Some Canadian Punk & Metal Dudes

Tony Dewald ~ 60's ~ Drummer with 1980's Montreal Sludgebilly band Deja Voodoo

DEJA VOODOO ~ "YOU'RE NO FUN WHeN YOUR HEAD'S ALL MUSHY":


DEJA VOODOO ~ "STRANGE";


DEJA VOODOO ~ "CEMETERY";


Mark Chewter - 60's - Guitarist with classic Hamilton Punk band the Forgotten Rebels (1980-81)

THE FORGOTTEN REBELS ~ "SURFIN ON HEROIN";


John Card ~ 60's ~ Drummer with Canadian Punk bands Personality Crisis, SNFU, DOA, NomeansNo, Subhumans

Mitch Funk ~ 64 ~ Singer with Personality Crisis

PERSONALITY CRISIS;


PERSONALITY CRISIS ~ "CREATURES FOR A WHILE";


PERSONALITY CRISIS ~ "ADVOCATE";


DOA ~ "TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS";


Chuck Taylor ~ 50's ~ Bassist with 1980's Toronto Hardcore band Negative Gain

NEGATIVE GAIN ~ "BACK FROM THE DEAD";


Dale Kennedy - 50's - Guitarist with Toronto Punk & Metal bands Death Militia, Elvis Manson, Trailer Park Ghouls, Psycho Sluts

DEATH MILITIA ~ "ONSLAUGHT OF DEATH";


Greg "Fritz" Hintz - 60's - Drummer with Canadian Metal band Helix ("Rock You")

HELIX ~ "ROCK YOU";


HELIX ~ "THE KIDS ARE ALL SHAKING";


HELIX ~ "MAKE ME DO ANYTHING YOU WANT";


Dave Allison - 68 - Guitarist with Canadain Metal band Anvil

ANVIL ~ "METAL ON METAL";


ANVIL ~ "METAL ON METAL";


John Meharey - 62 - Bassist with Canadian 1980's Metal band Wicthkiller

WITCHKILLER ~ "DAY OF THE SAXONS";


Phil Page - 50's - Bassist with Toronto Punk bands The Downbelows, Teenage X, Fairmounts, The Merves, Rabblerousers, Stink Bug

THE DOWNBELOWS ~ "TONIGHT WE GO TO WAR";


THE DOWNBELOWS ~ "WALK INTO THIS";


TEENAGE X;


THE FAIRMOUNTS ~ "DEVLIN MCGREGGOR";


Drew Gates - 50's - English born singer with 1990's Toronto Punk band Riot 99

RIOT 99 ~ "ON THE TRACKS";


Guylain Meilleur - 57 - Guitar, bassist and vocals with Quebec Thrash band Corrupted Reputation

CORRUPTED REPUTATION ~ "ACID RAIN";


Dave Sweetapple - 58 - Singer/guitarist with Gruge & Mrtal bands Witch, Eerie and Sweet Apple

SWEET APPLE ~ "BOYS IN HER FAN CLUB";


SWEET APPLE ~ "I WISH YOU COULD STAY A LITTLE LONGER";


WITCH ~ "SEER";


Scott Mung ~ 40's ~ Singer/guitarist with Winnipeg Punk bands Death Tax, The Mandys and Mung

MUNG ~ "NARROW";


MUNG ~ "I TURNED INTO A MARTIAN":


DEATH TAX ~ "DISEASE";


Andrew Longarini - 39 - Guitarist with Candadian Metal band King Humungus

KING HUMUNGUS ~ "DESERT BLOOD";


Brad Searl - 40's - Singer with Mississaugua Metal bands Punishment and Cemetery Of Strangers

CEMETERY OF STRANGERS ~ "JUST ANOTHER DAY";


Ken Coull - 50's - Toronto Metal drummer with In The Act Of Violence, Socketchild, concert promotor

IN THE ACT OF VIOLENCE ~ "UNMARKED SCALPS";


Hugo Emond - 29 - Drummer with Canadian Black Metal band Operation Winter Mist

OPERATION WINTER MIST ~ "FOR VALOUR";


