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Trans-Canada Highwaymen is a supergroup born out of four Canadian rock bands

Members of Sloan, Odds, Barenaked Ladies and The Pursuit of Happiness sit down with Q's Tom Power to explain why they wanted to create their own supergroup.

The supergroup was formed by members of Sloan, Odds, Barenaked Ladies and The Pursuit of Happiness

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Four men standing against a green background.
From left, Moe Berg, Chris Murphy, Stephen Page and Craig Northey of Trans-Canada Highwaymen. (Submitted by the artists)
Q16:54Trans-Canada Highwaymen: Members of Sloan, Odds, Barenaked Ladies, and The Pursuit of Happiness create their own supergroup

Trans-Canada Highwaymen is a supergroup born out of four bands that were all over Canadian rock radio in the '90s: Sloan, Odds, Barenaked Ladies and The Pursuit of Happiness.

On the supergroup's new album, Explosive Hits Vol. 1, they pay tribute to their favourite songs by covering classics from 1969 to 1975.

Chris Murphy of Sloan, Craig Northey of Odds, Stephen Page formerly of Barenaked Ladies, and Moe Berg of The Pursuit of Happiness sit down with Q's Tom Power to tell us how K-tel ads from the '70s inspired them to form Trans-Canada Highwaymen, why they chose the songs they did for the album, and what it's like playing each other's music. 

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The full interview with Trans-Canada Highwaymen is available on our podcast, Q with Tom Power. Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

Interview with Trans-Canada Highwaymen produced by Vanessa Greco.