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This name was a reference to the automobile industry in Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan, which were the first two markets to embrace the band.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey released two independent albums, Before Our Time in 1987 and Byram Lake Blues in 1989, before signing to SBK Records in the United States and EMI in Canada.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTheir major label debut, 1991's A Blur to Me Now, gave the band airplay for the singles \"King of Saturday Night\" and \"Big Surprise\". However, SBK dropped them soon afterward.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1993's Perpetual Motion Machine, produced by Critchley, was the band's breakthrough in Canada, spawning the hit singles \"More\", \"Bred in the Bone\" and \"Smoke \u0026amp; Ashes\", and led to a spot on The Tragically Hip's Another Roadside Attraction tour.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey followed up with Conquistador in 1995, which gave them another hit with \"Beneath My Hand\". While the album is generally hailed as 13 Engines' finest work, it did not do well commercially and two members subsequently left the band. John Critchley briefly attempted to carry on under the 13 Engines name, but retired the band before releasing another album.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing the breakup of 13 Engines, Critchley continued as a solo artist and recorded an album with ex-13 Engines guitarist Scott Stevenson entitled Crooked Mile in 2000. He currently focuses his attention to producing and engineering at Toronto's Green Door Studios, which he owns. 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