Matt Alvarez ~ 40's - Guitarist, banjo player, bassis & singer with St Catherines, Ontario Folk Punk bands the Filthy Senioritas, Life Problems, Dirtfight and artist

DIRTFIGHT ~ "COLD WATER";


DIRTFIGHT ~ "FACEFULLY GRACEDOWN";

Some Canadian Artists

Zippy Pinhead ~ Drummer with West Coast Punk bands DOA, Randy Rampage and the Dils;

DOA ~ "WORLD WAR 3";


DOA ~ "WAR";


THE DILS ~ "CLASS WAR";



Brian Doherty ~ Guitarist with Canadian/American 1990's Alt Rock band Big Wreck;

BIG WRECK ~ "ALBATROSS";



Marie Starlet Levigne ~ Singer/guitarist for Montreal Punks the Horny Bitches;

THE HORNY BITCHES ~ "THE TRIPLE";



Graham Powers ~ Singer for 1960's Montreal Garage band MG & The Escorts ("I JUST CAN'T GO ON")

MG & THE ESCORTS ~ "I JUST CAN'T GO ON";


MG & THE ESCORTS ~ "A SOMEDAY FOOL";



Charlie Earle ~ Peterborough R&B singer

CHARLIE EARLE ~ "I'D RATHER GO BLIND";



Phil Western - 47 - Canadian electronic musician (Download, PlatEAU)

DOWNLOAD ~ "GLASS BLOWER";



David Sinclair ~ guitarist w/1980's BC band Straight Lines, KD Lang & Sarah McLaughlan;

STRAIGHT LINES ~ "LETTING GO";


KD LANG ~ "I'M DOWN TO MY LAST CIGARETTE";



Frank McKay ~ singer w/1960's Nova Scotia Garage band The Lincolns;

THE LINCOLNS;



Don Tramaine ~ Nova Scotia 1950's Country singer and later CBC host

DON TREMAINE & MARG OSBURNE ~ "FADED LOVE & WINTER ROSES";


Monique Leyrac ~ 91 ~ French Canadian pop singer and actress "Mon Pays")

MONIQUE LEYRAC ~ "MON PAYS";


MONIQUE LEYRAC ~ "SI LES BATEAU"


Doug Watts ~ Guitarist with 1980's Guelph Folk Rock bands Celtic Blue and Alun Pigguns

CELTIC BLUE ~ "THIS IS IT";



Memphis Deville ~ 72 ~ Vancouver guitarist

MEMPHIS DEVILLE;



Carl MacKenzie ~ Traditional Cape Breton fiddler;

CARL MACKENZIE;


Dallas Harms ~ 84 ~ Canadian 1970's & 80's country singer/songwriter

DALLAS HARMS ~ "THE BALLAD OF JOHN WAYNE";

A Few Toronto And Canadian Musicians

Randy Rampage ~ 58 ~ Canadian thrash metal singer and bassist (D.O.A., Annihilator, Stress Factor 9 and solo)

DOA ~ "WORLD WAR 3";


DOA ~ "THE PRISONER";


STEVE KURZELL ~ "DRUMMER FOR 1980's Hardcore Punks the YOUNG LIONS

THE YOUNG LIONS ~ "PRAY FOR CINDY";


Paul Colilli ~ 64 ~ Guitarist in the original line-up of Hamilton 1970's Art Punk band Simply Saucer

SIMPLY SAUCER ~ "BULLET PROOF NOTHING";


George Semkiw ~ 74 ~ Toronto bassist with 1960's R&R Garage band Richie Knight & the Midnights, later became a record producer and engineer w/Lou Reed, Diodes, Streetheart, Trooper, BTO, Goddo, Triumph, Mandala, Thor, Funkadelic, Ian Thomas, Haygood Hardy

RICHIE KNIGHT & THE MIDNIGHTS ~ "OH CHARLENA";


RICHIE KNIGHT & THE MIDNIGHTS ~ "HOMEWORK";


