [European](/source/Europe) tour, with Scotty Hills behind the [drumkit](/source/Drumkit).

Nowicki currently performs regularly with [Romi Mayes](/source/Romi_Mayes). McMahon and Menard perform with a variety of acts. The Perpetrators continue to play shows in and around Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and occasionally tour as the members' schedules permit.

## Discography

### Albums

- *[The Perpetrators](/source/The_Perpetrators_(album))* (2003)
- *[The Gas and the Clutch](/source/The_Gas_and_the_Clutch)* (2005, WCMA Blues album of the year)
- *[Tow Truck](/source/Tow_Truck_(album))* (2007)
- *Live at the High & Lonesome Club* (2008)
- *[Stick Em Up](/source/Stick_Em_Up)* (2013)

### Compilations

- *Winnipeg: The High & Lonesome Years, Vol. I* and *Vol. III* (2002 and 2004)
- *Guess Who's Home* (tribute to [the Guess Who](/source/The_Guess_Who)) (2005)
- *We Best Choose to Pick the Blues* (tribute to Big Dave McLean) (2005)

## See also

- [List of bands from Canada](/source/List_of_bands_from_Canada)

## References

1. ["2003 Awards"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110316194002/http://breakoutwest.ca/awards/previous-years/2006-awards/). [Western Canadian Music Awards](/source/Western_Canadian_Music_Awards). Archived from [the original](http://breakoutwest.ca/awards/previous-years/2006-awards/) on 2011-03-16. Retrieved 8 May 2011.

1. ["Juno Awards Database"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120426202313/http://junoawards.ca/database/artist%2Dsummary/?artist_name%3DThe%2BPerpetrators%26show_details%3D1). [Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences](/source/Canadian_Academy_of_Recording_Arts_and_Sciences). Archived from [the original](http://junoawards.ca/database/artist-summary/?artist_name=The+Perpetrators&show_details=1) on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 8 May 2011.

## External links

- [Official Perpetrators website](http://www.theperps.ca)
- [The Perpetrators Myspace page](http://www.myspace.com/wpgperpetrators)
- [The Perpetrators on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/theperpetrators)
- [The Perpetrators' New Music Canada page](http://radio3.cbc.ca/bands/The-Perpetrators/)

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