Parachute Club was a Canadian band formed in Toronto in 1982. Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Diversity Our Strength Image:Toronto, Ontario Location. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The band consisted of Lorraine Segato on vocals and guitar, Lauri Conger on keyboards and vocals, Billy Bryans on drums, Margo Davidson on saxophone and vocals, Julie Masi on percussion and vocals, Steve Webster on bass and Dave Gray on guitar. Their first album was produced by Daniel Lanois. The song "Rise Up" from that album won a Canadian Juno Award for Single of the Year. Lorraine Segato (born Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian pop singer, who was best known as the lead vocalist for 1980s new wave group Parachute Club. ... A guitar is a stringed musical instrument. ... A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument played with a musical keyboard. ... For other kinds of drums, see drum (disambiguation). ... Saxophones of different sizes play in different registers. ... Percussion instruments are music instruments played by being struck, shaken, rubbed or scraped, hence the percussive name. ... Bass guitars typically have four strings instead of six as found on regular guitars. ... An electric guitar is a type of guitar with a solid or semi-solid body that utilizes electronic pickups to convert the vibration of the steel-cored strings into electrical current. ... Daniel Lanois Daniel Lanois (born September 19, 1951, Hull, Québec) is a French Canadian producer and musician. ... Single cover. ... The Juno Awards are awards of achievement presented to Canadian musical artists and bands; they could be considered the transnational counterpart to the United States Grammy Awards. ... The Juno Award for Single of the Year has been awarded since 1974 for the best single in Canada. ...

Steve Webster left to perform with Billy Idol and Keir Brownstone replaced Webster on their second album At the Feet of the Moon in 1985. They received a Juno Award for Group of the Year the same year. Billy Idol Billy Idol (born William Michael Albert Broad on November 30, 1955 in Middlesex, England) is an English musician. ... This article is about the year. ...

In 1986, they released their third album, Small Victories. The album included the song "Love is Fire" featuring Segato singing a duet with John Oates of Hall & Oates. Oates also produced the album. 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... John Oates, (born April 7, 1948), is a musician and producer. ... It has been suggested that Daryl Hall be merged into this article or section. ...

In 2005, critic Greg Quill wrote in the Toronto Star that "No musical collective bespoke this city during a specific period as powerfully as Parachute Club did in the 1980s. Their infectious, inclusive, soca-soaked dance music carried important messages about the social changes Toronto was experiencing at the time, about sexual and personal politics, about the need for hope and courage in an age of confusing, impersonal rhetoric from local policymakers and world leaders." 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Toronto Star is a major metropolitan newspaper produced in the city of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ... Soca is a dance music which is a mix of Trinidads calypso and Indian music and rhythms, especially chutney music -- it is not, as is often said, a fusion of soul and calypso. ... Dance music is music composed, played, or both, specifically to accompany social dancing. ...

The band members went their separate ways in 1989. 1989 (MCMLXXXIX in Roman) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Reunion and reconstitution

On May 14, 2005, the band performed a reunion show in Toronto, co-headlining with Martha and the Muffins. On September 3, 2005, a reconstituted Parachute Club, including Segato, Bryans, Gray and Brownstone, with new members Mystic Walsh and Miranda Walsh (daughters of Eric Walsh, lead singer of Toronto reggae band Messenjah) on vocals and Ashley Wey on keyboards, headlined the City Roots music festival. Members were coy about whether their reconstitution was permanent. May 14 is the 134th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (135th in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Martha and the Muffins Martha and the Muffins were a Canadian new wave synth pop band in the 1970s and 1980s. ... September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years). ...

Reference

• Greg Quill, "Ready to rise up", Toronto Star, 1 September 2005, page G1