Singing Fools is the world's first non-performing musical group,
established by Kevin Murphy and Tim Dunlop in Ottawa, Canada in
November 1982. The duo rocked the conservative Canadian music scene
with the release of their first 7-inch indie single, "The Bum Rap",
which made history as the first Canadian rap single ever released!

In
1983,Singing Fools followed up its underground success with the
release of "CRUISIN'84", a 7-inch "EP" featuring the world's first
nuclear trucking ballad, "The MX Express" ("...I'm on an 18-wheel
mission for Uncle Sam, even though I'm never exactly sure just where
the Hell I am...") and "Babylon Breakdown", a ska-flavoured dance ditty
that boasted a cameo trumpet solo by none other than Herb Alpert's
lesser-known little brother, Ramone. That bull's blood connection would
prove "instrumental" in 1984 when the Fools released their unprovoked
unilateral nuclear dancercise hit, "The Apocalypso", featuring Roger
Ramjet, Winston Churchill, Ronnie Reagan (whom UK's Sounds deemed "the
real Grand Master Flash) and a host of Cold War cut-ups, tripping the
light fantastic to the doomsday beat of a funk-pop classic ("...keep
your eyes upon the skies...").

A&M Records quickly signed the Fools
to an exclusive recording contract in November 1995 only to drop them
like a hot nuclear warhead when label-mate, Bryan Adams, complained
that they were making fun of his album covers....In 1986, the Fools
rebounded yet again with the release of their six-track "mini-LP",
"Call Me Lucky"...and the rest....is history. Except that many of their
1980s ditties now rank as nuggets of prescience in the pantheon of pop
culture prophesy.