Micheal Keys Dowson ~ 69 ~ Toronto Jazz/Blues pianist, w/Robbie Lane & The Disciples, Paul James

ROBBIE LANE & THE DISCIPLES ~ "MEMPHIS";


ROBBIE LANE & THE DISCIPLES ~ "THE GAME OF LOVE";


James Milne ~ Bassist with The Downchild Blues Band, a fixture on the Toronto scene in the late 1970's and early 80's and one of the inspirations for the Blues Brothers

THE DOWNCHILD BLUES BAND ~ "BOP TILL I DROP";


THE DOWNCHILD BLUES BAND ~ "SLEEP ALONE";


Gary Lowe ~ 65 ~ Bassist with Toronto blues rock band Big Sugar and 1970's reggae band Isham Band, Jackie Mittoo, Culture Shock

BIG SUGAR ~ "DIGGING A HOLE";


Dan "Hack" Preszator (AKA Fingers) ~ Bassist for Ontario 1980's Garage Punks UIC and The Chickens

UIC ~ "LITE IT & FLY";


Kevin Williams ~ Drummer with Vancouver Punks AWOL, HOC and Tacklebox

AWOL;


Brian Mac Smith ~ Drummer with Montreal Ska Punks K-Man & The 45's

K-Man & The 45's ~ "SPACE THRILLER";


Jeremy Inkel - 35 - Electronics and production with Canadian Industrial bands Noise Unit, Malhavok, Frontline Assembly and Mechviruses and solo

FRONTLINE ASSEMBLY ~ "MILLENIUM";


NOISE UNIT ~ "NEURON";


Betty Richardson ~ Singer with 1960's Toronto R&R Girl Group the Tiaras

THE TIARAS ~ "WHERE DOES ALL THE TIME GO";


Maurice Richard Libby (AKA Automatic Slim ~ Toronto/Sask blues singer/guitarist with Dirty Movies, Automatic Slim and solo;

Mike Taylor ~ Drummer with Toronto band Walk Off The Earth
WALK OFF THE EARTH ~ "SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW";


WHITEBOY SLIM ~ "HOUND DOG";


John Heward - Toronto Jazz drummer and artist

JOHN HEWARD;

Some Classic Canadian Punk Bands

Rob Brent ~ Guitarist with London, Ontario (later Toronto) punk band The Demics. The Demics recorded the classic song "New York City" on their fist ep "Talk's Cheap" in 1979 which became a surprise hit in Canada. They later rerecorded it on a subsequent album in 1980 getting an American release and becoming a mid-size hit there as well. By that time Brent had left and been replaced by Steve Koch as the Demics moved from London to Toronto. Following the usual turmoil the band soon broke up without any more releases. The DEmics may have been a one-hit-wonder but it was quite a hit; "New York City" is one of the most beloved songs of the Canadian early punk era and was chosen as the greatest Canadian single of all time by Chart Magazine in 1996 as first "Talk's Cheap" and later a full album were released.

THE DEMICS ~ "TALK'S CHEAP" (full ep);


THE DEMICS ~ "NEW YORK CITY";


Brian Goble ~ Bassist with The Skulls, one of Vancouver's first punk bands. After they broke up singer Joey Shithead went on to form DOA while Goble became singer and singer with The Subhumans. He would later rejoin DOA in the 1990's ~ 57;
THE SUBHUMANS "FUCK YOU";


THE SUBHUMANS ~ "TWO BIT WHORE";


DOA ~ "WORLD WAR 3";


JEFF DEPEW ~ Drummer for London Ontario punk band 63 Monroe. A band of the early eighties who scored a minor hit with a goofy run through of the Herman's Hermits song "Henry VIII". That wasn't really an accurate taste of the band's sound which was a much heavier and louder New York Dolls type of Glam-Trash Punk. 63 Monroe put out a few albums locally throughout the 80's but never left London. Various members also had a side band named Osterberg, which as you might assume started out as a Stooges cover band before later turning to originals. I actually booked them a few times in the 2000's and they were a rock solid live band. 63 Monroe also did a session at CIUT a few years back. A version of 63 Monroe, including Depew, was playing as late as a couple of weeks ago when they did a benefit for a Christmas Toy Drive in London.

