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Road Trip by Gayle
We went to Seattle from Vancouver once, to see DOA at the end of a USA tour.It was their last gig in the States before they came back to Canada and abunch of us went to Seattle to welcome ...
Fury's Hour by Warren Kinsella
About the Book:No-holds-barred political strategist Warren Kinsella’s colourful, no-holds-barred look at punk rock, and how it influenced him and millions of other kids to ...
The B-Sides ~ Far from Salem Prison... by Dano-Five-O
I alluded to this story in our band bio, ‘The b-sides’; it is the one story I just can’t seem to shake. We gigged up and down the west coast of the US a couple of times and there was ...
R.A.M.O.N.E.S (From I’m on the Guest List, the upcoming book by Chris Walter)
Chapter Thirteen   Eager fans packed the Playhouse Theater to capacity. Bolstered with booze and bleary from countless reefers, the kids were all revved up and ready to go. I ...
Only Users Lose Dope :: By Dano-5-0
By the third time we played Calgary we were looking for more money, filthy lucre brought us to the ‘Trade Winds’ because if you wanted to be a working band there was only one option: ...
THE CLASH: Their first North American Gig, Vancouver, Canada :: By Dano- 5 -O
Mr. Black it wasn’t like that, you got your info wrong, but there was a stir in the air, in more than just one city.  Something was changing because big hair Rock and Roll had ...
Clone Bands :: By Dano- Five - O
In the early eighties there was a difference, musically, between the East and West of Canaduh. Something that was new to us Lotus Landers from Vancouver, as we reached The Peg and especially ...
Excerpt from Destroy Canada :: The No Chance Bar & Grill :: by Chris Walter
Destroy Canada is a double "A" side book, with Stewart Black on one side, and Chris Walter on the other. Destroy Canada is scheduled to be released March 19, 2005.     1. Don’t ...
Excerpt from Destroy Canada :: Spunky Punkette Seeks Romance & Adventure :: By Stewart Black
Destroy Canada is a double "A" side book, with Stewart Black on one side, and Chris Walter on the other. Destroy Canada is scheduled to be released March 19, 2005.     Spunky ...
Whitehorse :: Frostbite Festival :: By Kim Fleshman
Skinny Puppy was, I think, Frostbite's sole venture into classic punk and it went poorly. :) Guess if you can't get the Violent Femmes or Green Day, you might as well not bother up ...
Excerpt from "East Van" :: By Chris Walter
Dill is a hope-to-die punk junkie with holes in his boots and a room in the deplorable Belmont Hotel. Stephen is a highly paid real estate developer with a million dollar house and ...
Montreal's SCUM and ALLERGIC - by Eliza
The following is a review from Montreal in 1982 contributed by Bryan Damaged: On Saturday morning, June 19, Pam, Carine and I went to Montreal on a mission to get out of Ottawa ...
Blibber & the Rat Crushers Article
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The Vortex & Rolls Royces - By Gary P
At one point we managed to line up a gig with a local bon vivant, photographer and entrepreneur by the name of "Vortex". He was opening a clothing shop way down towards the end of Jasper ...
DOA & Smarties Gig - with Phlegm!
From Gary P: This story is not for the faint of heart or stomach. This one involves D.O.A. back in 78.We were playing on a double bill with Shithead, Rampage and Biscuits at the ...
Donny: An Excerpt from Boozecan by Chris Walter
DONNY I’ll be the first to admit that my track record ain’t so good. Worse, my track record barely, like, exists. The problem up until now, you see, is that I just haven’t been able ...
Not Dead Yet Article
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Portrait in Punk
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Toronto Article on Punk
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Soul Asylm is NOT Beyond Possession by Slats
Here's a funny Beyond Possession anecdote that got edited due to space limitations from the liner notes to the cd comp in '96. In the 1980's there were certain bands whose hometown ...
The Clash-Live in Montreal in 1978
From the unpublished memoirs of S. Black ...I was still only fourteen; canvassing newspapers door to door for The Montreal Star was dangerous, but people weren't so protective of their ...
Quadra Club Shutdown (Quadra became Club Soda then The Starfish Room)
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DOA in the Georgia Straight (1978)
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Personality Crisis - Vox review
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Battered Wives (Glorifying violence against women)
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