Twirl Bio

Twirl is Huguette Arsenault (AKA Chantal) and Neal Busby, an edgy independent electro rock duo from Toronto fusing post new wave, dark synth with grungy flairs. Other times, they've blended mod-punk with sexy alternative electro Rock. Forgoing the traditional music business model and embracing the DIY philosophy, Twirl have successfully promoted their music to the masses via high profile song placements in Film, Television & advertising campaigns. This exposure has led to hundreds of thousands of streams and downloads of their music on spotify and itunes around the world.

Prior to forming the group, Neal Busby, in the early 90's was drummer for Canadian hard rockers SLIK TOXIK. As a contributing songwriter Neal and Slik Toxik went on to achieve GOLD selling status and win a JUNO award for "Hard Rock" album of the year in 1991. More recently Neal was touring drummer for veteran classic rockers APRIL WINE. Later, upon meeting Huguette, the pair found a shared love of Alternative Rock and evolved it into their own post electro punk revival sound.

With 550+ TV shows comprising of over 5000 episodes, Twirl can literally be heard every time you turn on the television and continues to be highly sought out by music supervisors worldwide for their edgy/hip and modern sound.

Similar Artists

Paramore, Elastica, The Donnas, Garbage, Hole, Avril Lavigne.
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Influences

Elastica, Garbage, Hole, The Cranberries, Oasis, Alanis Morrisette, Nirvana, Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, Sex Pistols, Blondie, The Runaways, Joan Jett, Heart.

Bio

Twirl is an edgy blend of Alternative/Modern Rock & Pop Punk. Twirl are rockers who write songs that are a bit punky and snarky with pop sensibilities twisted and mingled througout that spit out catchy tunes. Twirl who hail out of Toronto has been garnering fans of all ages from around the world by having their songs licensed in film & Television shows in as much as 75 countries.

Twirl recent credits & reviews:

Legally Blondes
The City (MTV)
Budweiser Superbowl commercial
Notes From The Underbelly (ABC)
Life Is Wild (CWTV, CBS)
Life With Derek
The Latest Buzz
South Of Nowhere (The N)
Dr. 90210 (E Network)
America's Got Talent
Regis & Kelly
MTV (various shows)
Rock The Cradle (MTV)
Fashion Television - 8 episodes.
Sasktel Instinct Mobile phone commercial
Mitsubishi Motors multi media usage
Johnny Delgado Is Dead Comic book soundtrack advertising campaign
Mitsubishi - U.S. regional auto commercial
Alesse - Birth Control pill advertising campaign.

Neal Busby, has a long history in the Canadian rock scene. In the early 90's he was drummer for Canadian hard rockers SLIK TOXIK. As a contributing songwriter Neal and Slik Toxik went on to achieve GOLD selling status and win a JUNO award for "Hard Rock" album of the year in 1991. More recently Neal was touring drummer for veteran classic rockers APRIL WINE.

Huguette, has been writing songs since the first day she picked up a guitar at the age of 12. Among her instrument arsenal is also the flute which she learned to play on her own. Ultimately Huguette's Strength is her powerful dynamic singing and unique songwriting/ lyrical ability. Twirl combines each other's strengths to bring out what is best for the songs they compose.