63 MONROE ~ "HENRY VIII";


63 MONROE ~ "GIVE 'EM UP";


Glen Kimberley ~ 50 ~ Drummer for Toronto rockabilly bands The Millwinders, The Tin Eddies, The Swingin' Blackjack

THE MILLWINDERS ~ "HIGH HEELED HOT ROD";


THE MILLWINDERS ~ "EACH DAY";


THE MILLWINDERS ~ "TOO LATE";


THE TIN EDDIES ~ "BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY";

Some Canadian Punk & New Wave Figures Pass

Nash The Slash; All good punks know that prog-rock sucked, and was in fact one of the reasons why punk happened. However in Toronto at least there was one exception, Nash The Slash and FM. They were an artsy prog-rock band with influences from the reasonably cool side of prog (like King Crimson) who were considered acceptable by most punks. This was partly due to Nash's "Mummy wearing a tuxedo" persona (although he did not start out that way) but also due to FM's reasonably non-pretentious air and their willingness to be part of the scene at all. Unlike the British Progs who ran screaming from punk. Nash (whose real name was Jeff Plewman)was even supposed to play the legendary "Last Pogo" concert which was recorded and filmed, he is even listed on the concert listings. Unfortunately he injured his hand and could not play. It helped that FM was formed in 1976, concurrent with punk, and like the punks had to struggle to find places to play at all in Toronto's (and Canada's) live and radio scene at the time which was focused on tired cover bands. FM recorded one album, "Black Noise" and scored an appearance on TVO (an Ontario version of PBS best known for children's programing like "The Polka-Dot Door" and revivals of classic B&W movies) before breaking up and sending Nash off to an eccentric solo career in which he would play literally every instrument, even on stage. He recorded several solo albums with moderate success in Canada and Britain where he was cited as an influence by Gary Numan and John Foxx's Ultravox. These alternated with FM reunions and shows in which he played soundtracks to silent horror films like "Nosferatu". Off stage he was a nice polite balding middle aged guy with glasses. One of the first shows I went to was actually an FM show at the Copa Klub, which is now long gone.

FM ~ "PHASORS ON STUN" (ON TVO 1976);


FM ~ "BLACK NOISE"


Another not-quite-punk-but-still-kinda-punk band of the late 1970's Toronto scene was The Dishes. One of the first bands on the Toronto scene, the Dishes were definitely of the early Roxy Music art school genre (also openly gay) that many these days don't consider punk at all but at the time they were an important part of the scene, for a lot of the same reasons as FM; lack of places to play, lack of record company support, lack of radio airplay, media hostility and willingness to support other such bands. They recorded an album, played a lot of gigs, managed to appear on TVO and then broke up and missed playing the iconic Last Pogo. After they broke up drummer Steven Davey formed another band called the Everglades in which he sang. They actually did play the Last Pogo and appear on the long out of print album, but not the movie. Then they broke up too and he went on to be a music writer for the Toronto Star. Later he moved on to Food Critic for Now Magazine he died suddenly this past week.

THE DISHES ~ "TWILIGHT ZONE";


THE DISHES ~ "MONOPOLIES ARE MADE AT NIGHT";


Richard Carstens ~ Singer/Guitarist with 1980's & 90's Indie Bands Madhouse, Wammee and Granny as well as solo ~ 54

THE WAMMEE ~ "WALKIN SIDE WAYS";


MADHOUSE ~ "MISERY";


Dave Gregg ~ Guitarist with Canadian Punk band D.O.A. ~ 54

DOA ~ "WORLD WAR 3";


DOA ~ "THE PRISONER";


David Finkelman ~ 30's ~ Guitarist w/Alberta Noise Metal band Energetic Action

ENERGETIC ACTION ~ "DICIPLINE";


Doug Queen ~ Accordionist with Country Rock Band Jughead, best known for "The Hockey Song" ~ 49
JUGHEAD ~ "THE HOCKEY SONG";