Artificial Joy Club, at first known as Sal's Birdland, was a Canadian alternative rock band active in the 1990s.
[2][3] The band formed in 1993 when Louise Reny and Leslie Howe, formerly of the pop group One to One, joined with guitarist Michael Goyette, bassist Tim Dupont and drummer Andrew Lamarche.
[4][5] In 1995, the group signed an international deal with Discovery Records',[6] which re-worked So Very Happy with production assistance from Michael James and released the album Nude Photos Inside.
[7] The label rejected their planned follow-up,[8] and the band signed to Interscope Records,[8] changing their name to Artificial Joy Club at the same time.
[1][9] Goyette, Dupont and Lamarche had previously used the name Artificial Joy Club for a short-lived side project with Ottawa singer Doug Wilson.