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Not by Choice
Year Single Chart peaks Album
MM
Countdown
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2002 "Standing All Alone" 11 Maybe One Day
2003 "Now That You Are Leaving" 4
2004 "Days Go By" 16 Secondhand Opinions
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.
Not By Choice of Southern Ontario for more than a handful of sporadic
dates. They were given the opening band slot for Avril
Origin Ajax, Ontario, Canada Lavigne’s 2005 summer tour in Southern Ontario, but the
Genres Punk rock Pop Punk effort came almost 8 months after the release of Second-
hand Opinions.
Years active 2002–2008
The band did prove to have a faithful following in
Labels Linus Records Japan, and Secondhand Opinions did manage to receive a
Warner Music Canada great deal of attention. The band was able to tour Japan
MapleMusic Recordings in March 2005, performing a week of headlining shows
Universal Records
followed by a week as the opening band for Simple Plan.
Members After the departure of bassist AJ Bovaird during the
Mike Bilcox
summer of 2005, Not by Choice took a break from touring
Glenn "Chico" Dunning and began writing songs for a new album.
Liam Killeen As of March 30, 2008 Not By Choice has stopped
progress on their 3rd studio album and have taken an in-
Past members
definite hiatus
AJ Bovaird
Not by Choice is a Canadian punk rock music band from
Discography
Ajax, Ontario. They have released two albums, Maybe One
Day in 2002 (Linus Records/Warner Music Canada), and Albums
Secondhand Opinions (Maple Music Recordings/Universal • 2002: Maybe One Day
Music Canada)in 2004. • 2004: Secondhand Opinions
Maybe One Day certainly earned Not by Choice their
early share of prestigious acclaim with a MuchMusic Music Videos
Video Award for Best Independent Video ("Now That You
Are Leaving"), a CASBY award for Best Independent Al-
bum, and inclusion on two Big Shiny Tunes compilations
Members
(Now That You Are Leaving and Standing All Alone). Maybe • Mike Bilcox – guitar, vocals
One Day was released in Japan in September 2003, and has • Glenn "Chico" Dunning – guitar, vocals
had amazing success, selling over 25,000 records. • Liam Killeen – drums
The band’s October 2004 release of their second al-
bum, Secondhand Opinions, presented a different direction
from the pop-punk roots of Maybe One Day with a more
Former members
mature-sounding musical approach. The album was not • AJ Bovaird – bass
well received by commercial radio, and did not meet the
expectations set by the success of their first album. De-
spite a heavy push from Much Music with their video for
Singles
the first single Days Go By, the band did not tour outside • 2002: "Standing All Alone"
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Not by Choice
• 2002: "Now That You Are Leaving"
• 2004: "Days Go By"
References
[1] "MuchMusic Countdown". MuchMusic.
http://www.muchmusic.com/tv/countdown/
index.aspx. Retrieved 2011-04-15.
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Categories:
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• Canadian pop punk musical groups
• Musical groups from Toronto
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