The band's lineup included Andrés del Castillo (vocals/guitar), March Cesare (bass), Frank Levin (keyboards), Scott Milks (drums), and Marc Parent (guitar).
The winning prize was the production of a video for the song, which received airplay on MuchMusic and MTV's Basement Tapes show.
With Hine now part of the band's equation, Eight Seconds became a hot commodity and soon signed an international record deal with Polygram New York.
[4] The band spent the end of 1986 and 1987 touring extensively throughout the U.S. and Canada in support of Almacantar, doing shows with Wang Chung, Paul Young, and David Bowie among others.
[citation needed] In early 1988 the band recorded their second studio album, Big Houses produced by Paul Northfield and Frank Levin.
This, combined with the merger and effective dissolution of their American record label ATCO, led to the band's members parting way shortly following the album's release.