Craig Northey

Craig Northey (born February 9, 1962) is a Canadian musician and film and television composer. He is one of the founding members of the band Odds, which released four albums between 1991 and 1996. They were best known for the radio singles "It Falls Apart", "Eat My Brain", "Heterosexual Man", and "Someone Who's Cool".

Career Like many musicians, Northey praises the Tragically Hip's generosity to up-and-coming bands, specifically the Odds: "Last year, they paid for us to come down to Seattle to see them play and then play ourselves...then, they invited us to play with them on Canada Day at Molson Park in Barrie. It really paid off for us." In 1996, Northey composed his first score for a feature film, The Kids in the Hall's Brain Candy.

In 1997, Northey wrote the entrance music for Bret Hart after he joined WCW.

After the breakup of Odds in 1999, Northey embarked on several other ventures, including working with Colin James, Rosanne Cash, Glen Phillips, Bruce McCulloch and many others. He released a solo CD entitled Giddy Up. In 2003, he collaborated on a CD with Jesse Valenzuela of Gin Blossoms, under the band name Northey Valenzuela.

In 2004, he was part of a side project, Stripper's Union, with Rob Baker, Doug Elliott, Simon Kendall and Pat Steward. The group produced an album, Stripper's Union Local 518, which was released in 2005.

With Valenzuela he co-wrote the theme "Not a Lot Goin' On" for the hit television comedy series Corner Gas. The song was later included on the Northey Valenzuela album.

When the Odds reunited in early 2007 they included the end credit theme from Corner Gas "My Happy Place" on their album Cheerleader.

Currently Northey, along with Murray Atkinson, Doug Elliott, and Pat Steward comprise the reunited Odds. Concurrently he has composed all the episodes for the Kids in the Hall's CBC/IFC series Death Comes to Town and CTV's Hiccups.

Northey continues to collaborate with other artists. He co-wrote songs on ex-Barenaked Ladies singer Steven Page's first solo album Page One and toured with Page in 2012. His collaboration with Rob Baker in Strippers Union yielded another album The Deuce in 2012.

In February 2014, Odds released an EP called The Most Beautiful Place on Earth.

After performing a show in Niagara in July 2016, Northey toured Canada in 2017 as part of The Trans-Canada Highwaymen with Page, Moe Berg of The Pursuit of Happiness and Chris Murphy of Sloan. In 2018, he composed and performed music for the web series This Blows, created by his children Cole and Aleita Northey.

Associated acts Odds Stripper's Union Gin Blossoms Colin James Brent Butt The Kids in the Hall Rosanne Cash Trans-Canada Highwaymen

Discography

With Odds 1991: Neopolitan 1993: Bedbugs 1995: Good Weird Feeling 1996: Nest 2009: Cheerleader 2013: the Most Beautiful Place on Earth

Solo 2002: Giddy Up 2000: Colin James: Fuse 2000: Damhnait Doyle: Hyperdramatic 2006: Tom Wilson: Dog Years 2011: Gin Blossoms: No Chocolate Cake 1996: Dog Park, Lions Gate Pictures 2002: The Kids in the Hall, Tour of Duty DVD 2004-2009: Corner Gas, CTV, theme music 2010-2011: Hiccups, CTV, 26 episodes 2011: Geofreakz, Teletoon, 20 episodes

Personal life Northey is the father of actress Aleita Northey, star of the CBC series This Blows.