Social Code is a Canadian alternative/punk rock group from St. Albert, Alberta. The band, formerly known as Fifth Season, met in high school and formed in the late 1990's. The group proved to be popular with the local crowd, often performing to packed houses. After releasing the EP 'Binbox' in 1999 and the full length album 'Patiently Waiting' in 2001, the group finally got recognized by a major label.
The band travelled down to Los Angeles, California to record 'A Year At The Movies' under their new name Social Code. The name change came after learning that Fifth Season had already been used by a band in Europe, so for legal reasons they opted for the new name. The album was released in 2004. It featured two reworked Fifth Season songs 'Everything's Fine' and 'As Good As It Gets' as well as 'Whisper To A Scream (Birds Fly)', a cover of the 80's hit by the Icicle Works. The album also featured new drummer Ben Shillabeer, who took over for former Fifth Season beat-keeper, Andrew Patrick.
The album's first release, 'Beautiful', saw impressive radio play across Canada and immediately gained massive support from The Bear 100.3 in Edmonton. The song put Social Code on the map and opened incredible touring opportunities. Social Code has shared the stage with the likes of Bif Naked, Three Days Grace, and Fall Out Boy.
In 2005, Social Code hired permanent guitarist Morgan Gies. Gies became the band's fourth guitarist following Rob Schellenberg, Dave Hesse and Chris Ruddy. In the summer of 2005, Social Code joined Good Charlotte on the Canadian leg of the "Noise To The World Tour" which saw stops in all major cities across Canada from Calgary to Ottawa.
For the second album, the band decided to go the "Do-It-Yourself" way and gutted the basement of bass player Logan Jacobs house where they built their own recording studio. Jacobs acted as producer with the help of long time friend, soundman and tour manager, Budd Grayson Arnold. The album finally saw release in May 2007.
Social Code officially put their hats in the ring with the album's first single, 'Bomb Hands'. The band held a contest on their website asking their fans to come up with a concept for the video, which they hired director Colin Minihan to bring to life. The video was added to medium rotation on MuchMusic, and the song was featured on MuchMusic's "PunchMuch" compilation disc.
The band has filmed the video for the second single, "The Shortest Line" and are currently in the midst of their second construction project: Building a tour bus.
In Calgary Stampede 2007, Social Code performed at the "Coke Stage" just before Good Charlotte's Show.
