"Some people are trying to call us alt-country, but that's 'cause they're lazy. They hear a pedal steel and automatically assume 'country'. Alt-country is a buzz word right now and the problem with buzz words is: one, they are hard to shake and two, they fall out of fashion. We're just a rock band." says singer/songwriter, Jason Taylor of Driveway's sound. Driveway is a new group from Toronto made up of ex-MAdE frontman Jason Taylor, ex-MAdE bass player Chris Sytnyk, drummer Robin Mason (Superhalo, Statistics), and Corey Matheson (Haggis) on banjo, pedal steel and guitar. These seasoned musicians have combined their influences that include Whiskeytown, The Jayhawks, Lucinda Williams, Coldplay, The Rolling Stones, Pixies, and Sonic Youth to form this 'rock band'. The guys in Driveway all have many years of recording and touring experience. Universal Music Canada and MCA in the U.S. released MAdE's first album, Bedazzler and Universal Canada distributed their second, Television Heart. The group broke up after the Universal/Polygram merger took place in 1999 and they were dropped from the label. Taylor said, "After that I just wanted to get back to basics, back to my roots and just make music. It's actually quite liberating to not have to hear music referred to as units, singles, radio adds, and product." Driveway are recording their 2nd record this winter with musician/producer Jose Contreras (By Devine Right) (check him out at myspace.com/bydevineright). The record will be released by Curve Music in April '07.
