Tunnel Canary

Tunnel Canary: Nathan Holiday interview part 5. Nathan talks about his personal philosophies.

Tunnel Canary: Nathan Holiday interview part 4. Nathan reflects on TC's legacy, and musical philosophy.

Tunnel Canary: Nathan Holiday interview part 3. Nathan talks about Tunnel Canary's location and experience in the Vancouver punk & new music scene.

Part two of our interview with Nathan Holiday, founding member of Tunnel Canary. In part 2 Nathan outlines the formation of TC and the philosophy behind the project.

Nathan Holiday, founding member of extreme noise-punk vanguards Tunnel Canary, talks about his earliest experiences of punk rock and the Vancouver music scene.

Members: Nathan Holiday (a.k.a. Aleh Kaheen), guitars and electronics; Ebra Ziron, vocals; David Sheftel, bass and electronics.

From its beginnings at Pumps Gallery, punk in Vancouver has been closely tied to the art school/gallery scene. Here are some of the bands most closely identified with the “art punk” scene.

The Generators grew out of an earlier combo, The Rest, who played at the Japanese Hall in 1977. Led by Randy Pandora and Gary Bourgeois (aka Gary Middleclass), the Generators played a handful of shows in the first half of 1978 and recorded a proposed single, but it was never released (until I Wanna Be A Girl surfaced on Zulu Records’ Last Call compilation in 1991).