Bill Priddle

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Bill Priddle is a Canadian rock guitarist, who has been associated with the bands Treble Charger and Broken Social Scene.

Treble Charger

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Bill Priddle was one of the first members of Treble Charger, along with Greig Nori, Rosie Martin and Morris Palter. Originally, the four of them called themselves "nc-17" (after the movie rating), until an American band of the same name had threatened to sue them, thus "Treble Charger" was born. However, they still called their first album nc-17. The group's first hit "Red" was written by Bill Priddle and was also re-recorded for their 1997 album Maybe It's Me.

At first, Treble Charger was an indie rock group until its 1997 album Maybe It's Me, which was the band's transition to punk rock. In 2001, Wide Awake Bored was their first official punk rock album.

In 2003, Bill Priddle left Treble Charger for good. He said that he left Treble Charger because punk rock "wasn't his style." He officially left in September, earlier than expected due to the fact that Nori told him to. He also left due to the fact that it was Greig Nori who had started writing the songs ever since they became a punk rock band as Priddle had been the composer before when they used to be an indie rock group.

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