Cod Gone Wild is a Modern Celtic band, based out of the Okanagan Valley of beautiful British Columbia, Canada. The “Cods” have melded veteran musicians from diverse musical backgrounds such as folk, rock, jazz, and funk, to create a modern Celtic sound with driving rhythms and tight vocal harmonies.

Cod Gone Wild was born when Newfoundlander and lead singer/guitarist Andrew Mercer made the move to British Columbia in 2009. With him, he brought a passion for traditional Irish/Newfoundland music and a vision to create something unique in British Columbia and Canada, while promoting the
culture, heritage, and music that he has grown up listening to and performing since he was five. With the musical team of Anjuli Otter (fiddle, vocals), Chad “Rhino” Carter (Drums, Vocals), and Roy Kawano (Bass) the vision has become a reality and has evolved into something very unique.

The band released their first studio album in January 2011, which has been receiving regular airplay on the East Cast of Canada, Celtic Radio stations around the world, and on CBC, since its debut. Cod Gone Wild has been extremely busy touring, including a very successful month long tour of Newfoundland in August 2011. After returning from Newfoundland, the band, inspired by the trip to the east coast, started pre-production on “the Traveler”. Since the release of the Traveler, The Cods have been touring and promoting the new album in western Canada with great success, recently being named the “Best of the Okanagan Award Winners” (2012) by the readers of Okanagan Life Magazine.