Biography

This Halifax based, four piece rock band is known for bringing the Stadium experience to intimate venues and festival stages and creating anthemic melodies that stick in your brain! Over the past decade, they have produced a diverse catalog of music that attracts Rock and Pop music fans alike. Alert The Medic are Ryan MacDonald, vocals/guitar/piano; Troy Arseneault, guitar; Matt Campbell, bass; and Dale Wilson, drums. Their fourth full-length studio album, Let Them Have Their Fun, was released in September, 2017 and has been nominated for Rock Recording of the Year at the 2018 East Coast Music Awards. The lead single from the album, Corporate Kid, reached #17 on the MediaBase Canada Active Rock Charts, charting Top 20 in Canada, and spent 11 weeks in the Top 30 songs in Canada on the Nielsen BDS Mainstream Rock Charts. The song was also featured on popular Spotify playlists and to date has received 250,000+ plays. Their 2014 release, The Phantom Moves, received two 2014 MNS Award Nominations for Group Recording and Rock Recording of the Year. The first single from the album, Echo And Fade climbed the MediaBase charts to #20 on Canadian Active Rock, #30 on the Alternative Rock Charts, and #29 on Iceberg Radio's “2014 Top 40 Songs”. The song made its debut south of the border when it was featured in a SiriusXM montage highlighting the “2014 NHL Plays of the Year”, broadcast live from Las Vegas on the NHL Network, CBC, NBCSN, and NHL.com during the 2015 NHL Awards.