" In a parade of innovation, imagination and realization, allows you to experience the possibility you can save the world, or at least, believe you can. In a culture of hype and nonsense, their music can transport the listener -- reaching for the sky while remaining firmly planted on the ground."

It's not often an up and coming band of brothers, like Canadian stalwarts , get the opportunity, so early in their career, to perform on the arena stage with U2, work with top-rated record producers Rick Parashar (Pearl Jam, Bon Jovi) and Scott Mathews (Elvis Costello, Eric Clapton) and shoot a video with George Lucas' Industrial Light & Magic cinematographer Hans Uhlig, all while still in their 20's.

Shade, Key and Nathan Samuel Phillip, who together form the group , know their way around guerilla marketing almost as well as the stage and studio, and are fearless in accomplishing their mission to reach as many people as possible with their brand of revolutionary rock and live performance. We've seen them performing live on a flatbed truck, and on a stage lifted over 30 feet in mid-air by an 80 ton crane in downtown Toronto. They've toured across North America, and last year they hit the UK.

Born, raised and based in Toronto, Canada, started their music study and interest while their ages were still in the single digits. Nathan recalls, "I remember hearing U2 for the first time riding the bus to elementary school, and since then we've been hooked." "Greats like Bowie, Dylan, U2 and The Beatles are just a few of the reasons we formed the band to begin with." Shade comments, "Although we are influenced by them, we use them as inspiration more than anything. We work hard at making our material original, and all our own."

The name (pronounced "MEN-u") is a symbol more than a word, a universal name, sans language restrictions. "Although it originally came from merging two signs in our garage rehearsal space, we also liked that it was a sort of palindrome with a reversed "E", explains Nathan.

has spent the last few months in studio preparing their "Of The Future" release on the RedCore Label. Although their launch of the new CD coincides with their appearance at NxNE (they kick off the whole convention), the remainder of the year will see touring North America for promotional and live performances in major markets (more info to follow). Free sample download at: www.MENEW.com/thisisntreal.mp3
's video for "This Isn't Real" has just been completed and you can be among the first to view it here: www.MENEW.com/thisisntrealvideo .