•[1995]
-Jesse Dryfhout joins the band Molly, taking over as drummer from Chris Moerman, who becomes the band’s lead singer.
•[1997]
-Molly, consisting of Moerman (vocals, guitar), Dryfhout (drums, vocals), McKenzie Dougall (guitar), and Shaun Bennett (bass), release the EP Ghosts of Yesterday.
-Molly play their last show at a barn in Maple Ridge; as an encore, Chris, Jesse, and Shaun, with Nathan Wylie on drums, play “Everybody”, their first performance as Stabilo Boss.
•[1999]
-On May 16, the band records its debut album, The Kitchen Sessions.
•[2000]
-Karl Williaume joins the band as bass player.
-During June and July, the band records its first full-length album, Stabilo Boss, with Matt Doughty and Chris Davies in Yuba City, California.
•[2001]
-In January, Stabilo Boss is independently released.
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-On March 28, The Beautiful Madness EP is recorded live in White Rock, BC.
•[2002]
-On Feb 4, the band announces that Brian Crowe (Crucial Artists Management Co.) has become their manager.
-Vancouver radio station 104.9 XFM plays “Everybody” on their music competition show, Chaos; the song dominates the station's Top 7@7 charts for nearly a month.
-The band begins to record material for the next album with John Wozniak and Jon Anderson at Mushroom Studios in Vancouver.
-On June 18, the band competes in the 104.9 XFM Last Band Standing finals, finishing second to Crowned King.
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-In July, the SL Feldman & Associates entertainment agency becomes the band’s booking agent.
-In August, the band tours outside of BC for the first time, performing in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario with Jack Union.
-In August, 104.9 XFM plays a newly recorded version of “One More Pill” on Necessary Chaos.
-In October, the band re-releases 100 copies of the Kitchen Sessions CD.
•[2003]
-In March, the band signs a co-management deal with Watchdog, the newly formed artist development division of Feldman & Associates. The band are currently managed by Brian Crowe (Crucial Artists Management) and Jarrod Levitan at Watchdog.
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-The band is nominated for a Canadian Radio Music Award, the only independent band in the Best New Rock Group category.
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-In September, the band shortens their name from Stabilo Boss to Stabilo.
-In September, the band signs a recording contract with EMI Music Canada.
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•[2004]
-In January and February, the band tours Canada with Pilate.
-In January, the band shoots the video for “Everybody” in Toronto.
-In March, “Everybody” is serviced to radio.
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-On April 7, “Beautiful Madness” is released as a digital single.
-On May 11, Cupid?, the band’s first album with EMI Canada, is released.
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-On May 20, the band makes an appearance on CTV’s Canada AM, performing “Everybody” and “Enemy.”
-In May and June, the band tours Canada with Turn Off the Stars.
-On April 30, the band plays “Flawed Design” for the first time at AMP Merchandise in Langley, BC.
-In September, the band tours Ontario, Alberta and BC, opening for Matthew Good in Ontario.
-On November 6, the band shoots the video for “One More Pill” at Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto.
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•[2005]
-On January 12, the band makes an appearance on CBC’s The X (an acoustic performance recorded at Dundas Square, Toronto, on December 11, 2004 as part of a fundraising event for the Daily Bread Food Bank).
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-The band is nominated for Canadian Radio Music Awards in the Best New Group or Solo Artist Rock and Best New Group or Solo Artist Hot AC categories for their song "Everybody."
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•[2006]
-On January 17, “Flawed Design” is released as a digital single.
-On March 14, “One More Pill (Radio Remix)” is released as a digital single exclusively on Puretracks.
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-On March 26, the video for “Flawed Design” is released.
-On March 31, the band is awarded funding from VideoFACT to produce the video for “Kidding Ourselves.”.
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-The week ending March 31, Don’t Look In Their Eyes becomes iTunes top downloaded song.
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-On March 31, Don’t Look In Their Eyes becomes the third The 3rd most downloaded single of the week in iTunes Canada's history.
-On April 4, Happiness & Disaster, the band’s second album with EMI Canada, is released.
-Happiness & Disaster CD debuts the week of April 10 at #6 on the Digital Album Chart and #27 on the Soundscan Top 200.
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-In April and May, the band tours Canada with Mobile.
-In May, the band opens for INXS for eight of their Canadian tour dates.
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-On May 16, "Flawed Design" reaches the number one spot on Canadian Music Network's Hot Adult Contemporary Chart.
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-On May 23, “Kidding Ourselves (Acoustic Version)” is released as a digital single, together with the video for “Flawed Design,” exclusively on iTunes.
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-On June 6, “Flawed Design (Rock Mix)” is released as a digital single.
-On July 14, the band shoots the video for “Kidding Ourselves.”
-In September and October, the band tours Canada with Tomi Swick and Suits XL.
-In September, Flawed Design is Digital Download Certified Gold (Canadian. Recording Industry Association – CRIA)
-On October 3, “Don’t Look in Their Eyes (Acoustic Version)” is released as a digital single.
-On October 6,SOCAN presented Stabilo with a No. 1 Song Award in recognition of their song "Flawed Design," which topped Canadian Music Network's Hot Adult Contemporary Chart on May 16, 2006.
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-On October 24, “Flawed Design (Extended Club Mix)” is released as a digital single.
-On November 14, “Flawed Design (Remix)” is released as a digital single.
•[2007]
-In February, the band is nominated for a Juno Award in the “New Band of the Year” Category.
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-In May 2007, the band announces it will re-release (in limited quanitites) its indie CD’s, Stabilo Boss and The Beautiful Madness EP. They are made available at shows that summer and fall.
-In June 2007, the band begins a small 10 show summer/fall tour, kicking off in Maple Ridge, then in Ontario and ending in Vancouver with a charity benefit gala in November.
-On November 19, 2007, Stabilo receives the SOCAN award for greatest number of plays on Canadian radio for 2006 for their single “Flawed Design”.
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•[2008]
-On April 15,2008, Starting Fires is released as a digital single on iTunes and Puretracks.