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posted 12-22-2005 11:56 AM         

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We were a Canadian rock band in the late 60s. Our first, and biggest hit sold 500,000 in the US, 100,000 in Canada and 1,000,000 in Japan. Our record and concert ticket sales in Japan were second only to the Beatles in the late 60s.

We named our band after a type of hashish.

Several of our members left in the early 70s' to form a well known Canadian rock band.

Who are we and what was our big hit?

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posted 12-22-2005 12:33 PM         

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Holy cow Marty - you're a REAL expert on this subject. I never would have guessed it.

Sorry, the name I'm looking for is not one of these.

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so i've heard....

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This message has been edited by halicat on 12-22-2005 at 12:54 PM

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posted 12-22-2005 01:18 PM         

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We have a winner - Halicat got the group name correct!!!

What was their big hit?

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I saw them in concert in Cranbrook B.C. mid 70's

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posted 12-22-2005 01:39 PM         

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Actually the song I was looking for was "As The Years Go By"

Named after a type of hashish, the origins of Mashmakhan began in 1960, when singer/keyboardist Pierre Senecal first hooked up with guitarist Rayburn Blake. After adding Jerrry Mercer on drums they played the Montreal B circuit for the next five years under several names, including The Phantoms, The Dominoes and Ray Blake's Combo. By '65 they'd settled on the name The Triangle and had landed the backup role to r&b singer Trevor Payne, a Barbadan who'd go on to moderate success as a gospel/soul singer. They continued doing the local circuit for the next four years when record producer Bob Hahn approached them about a possible deal after catching one of their live shows. Not interested, Payne declined the offer but Senecal, Blake and Mercer packed their bags and moved to Toronto, signing with Columbia Records in 1970. Needing a bassplayer, they called on Brian Edwards, who'd played with them for a short time in the early days to rejoin the band.
Senecal either wrote or co-wrote all 10 tracks on the self-titled debut, released that summer. Their first single would actually be their biggest. "As The Years Go By" was certified platinum in Canada (100,000 units) in record time. It also hit big in the States, where it sold 500,000 copies and cracked Billboard's Top 40 on both sides of the border. But their biggest impact was in Japan, where the single sold a million copies, prompting them to travel to the Land of The Rising Sun, where they were met with crowds unprecedented since the landing of The Beatles.

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