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The Crash Test Dummies are a Canadian folk rock/alternative rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba.
The band is most identifiable through Brad Roberts (vocals, guitar) and his distinctive bass-baritone voice. The band members have fluctuated over the years, but its best known line-up consisted of Roberts, Ellen Reid (co-vocals, keyboards), Brad's brother Dan Roberts (bass guitar, backing vocals), Benjamin Darvill (harmonica, mandolin), and Mitch Dorge (drums, percussion). The band is best known for their 1993 single "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm."
After a multi-year hiatus, the band returned in 2015 with a Brad Roberts solo tour and the new charity single "Promised Land" with Marc Mysterio following up Marc's Hit Remix of for their 1993 single "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm.
The origin of the Crash Test Dummies is tied to the history of two Winnipeg nightspots, the Spectrum Cabaret and the Blue Note Cafe, owned by Curtis Riddell.
In the mid-1980s, Riddell joined with Brad Roberts to form the decidedly less-than-serious bar band Bad Brad Roberts and the St. James Rhythm Pigs. Over time, the band evolved into the Crash Test Dummies, a name suggested by a friend of the band who was in medical school. The diagnostic mannequin, known colloquially as a crash test dummy, was known to the public already by this time. Ellen Reid and Benjamin Darvill became permanent additions. George West, the original bass player, quit and was replaced by Dan Roberts, Brad's brother. Riddell was replaced by Vince Lambert, who was fired and replaced by Mitch Dorge just before the release of The Ghosts That Haunt Me.
Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm (HQ)
Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm - Crash Test Dummies (HQ Audio)
Crash Test Dummies: Superman's Song
Crash Test Dummies: God Shuffled His Feet
Crash Test Dummies - Afternoons & Coffeespoons
Crash Test Dummies - Live at Alabama halle , Munich, Germany 1994-07-13 (FULL SHOW)
Superman's Song -- (by Crash Test Dummies)
The ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead - Crash Test Dummies
I Didn't Know That - Crash Test Dummy
In Studio: Crash Test Dummies, Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
If I held you higher
And I could choose to need you
What side of you is unreal?
(I know you)
Have every breath that I take
Every mistake that I make
Even if I could hold you close
(Will you)
Fly away with me
When the back seats all alone
You are with May, tonight
And I know what you know
We're not around when the top keeps caving in front of you
Tonight could be the enemy
And if knew that I had to become a factor to you
(Would you still push me further?)
And if I chose to have you
If I could choose to need you
What side of you is unreal?
(Will you)
(Tonight could be) the enemy
(Tonight could be)
(Tonight could be) the enemy
(Tonight could be) the enemy