{"history":[],"article":{"id":"00247e4e-ae4e-4055-81e8-bafa46d9f7c7","title":"Rob Benvie","slug":"rob-benvie","content":":::summary\n![Rob Benvie](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Robbenvie1.jpg)\n**Name:** Rob Benvie \n**Background:** solo_singer \n**Origin:** [Halifax](https://bliptext.com/articles/halifax-nova-scotia), [Nova Scotia](https://bliptext.com/articles/nova-scotia), Canada \n**Instrument:** [Guitar](https://bliptext.com/articles/guitar), [vocals](https://bliptext.com/articles/vocals) \n**Genre:** [Indie rock](https://bliptext.com/articles/indie-rock)
[alternative rock](https://bliptext.com/articles/alternative-rock) \n**Years Active:** 1990s–present \n**Label:** [Murderecords](https://bliptext.com/articles/murderecords)
[Sonic Unyon Records](https://bliptext.com/articles/sonic-unyon-records)
[Elektra Records](https://bliptext.com/articles/elektra-records) \n**Associated Acts:** [Bankruptcy](https://bliptext.com/articles/bankruptcy-band)
[Thrush Hermit](https://bliptext.com/articles/thrush-hermit)
[Camouflage Nights](https://bliptext.com/articles/camouflage-nights)
[The Dears](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-dears)
[Tigre Benvie](https://bliptext.com/articles/tigre-benvie)
The Tennis Injury
The Tim Robbins Experience
Drug Dog \n:::\n\n# \n**Rob Benvie** (born in [Halifax](https://bliptext.com/articles/halifax-nova-scotia), [Nova Scotia](https://bliptext.com/articles/nova-scotia)) is a Canadian musician and writer who has performed with [alternative rock](https://bliptext.com/articles/alternative-rock) acts [Thrush Hermit](https://bliptext.com/articles/thrush-hermit), [Bankruptcy](https://bliptext.com/articles/bankruptcy-band), [Camouflage Nights](https://bliptext.com/articles/camouflage-nights), and [The Dears](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-dears).\nHe also records and occasionally performs live as Tigre Benvie.\n\n# Musical career\nBenvie first gained notoriety as the guitarist, singer and songwriter in [Halifax](https://bliptext.com/articles/city-of-halifax) rock band Thrush Hermit.\nThrush Hermit also included [Joel Plaskett](https://bliptext.com/articles/joel-plaskett), [Ian McGettigan](https://bliptext.com/articles/ian-mcgettigan) and Cliff Gibb.\nTouring extensively throughout North America, Thrush Hermit released two EPs on [Murderecords](https://bliptext.com/articles/murderecords): Smart Bomb and The Great Pacific Ocean.\nTheir first full-length [Sweet Homewrecker](https://bliptext.com/articles/sweet-homewrecker) was released on the American label [Elektra Records](https://bliptext.com/articles/elektra-records).\nIn 1999, Thrush Hermit released [Clayton Park](https://bliptext.com/articles/clayton-park-album) on [Sonic Unyon Records](https://bliptext.com/articles/sonic-unyon-records).\nIn 2010, Thrush Hermit briefly reunited for a successful reunion tour, followed by another in 2020 with the reissue of Clayton Park.\nPrior to the Thrush Hermit era, Benvie distributed numerous home recordings under such names as The Tennis Injury, Yammer, Drug Dog, and Day Pass.\nSince Thrush Hermit's 1999 break-up, Benvie has produced several solo albums under his own name and as [Tigre Benvie](https://bliptext.com/articles/tigre-benvie).\nIn 2001, he joined The Dears as bass/guitar player, and in years following continued to perform and record with the band in various faculties, most actively for 2008's [Missiles](https://bliptext.com/articles/missiles) and 2011's [Degeneration Street](https://bliptext.com/articles/degeneration-street).\nBenvie and McGettigan have recorded and performed as [Camouflage Nights](https://bliptext.com/articles/camouflage-nights).\nAfter a string of tour dates and limited edition audio and video releases, the band's long-delayed debut LP was released in April 2012 by [Sonic Unyon Records](https://bliptext.com/articles/sonic-unyon-records).\nCamouflage Nights has remixed artists such as [Stars](https://bliptext.com/articles/stars-canadian-band), [Every Move a Picture](https://bliptext.com/articles/every-move-a-picture), [Pony Da Look](https://bliptext.com/articles/pony-da-look), along with scoring numerous film and television projects.\nIn 2015, Benvie founded the rock band [Bankruptcy](https://bliptext.com/articles/bankruptcy-band).\nTheir debut LP For The Future was released in April 2016.\nBankruptcy's follow-up album, Computers Make the Drinks, was released in 2019.\n\n# Writing\nIn May 2001 literature and humour website [McSweeney's Internet Tendency](https://bliptext.com/articles/mcsweeney-s) featured an essay by Benvie titled \"The Porn I Like\".\nBenvie's first novel, [Safety of War](https://bliptext.com/articles/safety-of-war), was published by [Coach House Books](https://bliptext.com/articles/coach-house-books).\nIn 2011, Benvie published a second novel, titled [Maintenance](https://bliptext.com/articles/maintenance-novel), along with a full-length instrumental 'audio companion' available via download through Coach House.\nHis third novel, [Bleeding Light](https://bliptext.com/articles/bleeding-light), was published in 2021.\nBenvie also co-wrote the screenplay, with frequent collaborator [Maxwell McCabe-Lokos](https://bliptext.com/articles/maxwell-mccabe-lokos), for McCabe-Lokos' 2021 film [Stanleyville](https://bliptext.com/articles/stanleyville-film).