Prozzäk

Prozzäk

Artist

Prozzäk (1998-2019) was a Canadian cartoon band consisting of the love-sick depressed Simon (Jay Levine) and his companion Milo (James Bryan). The group’s name is based on the drug Prozac and their music follows their journey of finding true love.

Levine and Bryan started out in a band The Philosopher Kings, and after an altercation, decided to make amends and write “Europa”: This is where Prozzäk began. In 1998, the band released their debut album Hot Show, a eurodance-catchy record consisting of singles and songs “Sucks to Be You”, “Strange Disease”, “Omobolasire”, and “Europa”. The album was a success in Canada, being triple platinum and peaking at number eight.

The group followed up the release with Saturday People in 2000, which followed the group’s journey of finding love in the club. It would be certified gold (despite the record not charting at all) in Canada and spawned singles “Never Get Over You” and “Be As”. Two years later, Prozzäk partnered with Disney to release their compilation album Ready Ready Set Go, which featured the new single for the movie of the same name.

Almost half a decade of no album, the band returned with their third release: Cruel Cruel World. The record was notebly darker and shedded the band’s europop and child-friendly image with a melancholy album cover. Only two singles were released: “Just Friends” and “When I Think of You”. The album never reached success due to lack of promotion.

In 2017, the band would return with their final release Forever 1999, to which a title is a homage to their early success. Two singles were released; “Love Fools Anonymous” and “Baby I Need Your Love (Pussy Cat Pussy Cat)”. On September of 2019, the band announced their retiring tour Never Get Over You Farewell Tour. They performed their last concert on November 29, 2019, which would mark the band’s retirement.