Canadian Punk, New Wave & Metal Figures

Steven Leckie ~ 67 ~ Singer with Toronto Punk band the Viletones

THE VILETONES ~ "DANGER BOY";


THE VILETONES ~ "POSSIBILITIES";


THE VILETONES ~ "THE LAST GUY";


Andrew Matheson ~ 69 ~ Canadian/UK singer with 1970's Proto-Punk band the Hollywood Brats

THE HOLLYWOOD BRATS ~ "LITTLE OLD WINE DRINKER ME";


THE HOLLYWOOD BRATS ~ "VAMPIRE NAZI";


THE HOLLYWOOD BRATS ~ "TRUCK DRIVING MAN";


Polo Bellemare ~ 68 ~ Guitarist with 1970's Montreal Punk band Danger and 1990's Indie band Les Frères À Ch'val

DANGER;


Bill Exley ~ 85 ~ Singer for London, Ontario Art/Noise/Jazz band the Nihilsit Spasm Band

THE NIHIIST SPASM BAND ~ "WHAT ABOUT ME";


THE NIHILIST SPASM BAND ~ "NO CANADA";


Keven Staples ~ 80 ~ Keyboard and guitarist with Toronto New Wave band Rough Trade

ROUGH TRADE ~ "TAKE ME" & "BIRDS OF A FEATHER";


ROUGH TRADE ~ "CRIMES OF PASSION";


ROUGH TRADE ~ "HIGH SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL";


ROUGH TRADE ~ "ALL TOUCH";



Jack Whiteside ~ 60's ~ Singer/guitarist with 1980's London, Ontario bands Uranus, Choker, Ricky McLagen Revue, Cheeseburger Deluxe, Sci-Phonics, Slugfest, Feast Of The Mau Maus

URANUS ~ "YOU'RE SO SQUARE";



Tyler Ripley - 50's - Singer with Toronto 1980's Hardcore band Chronic Submission

CHRONIC SUBMISSION ~ "GO 4 IT":


CHRONIC SUBMISSION - FIVE SONGS IN A MINUTE;


CHRONIC SUBMISSION;



John Lipton ~ 50's ~ Bassist with Toronto 1990's Punk band Godbox

GODBOX;


GODBOX;


Ash Trey ~ 50's ~ Singer with Vancouver Punk band the Neo Nasties

THE NEO NASTIES ~ "I GOT PROBLEMS";


Jason Murphy ~ 50's ~ Drummer in London, Ontario Punk band the Nervousmen

THE NERVOUSMEN ~ "AVERSION";


Jocelyn Harton - 40's - Bassist with Quebec Thrash band Outrage

OUTRAGE ~ "STRESS";


Larry Gillstrom ~ 70 ~ Guitarist with Regina, Sask Metal band Kick Axe

KICK AXE ~ "ON THE ROAD TO ROCK";


Coburn Pharr - 62 - Singer with Canadian Metal band Annihilator

ANNIHILATOR ~ "ALISON HELL";


ANNIHILATOR ~ "SET THE WORLD ON FIRE";


Benny Kemp ~ 40's ~ Guitarist with Vancouver Metal band Rebel Priest

REBEL PRIEST ~ "SLEEPING LIKE A HANGMAN";


Adrienne Mahoney ~ 41 ~ Bassist with Regina, Saskatoon Metal band Kelevra

KELEVRA ~ "THE DISTANCE";


Dylan McCay ~ 24 ~ Drummer with Edmonton Metal band Malicious Intent

MALICIOUS INTENT ~ "IN THE DIRT";


Al Reilly ~ 60's ~ Singer with Toronto band Al Reiley's Catalyst and Quadrant

AL REILLY'S CATALYST ~ "CRAZY TRAIN";


Brendon Wharton ~ 29 ~ Drummer with Canadian Pop Punk band Weigh The Anchor

WEIGH THE ANCHOR ~ "WEATHERED";


WEIGH THE ANCHOR ~ "DIFFERENT WAYS";


Shannon Lee ~ 24 ~ Singer with Kitchener, Ontario band HouseCat

HOUSECAT ~ "CHERRY";

Some Figures From The Toronto Punk & New Wave

Tony Vincent (AKA Tony Torcher) ~ Drummer with 1970's & 80's Toronto Punk Bands The Ugly, The Viletones and Screaming Sam

THE VILETONES ~ "THE LAST GUY IN TOWN";


THE VILETONES ~ "REBEL";


Jonathan Davies ~ Drummer for Toronto Post-Punk bands The Kinetic Ideals, Breeding Ground and National Velvet

THE KINETIC IDEALS ~ "THESE THINGS";


THE KINETIC IDEALS ~ "THIS FACE";


BREEDING GROUND ~ "THIS TIME TOMORROW";


NATIONAL VELVET ~ "FLESH UNDER SKIN";


NATIONAL VELVET ~ "SEX GORILLA";


Gillian Hanna ~ 34 ~ Guitarist with The Flairs and Bif Naked

THE FLAIRS ~ "18 & LIFE";


Rusty ~ Singer with 1990's Hard Rock band Jack Damage

JACK DAMAGE ~ "FUBAR";


JACK DAMAGE ~ "KISSING THE TRAIN";


Tyler Rex - 20's - Singer/bassist with Toronto Hardcore band the Antics

THE ANTICS ~ "DEAD CITY";


Also; While clearly not from a Punk or New Wave band, Brian Rading ~ 69 ~ Canadian bassist w/ 1970's pop band Five Man Electrical Band ("Signs") and 1960's Garage band The Staccatos

THE STACCATOS ~ "BUTCHERS & BAKERS";


FIVE MAN ELECTRICAL BAND ~ "SIGNS";

Mike Motor X Anderson of The Viletones & Secrets

Details are short at the moment but it just announced on Saturday Nov.24 that Mike Anderson (AKA Motor X) drummer for one of Toronto's classic punk bands The Viletones and the Secrets was found dead. The Viletones were probably the most notorious denizens of the Canadian Punk scene in late 1970's Toronto. After a short and violent career in which they managed to find time between drunken brawls to record an album with a few classic songs such as "Screaming Fist", "Danger Boy" and "Possibilities". Later the chronically unstable Viletones quit out from under manic singer Steve Leckie (AKA Nazi Dog) and formed a new band, The Secrets, who would also record a good album and appear in the "Last Pogo" film before they two broke up. Motor X would then go on to play in Arson and The G-Rays.

THE VILETONES ~ "THE LAST GUY";


THE VILETONES ~ "DANGER BOY";


THE VILETONES ~ "REBEL";


A SHORT DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE CRASH & BURN CLUB AND THE 1978 & 79 TORONTO PUNK SCENE;