Dance Macabre

Dance Macabre

Friday 9 October 2015

A Few Canadian Punk Figures

Howard Rix ~ Singer with Vancouver 1980's punk band The Scramblers as well as Rocabilly bands The Stingin’ Hornets, and G.I. Blues

THE SCRAMBLERS ~ "SHED MY SKIN" & "RIDIN THE 8 BALL";


THE SCRAMBLERS ~ "IN THE NIGHTTIME";


THE STINGIN' HORNETS ~ "SWEET LOVE ON MY MIND";


Brad Kent ~ Vancouver Guitarist for Punk bands DOA, Subhumans, Pointed Sticks, Victorian Pork, JP5

THE POINTED STICKS ~ "I'M NUMB";


THE POINTED STICKS ~ "LIES";


Michele Tafts; Drummer for 1990's and 2000's Hamilton All-Girl Garage band The Girl Bombs. They recorded a couple singles and opened for The Cynics, Fleshtones and Midways in Toronto.

THE GIRL BOMBS ~ "FRUSTRATED";


Mikal C (real name Micheal Clarke) ~ Drummer for 1980's Toronto Post-Punk bands The Rent Boys Inc. and Vital Sines

VITAL SINES ~ "COLLAGE";


VITAL SINES ~ "NEW HEROS";


RENT BOYS INC ~ "BEAUTY IS ABOVE THE LAW";


Brian Miller ~ 60 ~ Guitarist with 1970's and early 80's Toronto Prog-Rock band Zon, dies of cancer. Zon were formed in 1977 as a Prog-Rock counterpart to the far more stripped down Punk revolution. They recorded two albums with the 1978 debut, "Astral Projector" being nominated for a Juno award for Most Promising New Groupa and opened for Styx and Foreigner at CNE Stadium. Zon broke up around 1980 after bad reviews and a notorious concert opening for Alice Cooper at CNE when Alice refused to go on and Zon volunteered to play a second gig after announcing his cancellation. Miller later worked as tech at local guitar store the 12th Fret.
ZON ~ "BACK DOWN TO EARTH";


ZON ~ "ASTRAL PROJECTOR" (full album);


NEWS FOOTAGE OF THE 1980 ALICE COOPER RIOT;




Dean Kelly ~ Bassist for 1980's Toronto Punk band Bodybag (no recordings or videos)