In those days the band went by the name The Strange in December 2006 they changed their name to Playmaker.

With the release of their debut recording simply entitled Volume 1. The Strange were on the up and up, selling every copy of Volume 1 on the day of its release. This led to Chris and Eric hosting an hour-long look at the St. Catharines Music Scene on CBC Radio, entitled “Strange Catharines.” During the show “Volume 1/One More Hour” made it’s Canadian radio debut.

In June/July 2005 The Strange teamed up with Canadian Booking agency Spherical Productions and completed a month long tour of Western Canada, playing dates through the Prairies, Alberta, and the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, all the way to Vancouver and back. Shortly there after The Strange had "One More Hour" featured on a TV Show called "15 Love" which aired on YTV in Canada as well as several channels across Europe.

Chris Barry (Vocals, guitar), Eric Hutt (drums), Melody Van Schaik (bass) and Lee Baker (Sax) are ready to shake things up with their infectious take on rock ‘n’ roll, Ska and Northern Soul. Already having played with such notables as Teenage Head, Super Garage, Tangiers, Pilate, The Dear’s, Marble Index, Mobile, The Stills & The Evaporators, Playmaker have had some good company.

Fronted by Chris from Liverpool, England, Playmaker have a varied yet melodic style emphasized by their crowd favourite Utah Living, and one of their ambient originals off the 2015 SCENE compilation, Anduin. They can knock you on your ass with the pulsating Make Believe, or light up the dance floor with Swings and Round-abouts and Done Before, (which is by the way as close as anyone will ever get to a Russian punk-rock polka). While Playmaker is a band with few musical boundaries, don’t expect a free form jazz album anytime soon.

It’s been all hard work and hand jobs for Playmaker, since the release of their first E.P. The band is currently in the studio with Producer Daryl “the ninja” Mikulinski working on an English EP and a full-length Canadian Debut. Playmaker will be traveling to the UK for a short weeklong tour and reconnaissance mission in April 2016, where they will play at the world famous Cavern club in Chris’ hometown of Liverpool England.  The band will be touring in support of a UK only EP entitled “The Great Cat Massacre”. Upon their return to the Great White North, Playmaker will be finishing up it’s Canadian Full length debut, to be released in early 2008.