Artist Info: Simcoe Street Mob

Simcoe St. Mob was formed, unintentionally, January 11 1997 at the Reddy Family Motel in Toronto, Ontario. It has been speculated that the motel’s address, 168 Simcoe St., may have partially influenced not only the name of the group, but perhaps even their debut album, “168.”

Even to this day, details surrounding the events that took place in that motel January 11th remain fuzzy at best. While members of the group attribute their poor memories to a rare calcium deficiency that they all insist they suffer from [read more...]