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Men Without Hats are a pop music|pop group from Montreal, Quebec that achieved their greatest popularity in the early to mid 1980s. They were characterized by the deep, expressive vocals of their lead singer Ivan Doroschuk|Ivan and their elaborate use of synthesizers and electronic processing. Their most-remembered single was titled "The Safety Dance."

History
At the core, Men Without Hats consisted of Ivan Doroschuk and his brother Stefan Doroschuk|Stefan, with various other members, including a third brother, Colin Doroschuk, as well as Jeremy Arrobas, Tracy Howe, Roman Martyn, Mike Gabriel, Jean-Marc Pisapia, Lenny Pinkas, and Allan McCarthy. They emerged with an EP called ''Folk of the 80's'' (1980). Tracy Howe was only with the band briefly, but long enough to be credited on a reprint of ''Folk of the 80s'', despite not appearing on it; he later achieved some success with his new band, Rational Youth. Pisapia went on to form The Box (band)|The Box, and later, Arrobas and Gabriel left to work with him for a while, eventually founding their own group, Isinglass.

A popular but unconfirmed tale is that the name originated from a misread announcement to one of their early gigs as "Men Without Pants" by a francophone MC in MontrÃ©al. Though that tale may be unconfirmed the fact is that Men Without Hats first started off in bars as Men W... read all