Voices in Public was a Canadian boy band

Boy band

A boy band is loosely defined as a popular music act consisting of only male singers. The members are expected to dance as well as sing, usually giving highly choreographed performances. More often than not, boy band members do not play musical instruments, either in recording sessions or on...

, consisting of Marty Beecroft, Glenn Coulson, Joe Heslip, and Peter Luciano. They won the Best New Group Award at the 1999 Canadian Radio Music Awards and a Genie for Best Original Song in 2000. Their hit single was "It's Just My Luck" from their album "Do You Think You're Ready?" They also released several music videos in the late 1990s.

The band also made a brief appearance in "The Music Man" released in 2003 starring Matthew Broderick

Matthew Broderick

Matthew Broderick is an American film and stage actor who, among other roles, played the title character in Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Adult Simba in The Lion King film series, and Leo Bloom in the film and Broadway productions of The Producers.He has won two Tony Awards, one in 1983 for his...

. They also sang O Canada

O Canada

It has been noted that the opening theme of "O Canada" bears a strong resemblance to the "Marsch der Priester" , from the opera Die Zauberflöte , composed in 1791 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and that Lavallée's melody was inspired by Mozart's tune...

for various major league sporting events.

V.I.P. released a Christmas album entitled "Let it Snow" in 2004.

After break-up

• Glenn Coulson, Marty Beecroft and Joe Heslip went on to release a country album entitled "After Tuesday" in 2006.
• Joe Heslip and Marty Beecroft composed the original score for Universal Vivendi feature film "Dark Rising" in 2007.
• Joe Heslip worked as a teacher in Mission, British Columbia and Peter Luciano became a lawyer in Toronto.