Cookie Duster

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title: "Cookie Duster" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["canadian-indie-rock-groups", "musical-groups-from-toronto", "maplemusic-recordings-artists", "musical-groups-established-in-1999", "1999-establishments-in-ontario", "canadian-rock-music-supergroups"] description: "Canadian indie rock band" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cookie_Duster" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Canadian indie rock band ::

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Field	Value
name	Cookie Duster
origin	Toronto, Ontario, Canada
genre	indie rock
years_active	–
–present
label	MapleMusic Recordings
associated_acts	Broken Social Scene, Valley of the Giants, Change of Heart, By Divine Right, The Super Friendz, The Flashing Lights, Danko Jones
current_members	Brendan Canning
Bernard Maiezza
Jeen O'Brien
Matt Murphy
Damon Richardson
past_members	Evan Cranley
Danko Jones
Spookey Ruben
Ian Blurton
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| image = | name = Cookie Duster | image_size = | alias = | origin = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | genre = indie rock | years_active = – –present | label = MapleMusic Recordings | associated_acts = Broken Social Scene, Valley of the Giants, Change of Heart, By Divine Right, The Super Friendz, The Flashing Lights, Danko Jones | current_members = Brendan Canning Bernard Maiezza Jeen O'Brien Matt Murphy Damon Richardson | past_members = Evan Cranley Danko Jones Spookey Ruben Ian Blurton Cookie Duster is a Canadian indie rock band, who were briefly active in Toronto in the late 1990s before reforming with some new members in 2012.

History

Originally formed in the late 1990s by Brendan Canning and Bernard Maiezza after the dissolution of their previous bands hHead and Change of Heart, the band released a self-titled album in 2001 with a lineup that included Evan Cranley, Danko Jones, Spookey Ruben and Ian Blurton, but subsequently went on hiatus as Canning's other project, Broken Social Scene, broke through to mass popularity.

Following Broken Social Scene's announcement in 2011 that they were going on hiatus, Canning and Maiezza revived Cookie Duster, working with a new band lineup including vocalist Jeen O'Brien, guitarist Matt Murphy and drummer Damon Richardson (Danko Jones). Canning, Bernard, Maiezza, O'Brien, Murphy and Richardson released the album When Flying Was Easy in June 2012. The new lineup began performing live in early 2013, making their debut appearance at the Wavelength Music Festival in Toronto.

Discography

• Cookie Duster (2001)
• When Flying Was Easy (2012)

References

References

1. [http://www.spinner.ca/2011/11/10/broken-social-scene-brendan-canning-cookie-duster/ "Broken Social Scene's Brendan Canning Reviving Cookie Duster Project?"] {{Webarchive. link. (2018-10-09 . ''[[Spinner (website)). Spinner]]'', November 10, 2011.
2. [https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/brendan-cannings-compass-for-nxne "NXNE 2012: Brendan Canning's compass for the festival"]. ''National Post'', Ben Kaplan, June 11, 2012.
3. [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/toronto/brendan-canning-chills-out-on-draper-street/article15802842/ "Brendan Canning chills out from Broken Social Scene"]. ''The Globe and Mail'', Brad Wheeler December 6, 2013
4. [http://www.spinner.ca/2012/06/26/brendan-canning-cookie-duster-broken-social-scene/ "Brendan Canning on Cookie Duster and Life After BSS: 'I Wanted a Fresh Perspective'"] {{Webarchive. link. (2018-10-09 . ''[[Spinner (website)). Spinner]]'', June 26, 2012.
5. Knapp, Lonny. (11 June 2012). "Brendan Canning, Cookie Duster: Post-Broken Social Scene Album 'When Flying Was Easy' is About 'Experimentation'". [[Spinner (website).
6. Karassik, Neil. (13 June 2012). "Cookie Duster: When Flying Was Easy". [[The Grid (newspaper).
7. [https://aestheticmagazinetoronto.com/2013/02/18/photos-wavelength-thirteen-toronto-cookie-duster-legato-vipers-henri-faberge-dusted/ "Photos: Wavelength THIRTEEN Night 4: Cookie Duster, Legato Vipers, Henri Fabergé & the Adorables, The Magic, Dusted"]. ''Aesthetic Magazine'', Curtis Sindrey, February 18, 2013

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