\n\n# Discography","current_revision":null,"created_by":"kACnuQmH5k9Nr5VNVEpVeg7XpvUmMctD","created_at":"2025-01-25T20:11:08.732Z","updated_at":"2025-01-25T20:11:08.732Z","search_vector":"'benvi':2 'rob':1","search_content":" \n \n**Name:** Rob Benvie \n**Background:** solo_singer \n**Origin:** [Halifax](https://bliptext.com/articles/halifax-nova-scotia), [Nova Scotia](https://bliptext.com/articles/nova-scotia), Canada \n**Instrument:** [Guitar](https://bliptext.com/articles/guitar), [vocals](https://bliptext.com/articles/vocals) \n**Genre:** [Indie rock](https://bliptext.com/articles/indie-rock) [alternative rock](https://bliptext.com/articles/alternative-rock) \n**Years Active:** 1990s–present \n**Label:** [Murderecords](https://bliptext.com/articles/murderecords) [Sonic Unyon Records](https://bliptext.com/articles/sonic-unyon-records) [Elektra Records](https://bliptext.com/articles/elektra-records) \n**Associated Acts:** [Bankruptcy](https://bliptext.com/articles/bankruptcy-band) [Thrush Hermit](https://bliptext.com/articles/thrush-hermit) [Camouflage Nights](https://bliptext.com/articles/camouflage-nights) [The Dears](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-dears) [Tigre Benvie](https://bliptext.com/articles/tigre-benvie) The Tennis Injury The Tim Robbins Experience Drug Dog \n \n\n# \n**Rob Benvie** (born in [Halifax](https://bliptext.com/articles/halifax-nova-scotia), [Nova Scotia](https://bliptext.com/articles/nova-scotia)) is a Canadian musician and writer who has performed with [alternative rock](https://bliptext.com/articles/alternative-rock) acts [Thrush Hermit](https://bliptext.com/articles/thrush-hermit), [Bankruptcy](https://bliptext.com/articles/bankruptcy-band), [Camouflage Nights](https://bliptext.com/articles/camouflage-nights), and [The Dears](https://bliptext.com/articles/the-dears).\nHe also records and occasionally performs live as Tigre Benvie.\n\n# Musical career\nBenvie first gained notoriety as the guitarist, singer and songwriter in [Halifax](https://bliptext.com/articles/city-of-halifax) rock band Thrush Hermit.\nThrush Hermit also included [Joel Plaskett](https://bliptext.com/articles/joel-plaskett), [Ian McGettigan](https://bliptext.com/articles/ian-mcgettigan) and Cliff Gibb.\nTouring extensively throughout North America, Thrush Hermit released two EPs on [Murderecords](https://bliptext.com/articles/murderecords): Smart Bomb and The Great Pacific Ocean.\nTheir first full-length [Sweet Homewrecker](https://bliptext.com/articles/sweet-homewrecker) was released on the American label [Elektra Records](https://bliptext.com/articles/elektra-records).\nIn 1999, Thrush Hermit released [Clayton Park](https://bliptext.com/articles/clayton-park-album) on [Sonic Unyon Records](https://bliptext.com/articles/sonic-unyon-records).\nIn 2010, Thrush Hermit briefly reunited for a successful reunion tour, followed by another in 2020 with the reissue of Clayton Park.\nPrior to the Thrush Hermit era, Benvie distributed numerous home recordings under such names as The Tennis Injury, Yammer, Drug Dog, and Day Pass.\nSince Thrush Hermit's 1999 break-up, Benvie has produced several solo albums under his own name and as [Tigre Benvie](https://bliptext.com/articles/tigre-benvie).\nIn 2001, he joined The Dears as bass/guitar player, and in years following continued to perform and record with the band in various faculties, most actively for 2008's [Missiles](https://bliptext.com/articles/missiles) and 2011's [Degeneration Street](https://bliptext.com/articles/degeneration-street).\nBenvie and McGettigan have recorded and performed as [Camouflage Nights](https://bliptext.com/articles/camouflage-nights).\nAfter a string of tour dates and limited edition audio and video releases, the band's long-delayed debut LP was released in April 2012 by [Sonic Unyon Records](https://bliptext.com/articles/sonic-unyon-records).\nCamouflage Nights has remixed artists such as [Stars](https://bliptext.com/articles/stars-canadian-band), [Every Move a Picture](https://bliptext.com/articles/every-move-a-picture), [Pony Da Look](https://bliptext.com/articles/pony-da-look), along with scoring numerous film and television projects.\nIn 2015, Benvie founded the rock band [Bankruptcy](https://bliptext.com/articles/bankruptcy-band).\nTheir debut LP For The Future was released in April 2016.\nBankruptcy's follow-up album, Computers Make the Drinks, was released in 2019.\n\n# Writing\nIn May 2001 literature and humour website [McSweeney's Internet Tendency](https://bliptext.com/articles/mcsweeney-s) featured an essay by Benvie titled \"The Porn I Like\".\nBenvie's first novel, [Safety of War](https://bliptext.com/articles/safety-of-war), was published by [Coach House Books](https://bliptext.com/articles/coach-house-books).\nIn 2011, Benvie published a second novel, titled [Maintenance](https://bliptext.com/articles/maintenance-novel), along with a full-length instrumental 'audio companion' available via download through Coach House.\nHis third novel, [Bleeding Light](https://bliptext.com/articles/bleeding-light), was published in 2021.\nBenvie also co-wrote the screenplay, with frequent collaborator [Maxwell McCabe-Lokos](https://bliptext.com/articles/maxwell-mccabe-lokos), for McCabe-Lokos' 2021 film [Stanleyville](https://bliptext.com/articles/stanleyville-film).\n\n# Discography","revisionCount":0},"hasMore":false,"nextCursor":null}

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