Age of Electric (AKA AOE) is a Canadian alternative rock band from the 1990s, which reunited in 2015. The band, consisting of two pairs of brothers, formed in Lanigan, Saskatchewan in 1989. The members were guitarists Ryan Dahle and Todd Kerns, bassist John Kerns and drummer Kurt Dahle. Ryan, Todd and Kurt all contributed vocals as well. AOE were one of the most commercially successful Canadian rock bands of the mid-90s. Their commercial breakthrough came with their independent EP Ugly in 1993, which spawned several hits and set the stage for the major label release of The Age of Electric in 1995. In 1996, the Dahle brothers released an album with the side project Limblifter, which was also commercially successful in Canada. AOE then regrouped for Make a Pest a Pet later in 1996, which proudced the radio rock hit "Remote Control." Although the album was a hit, tensions within the band led the group to break up after a 1999 tour as the opening band for Our Lady Peace. Upon the break-up of Age of Electric, the brothers Kerns would go on to form Static in Stereo with other members including their brother Ryan. Kurt Dahle went on to work with The New Pornographers. Todd later went solo and became the bassist in Slash's backing band The Conspirators. When Age of Electric formed at the end of the '80s, they started out using a shorter version of the name, Electric. The group of guys, little more than teens, played their alternative pop/rock numbers at local clubs at first. By 1991, the band had switched to Age of Electric, had managed to gain the beginnings of a loyal fan base and had recorded a cassette of some of its songs that the members sold where ever they performed. In 1991, the album The Latest Plague was completed and released on God's Teeth Ethel!, the band's own label. Over the next couple of years nothing much happened for Age of Electric. Finally in 1994, the group put together an EP called Ugly. It was followed a year later by another full-length album, Untitled. That same year, the band was featured at Vancouver's Music West. It was just the exposure it needed. Thanks to that performance, Age of Electric landed a worldwide contract with the major label Mercury Records. The album Untitled was renamed after the group and quickly re-released by Mercury. Things seemed to be moving forward, but the next album, Make a Pest a Pet, didn't appear until two years later. The group also made three videos that year for the singles "I Don't Mind," "Remote Control," and "Don't Wreck It." In 1997, Ryan and Kurt, though still part of Age of Electric, started another band called Limblifter. and John followed the same path, forming OO Complex. It appeared that Age of Electric was pushed to the back of the priority list by both sets of brothers and rumors began to fly about the life expectancy of the original four-piece group. One member would say it was over, another would say is wasn't, then someone else would say it was. In 1998, Age of Electric was nominated for a Juno Award as Best New Group. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/The+Age+Of+Electric">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.