Green Go

The band consists of Ferenc(Fezz) Stenton (vocals/synth/bass), Jessica Tollefsen (vocals/synth), Kyle Squance (vocals/bass/guitar), Mark Andrade (vocals/guitar/bass/synth/aux drums) and Adam Scott (drums).

Go Green formed when Stenton returned from living as an exchange student in Brazil. In 2006, while looking for musicians to start a project, he met Tollefsen while she was playing with Spy Machine 16, and the two began writing music while attending the University of Guelph. Squance, also from Spy Machine 16 and Andrade quickly joined the band and a first gig was booked at the Albion Hotel almost right away. Later that year after Andrade sustained a drumming injury, Scott was asked to join to take over drums, leaving Andrade to explore other instruments.{{cite web |url=http://www.singinglamb.ca/tag/green-go/ |title=green go « Singing Lamb |publisher=Singinglamb.ca |date= |accessdate=2011-08-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816195213/http://www.singinglamb.ca/tag/green-go/ |archive-date=2011-08-16 |url-status=dead }}

Green Go gained notoriety by playing intense house parties in Guelph, Ontario. Guelph is known for a vibrant music scene, with bands like Green Go being formed during a noticeable wave of independent live music in that city in the mid-2000s.{{cite web |url=http://theontarion.ca/viewarticle.php?id_pag=2115 |title=Guelph's Music Scene |website=theontarion.ca |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210010529/http://theontarion.ca/viewarticle.php?id_pag=2115 |archive-date=10 December 2008 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://news.therecord.com/arts/NightLife/article/318887 |title=TheRecord - To create buzz, studios need patience |publisher=News.therecord.com |date=2011-01-07 |accessdate=2011-08-11}}

The band was a part of the Burnt Oak Collective of Guelph artists which included notable Guelph area musicians such as Slow Hand Motëm, Richard Laviolette, Jia Qing Wilson-Yang and Elbow Beach Surf Club.{{Cite web |url=http://exclaim.ca/musicschool/labellife.aspx?csid1=117 |title=Label Life: Burnt Oak Records |access-date=2010-02-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531011201/http://www.exclaim.ca/musicschool/labellife.aspx?csid1=117 |archive-date=2008-05-31 |url-status=dead }} The rich Guelph music scene at the time also gave rise to prominent local bands The D'Urbervilles and The Magic.

They play energetic dance music that includes a complex mash-up of elements from rock, punk, electro, no wave, and funk. Their music is performed entirely with live instruments, without a laptop or electronic click-track.

After releasing their home recorded debut self-titled EP on Burnt Oak, Green Go began touring central Canada extensively and recording their first full-length Borders, which was released in April, 2009.{{cite web |url=http://www.maplemusic.com/artists/ggo/default.asp |title=Green Go Home |publisher=Maplemusic.com |date= |accessdate=2011-08-11 |archive-date=2011-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110615060541/http://www.maplemusic.com/artists/ggo/default.asp |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|author=Jordan Bimm |url=http://www.nowtoronto.com/daily/story.cfm?content=169293 |title=NOW Magazine // Daily // Music // Green Go @ Wrong Bar |publisher=Nowtoronto.com |date= |accessdate=2011-08-11}}

Green Go have played shows with Shout Out Out Out Out, You Say Party! We Say Die!, Holy Fuck, Woodhands, Natalie Portman's Shaved Head, Think About Life, Arkells, Fischerspooner, Beast, Ruby Jean and the Thoughtful Bees and Thunderheist, among others.{{cite web |url=http://radio3.cbc.ca/concerts/Green-Go-2009-07-11/ |title=Concerts and Sessions - Green Go - July 11, 2009 - CBC Radio 3: Free music, videos, podcasts & concerts |publisher=Google.ca |date= |accessdate=2011-08-11 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web |url=http://amseventsubc.com/site/index.cfm?go=site.calendar&id=167 |title=AMS Events - Calendar |publisher=Amseventsubc.com |date=2009-09-11 |accessdate=2011-08-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718034833/http://amseventsubc.com/site/index.cfm?go=site.calendar&id=167 |archive-date=2011-07-18 |url-status=dead }} They have played at numerous festivals including Pop Montreal, NXNE, Hillside, Festival d'ete Quebec and Osheaga.{{cite web|url=http://www.tourisme-montreal.org/Blogs/Nightlife/Osheaga-MEG-Awesome |title=Osheaga + Meg = Awesome |publisher=Tourisme Montreal |date= |accessdate=2011-08-11}}{{cite web|last=Andrushenko |first=Stefan |url=http://sandrush.blogspot.com/2009/07/go-green-go-hillside-09.html |title=Vernacular: Go Green Go! (Hillside '09) |publisher=Sandrush.blogspot.com |date=2009-07-29 |accessdate=2011-08-11}}{{cite web|last=Lewis |first=Jessica |url=http://www.chartattack.com/reviews/71235/green-go-nxne-2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090624031510/http://www.chartattack.com/reviews/71235/green-go-nxne-2009 |url-status=usurped |archive-date=June 24, 2009 |title=Green Go @ NXNE 2009 |publisher=CHARTattack |date=2009-06-18 |accessdate=2011-08-11}}{{cite web |url=http://www.popmontreal.com/en/node/5548 |title=Passovah Presents: Moved To Green Room! |publisher=POP Montreal |date= |accessdate=2011-08-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809010304/http://popmontreal.com/en/node/5548 |archive-date=2011-08-09 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.eyeweekly.com/fpLarge/video/58936 |title=EYEWEEKLY Video Player - Green Go: Live at Sonic Boom |publisher=Eyeweekly.com |date= |accessdate=2011-08-11 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

In addition to their own recordings, the band has also released two EPs featuring remixes of songs by other Canadian indie rock artists, including Diamond Rings, The D'Urbervilles, The Rural Alberta Advantage, Gentleman Reg, Women and Born Ruffians.

• Their song "You Know You Want It" was featured on NBC's Chuck in March 2010, episode 3:10, "Chuck VS. the Tic Tac".{{cite web|url=http://www.chuckonline.net/2010/03/music-update-310-chuck-vs-tic-tac.html |title=Chuckonline and Chuck Season 4 |publisher=Chuckonline.net |accessdate=2011-08-11 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723042040/http://www.chuckonline.net/2010/03/music-update-310-chuck-vs-tic-tac.html |archivedate=July 23, 2011 }}

• Green Go - Independent (2006)
• Borders - Pheromone Recordings (2009)

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