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Originally called Common Bond, the band shortened its name to simply Bond, and was based out of Toronto. The lineup changed often in the early days, but always featured founders drummer Jeff Hamilton and bassist John Roles. Roles soon traded in his bass for the six-string guitar variety, making room for Bill Dunn. They briefly …
A pioneer of Canadian folk music, Bonnie Dobson was born in Toronto in 1940, and watched her older sister get involved in music as part of the group The Travellers. By the age of 11 she was taking guitar lessons, and as a teenager was often entertained by the likes of Pete Seeger and Leon …
By the time the ’90s were underway, Ian Thomas had released eight albums and struck gold countless times during that run. But now he was looking for new challenges, and while contemplating the follow-up to his 1987 album, LEVITY, he hooked up with some friends, also established in the business and looking for something to …
Formed in Montreal in 1989 through a chance meeting between Drew Ling and guitarists Perry Johnson (who’d go under the pseudonym of Pere Fume) and Sonny Greenwich, the original group was rounded out with Alan Baculis on bass and drummer Rob Kazenel. After quickly becoming staples on the Ontario/Quebec circuit they were signed to Vertigo …
After spending three years working in a recording studio in Frankfurt, Germany, Mark Holden bit at the chance in the mid ’80s to move back to Calgary and be part of the team at Thunderhead Studios – a new, multi-million dollar state of the art studio there. About a year later, he met guitarist Randy …
Born in Thorsby, Alberta, Bob Ruzicka grew up singing and playing piano and guitar, but moved to Edmonton in the late ’60s and studied Dentistry at the University of Alberta. After graduation, he was dubbed ‘the singing dentist’ as he continued performing on the side while specializing in children’s denistry in the Northwest Territories. He …
One of the most infamous ‘names’ in Canadian rock is Bob Segarini. The native of Stockton, California began his musical journey in the late ’50s and in the middle of Beatlemania. After moving to LA, his first formal band was a local group called The Ratz, with Gary Duncan, who’d later go on to form …
Not to be confused with the New Zealand electronica group that existed around the same time period, Vancouver’s Body Electric was formed after the Juno Award nominated Straight Lines had run its course in 1983. The core of Bob Buckley (originally from Brighton, England) and David Sinclair were looking for a new project to tackle, …
The brainchild of producer George Lagios, Bombers was a studio project he assembled at the tail end of the disco era. He recruited guitar virtuoso Walter Rossi, whom he’d worked with several times on Rossi’s solo albums, to lead the foray and be the unofficial bandleader. Rossi recommended drummer Marty Simon and keyboardist Dwayne Ford …
The Montreal music scene during the early ’80’s was vibrant, bursting with the energy of some of the country’s hottest new sounds. Jean Marc Pisapia was playing with Men Without Hats when in ’81, musical differences with the Doroschuk brothers led to him leaving after only a few months, just prior to the Hatless ones …