Band Lineups | 2017 – Techapalooza 2024

Band Line-ups | 2017

How I Met Your Motherboard

Dust off your RCA and click your rotary VHF dial to the hottest in pure Technicolor tunes. It’s alright if you can’t afford a color set, songs from your favourite B&W shows will also be featured. Don’t bother getting up to change the channel, we’ve got you covered as the hit theme songs come fast and furious. How I Met Your Motherboard is a band that pays tribute to those ear-worm songs of your favourite shows of the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s… right to today. Every generation will hear something they know.

Audience be warned: there will quiz – guess the names of each of the shows – and you can win a prize!

Band Members

Derek Steele: Vocals
MB Hydro

Carl Strempler: Guitar
Solvera

Nicholas Au: Guitar
DMT

Joshua Bertin: Acoustic Guitar
DMT

Steven Nelson: Bass
DMT

Dorian Khan: Saxophone, Vocals
DMT

Kim Chau: Flute, Vocals
DMT

Gary Brenner: Keys
Ringer

Greg Boettcher: Drums
HPE

Hexadecibels

When asked about their inspiration the Hexadecibels replied, “It’s as if you took the psychedelic sounds of the 70’s, added 2 cups of beer, a shot, put it in a blender then sprinkled it with sweet sounds”. That’s Hexadecibels.” Witness the performance of this inspiring group coming together to demonstrate that programmers really do know how to rock. Their uniquely driven style will have you on your feet much faster than you can say Hexidecibels.

To quote the Matrix, “Buckle your seatbelt Dorothy, ‘cause Kansas is going bye-bye!”

Band Members

Trish Rempel: Vocals, Percussion
IQMetrix

Kyle Joyal: Vocals, Percussion
IQMetrix

Eric Santiago: Guitar, Vocals
Cire Film/Sound

Hector Luna: Guitar
IQMetrix

Dominique Kraun: Bass, Vocals
Ringer

Karrie Didyk Zarecki: Piano, Keys, Vocals
Ringer

Rick Margerison: Drums, Percussion
IQMetrix

Bill & Dave McKenzie’s Band

On a cool summer evening as they sat on their favorite lawn chairs, Bill and Dave McKenzie wondered “wouldn’t it be awesome if you could hear all the great old summer tunes by our favorite Canadian bands, but from ONE BAND all at once?” “And not just the stuff they play to death on classic rock stations; the cool tunes…and songs about beers, and crappy jobs, and pretty girls, that made cruising to Juniors, and swimming in the pits and waking up in a field surrounded by empties so awesome…we should put a band together man….”

So Bill and Dave McKenzie’s Band was born: guys who wear toques drink Canadian, and can rock a Canuck tune like nobody else!

Band Members

Thomas Wolstencroft: Vocals, Percussion
Compugen

Neil Sinnott: Vocals, Harmonica, Guitar
TTC

Napoleon Sansregret: Guitar
HP Inc.

Craig Kurbis: Guitar
Retired IT Sector Worker

Brad Enns: Bass, Vocals
Compugen

Hal Ryckman: Drums
Solvera

Great-West Life Google Dolls 2.0

Reunited once again with some new band members are the Great-West Life Google Dolls 2.0. They are looking forward to rocking the night away to Mick Jagger, Phil Collins and others!

Be ready to do the locomotion with this fun-loving group of musicians.

Band Members

Nancy McCuaig: Vocals
Investors Group

Adam Hanson: Backup Vocals
Great-West Life

Keith Lalman: Guitar
Great-West Life

Brent Thompson: Guitar
Great-West Life

Glenn Antonio: Bass
Great-West Life

Chris Durston: Keys
Investors Group

Blair Burns: Cello
Great-West Life

Colin Ramsey: Drums
Ion Financial

ReeBOOT!

Goodbye, 2016 and hello 2017. We are welcoming the next trip around the sun. Pop, funk, and rock, old and new. We’re the only band with a legit horn section, percussion, and we’re going to make you happy and dance. We won Fan Favorite last year, come early.

This year is going to be a show.