Pointed Sticks

Pointed Sticks promo video for I'm Numb (1979), filmed for the Gina Show (Vancouver Cable-10 program). Video footage courtesy of videographer/producer John Anderson.

Nick Jones - vocals
Bill Napier-Hemy - guitar
Tony Bardach - bass
Gord Nicholl - keyboards
Ken Montgomery, aka Dimwit (RIP) - drums

Pointed Sticks at the Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver 1978.

Uploaded with permission of original videographer/producer Martyn Stubbs.

Art Bergmann introduces the Pointed Sticks at outdoor festival on West 4th Avenue in Kitsilano, Vancouver BC, August 2008.

Note: Webisodes are NOT scenes from the Bloodied But Unbowed documentary film; they consist of extended interviews, outtakes, and material shot specifically for thepunkmovie.com.

Pointed Sticks (live excerpt) from Rock Against Radiation, Vanier Park, Vancouver 1979.

Uploaded with permission of original videographer/producer Martyn Stubbs

The rise and fall of Vancouver's "most likely to succeed" pop-punk band.
(Note: Webisodes are not scenes from the Bloodied But Unbowed documentary film; they consist of extended interviews, outtakes, and material shot specifically for thepunkmovie.com)

The Pointed Sticks were formed in 1978 by North Vancouver childhood friends Nick Jones and Bill Napier-Hemy. In the beginning, it was the more tuneful and playful aspects of vintage punk rock that brought together Nick (vocals), Bill (guitar), Tony Bardach (bass) and Ian Tiles (drums). As their high-energy version of melodic punk rock became more popular locally, they started to take themselves more seriously.