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BB Gabor memorial Born Gabor Hegedus in 1948, his family fled Hungary and the political revolution there to England when he was only 8. Music didn’t become a factor in his life until moving to Toronto at age 23. Gabor became a staple of the local underground scene during the late 70’s, where his industrial …
Arguably one of the most diverse, hardest to classify bands in recent memory is Kingston, Ontario’s Bedouin Soundclash. Consisting of guitarist/vocalist Jay Malinowski, Eon Sinclair, originally from Ghana on bass and drummer Pat Pengelly, the trio began as many others, a group of university friends getting together in between classes for some impromptu jamming. Taking …
Born in Edmonton in 1960, Belinda Metz took singing lessons as a child and entered various talent shows while growing up. She started getting serious about music around the time she signed up for acting classes while attending the University of Alberta, writing a few of her own songs and covering the pop hits of …
Cliff Edwards and his future wife Anne Ralph originally began as a duo act, playing covers of the popular hits of the day around the Montreal area. By the latter part of ’66 they were convinced by manager Kevin Hunter to form an actual recording group, and added Ralph’s younger sister Jacki to share vocal …
The owner of True North Records and Bernie Finkelstein Management, he’s recorded and managed some of the top acts Canada has had to offer, beginning in the mid 60’s with Kensington Market, Murray McLauchlan, and The Paupers. He’s also represented or produced Bruce Cockburn, Dan Hill, Barney Bentall when he was with Sony (Columbia). Some …
With a name that naturally riled women’s groups, who often picketed outside the band’s live venues, the original Battered Wives were formed in 1976 by British native frontman Toby Swann, Robert Stewart on bass, and drummer Colin Fox. But when Fox was deported back to the US on drug charges, he was replaced by Cleave …
Like many other groups in Toronto at the time, Bearfoot was formed as one of Ronnie Hawkins‘ makeshift bands, when Edmonton natives Dwayne Ford (ex Nomads) on piano and guitarist Hugh Brockie were hired in 1971 to play with his Rock and Roll Revival and Travelling Medicine Show. A short time later, Hawkins had the …
Michel Rivard first met aspiring songwriter Pierre Huet while attending The University of Quebec in 1970. They formed the duo, Quenonuille Bleue, and played the lounges for a brief period before keyboardist Robert Leger came on board. They changed their name to Theatre Sainfoin, in tribute to the on-campus site where they played most of …
The roots of The Beau-Marks started in the mid ’50s, when Ray Hutchinson and Michel Robitaille met at the Shriners Hospital in Montreal. Hutchinson had suffered from tuberculosis of the hip since he was four and had several operations growing up. Robitaille was there being treated for polio, which he’d had since age three. They …
The core of The B-Girls infamously met in ’77 in the washroom during a Thin Lizzy concert in Toronto. Even before anyone could even play an instrument, they decided to form a band around Lucasta and Cynthia Ross (no relation) on vocals/guitars and bass, and Lucasta’s friend Xenia Holliday (real last name Splawinski) on guitars. …