Uncle Violet was first assembled in 1991 by Mike Daley (guitar and voice), a former member of the Killjoys, and Isabella Daley to perform their collaborative original music. The band, originally comprised of Shelley Woods on bass and Dan Holowachuk on drums along with Daley, began to develop their sound at small club dates around Hamilton.

With Woods' departure to join the Killjoys, Richard Keelan (bass) and Steve Sinnicks (drums) were added to the lineup, which now enjoyed a long-running house gig at the Ragin' Cajun in Hamilton. Les Cooper (guitar) and Tone Valcic (drums, percussion) replaced Holowachuk in late 1995, completing the lineup.
In addition to playing shows around Southern Ontario, Uncle Violet played to over 100,000 people at the Hamilton Day of Action in February 1996. Uncle Violet has been steadily expanding a local fan base in support of Neurotica, their first nationally released CD on Guelph's DROG label.

Uncle Violet also appears on the Hamilton Music Scene '96 CD, DROG's Truck Songs compilation and an upcoming release, the BMG National College Radio Conference compilation .

The band is currently recording tracks for their new LP (upgraded from the originally planned EP) at Hamilton's Grant Avenue Studios.

Here's what some critics have to say about Uncle Violet's album Neurotica:

VIEW magazine: "innovative and often haunting...definitely satisfies...memorable"

EYE magazine: "supremely talented...the single best recording I've heard come out of my neck of the woods in a long time"

EXCLAIM magazine: "quite good...strong songwriting...expressive"

Contact Uncle Violet via e-mail at: mdaley@yorku.ca