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)

A Few New Wave Figures Pass On

Gypie Mayo ~ English guitarist w/ Dr Feelgood in the 1980's and later the reformed Yardbirds ~ 62

DR FEELGGOD ~ "SHE'S A WINDUP";


DR FEELGOOD ~ "DOWN AT THE DOCTORS";


Alastair Donaldson, AKA William Mysterious - 57 - Bassist for Scotland's most beloved Punk band The Revillos (AKA The Rezillos)

THE REVILLOS ~ "TOP OF THE POPS";


THE REVILLOS ~ "MOTORBIKE BEAT";


Tim Wright ~ American bass guitarist for New Wave bands Pere Ubu and DNA ~ 61
PERE UBU ~ "30 SECONDS OVER TOKYO";


PERE UBU ~ "ELECTRICITY";


PERE UBU ~ "WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY";


Alan Myers; Drummer for 1980's Ohio Icons Devo ~ 58;
DEVO ~ "SATISFACTION";


DEVO ~ "WHIP IT";


Dan Van Patten - 60's - Drummer for 1980's American Techno Pop band Berlin ("Sex", "The Metro", "No More Words", "Take My Beath Away")

BERLIN ~ "SEX";


BERLIN ~ "THE METRO";


BERLIN ~ "THE MASQUERADE";


BERLIN ~ "NO MORE WORDS";


James Gray ~ Keyboardist Blue Rodeo and Vital Sines ~ 52

VITAL SINES ~ "COLLAGE";


BLUE RODEO ~ "LOST TOGETHER";


Charlie Salmon ~ Singer/guitarist w/1980's Toronto Indie Band The Plasterscene Replicas

THE PLASTERSCENE REPLICAS ~ "ALL I SEE":


Peppi Marchello ~ Singer/Guitarist with New Jersey garage band The Good Rats from the late 1960's to the punk era ~ 68

THE GOOD RATS ~ "REASON TO KILL";


Jon Brookes ~ British drummer with Britpop band The Charlatans ~ 44
THE CHARLATANS ~ "WEIRDO";