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Scott Beadle | April 16, 2010

Private School was often pegged as an “art school” band, but their musical repertoire was eclectic, and also featured harder punk tunes...

D.O.A.

Scott Beadle and Les Wiseman | April 15, 2010

After the Skulls split up in early 1978, Joey Shithead began forming a new band, auditioning drummers and bass players...

The Subhumans

Scott Beadle and Les Wiseman | April 15, 2010

The Subhumans were one of the most dynamic, talented and prolific bands of the Vancouver punk scene...

Pointed Sticks

Scott Beadle and Les Wiseman | April 15, 2010

In the beginning, it was the more tuneful and playful aspects of vintage punk rock that brought together Nick, Bill, Tony and Ian...

Active Dog and Los Popularos

Scott Beadle and Les Wiseman | April 14, 2010

Active Dog were formed in 1978 when members of the Monitors — Bill Scherk, John Armstrong and Gord Nicholl – moved from Surrey/White Rock to Vancouver and formed a partnership with East Vancouverites Ross Carpenter, Robert Bruce and Terry Bowes...

Wasted Lives / Phil Smith

Scott Beadle and Les Wiseman | April 14, 2010

Wasted Lives disintegrated in summer 1979, but not before they recorded the incendiary proto-hardcore tune Wirehead for the Vancouver Complication album...

Fanzines

Scott Beadle | April 09, 2010

After the Skulls moved to Toronto at the end of 1977, SnotRag almost single-handedly kept alive the illusion of a punk “scene” in Vancouver...

Jim Cummins: I, Braineater

Scott Beadle and Les Wiseman | April 09, 2010

Jim Cummins moved to Vancouver to be closer to the downtown arts scene and began visiting clubs like the Quadra and Windmill. At first, he documented the vibrant scene in photographs...

The Dishrags

Scott Beadle and Les Wiseman | April 02, 2010

The first all-female punk band in Vancouver, the Dishrags were also one of the very first punk bands in Vancouver, period...

Tim Ray & A.V.

Scott Beadle and Les Wiseman | April 02, 2010

Tim Ray was among the first wave of "new music" pioneers in Vancouver, releasing his first single Time Waves in 1977...