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Hailing from Hamilton, Killjoys consisted of guitarist and frontman Mike Trebilcock and drummer Gene Champagne on drums, who’d played together at one time or another since they were ten, and Shelley Woods on bass. With a combined influences list that spanned Cheap Trick to the Ramones to Black Flag, they were writing some material, and …
The general Winnipeg area has always served as backdrop for some of the country’s most original music. After serving as the Guess Who‘s bassist for 5 records over 4 years, the flame that was Canada’s Supergroup had apparently gone cold. Following Burton Cummings‘ departure, Bill Wallace retreated back to the ‘Peg where he dabbled in …
Even in his first band fresh out of high school, The Quotations, Kim Mitchell marched to the strum of his own guitar. The Sarnia, Ont. native then formed The Grass Company, which evolved into Big Al’s Band. After relocating to Toronto in the early 70s, they changed their name to Zooom. After going on a …
Born in 1965 and a native of St John’s, Newfoundland, Kim Stockwood grew up with a mix of traditional Maritime music, country, and current pop influencing her. She dabbled in trying to make music a career while working on a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English/Sociology, and in her 20s took a job as a …
The brainchild of Cold Lake, Alberta native Alex Varughese, Kingdoom began in the early ’00s. The former Sugakane and Vela frontman was now winning awards with one of Edmonton’s best blues groups in Jimmy & The Walkers and dabbling in a quasi rock/reggae outfit under the label of Lex Justice. He added the industrial metal-based …
Originally known as Whistle King, the band was formed in Oakville, Ontario in 1979 by high school buddies David Diamond on bass, drummer Max Styles and local guitar wiz Mister Zero. They recruited Sonny Keyes on keyboards and began doing dances & high school gigs, then graduated to the Toronto bar scene once they were …
The earliest roots of Klaatu began in the late 60’s when Terry Draper, Dee Long and John Woloschuk all played in different local Toronto groups, when they met at a high school battle of the bands contest. From there Long joined a local group called Bloodstone, while Draper and Woloschuk released an independant single under …
T he Niagara Falls, ON group formed when bassist/vocalist Ricki Rose hooked up with highschool chums and guitarists John Deiugli and Franky J. Fox. The lineup was rounded out with Freddie Taylor on keyboards and drummer Pat Cass. They fine tuned their hard pop sound and Degiuli became John Dee while they played the Ontario/Eastern …
It was only natural Lenny Breau would follow his parent’s musical path. They were the famed ’40s and ’50s C&W duo Hal “Lone Pine” Breau and Betty Cody (real name Elizabeth Cote). Calling Auburne, Maine home, they toured the US and Canada, and had Lenny join the backup band when he was only 12, already …
There has arguably never been an artist more adored for more than just his music in Canadian history than Leonard Cohen. Born in Montreal in 1934 into a middle class Jewish family, his grandfather was president of the Canadian Jewish Council. His father, owned a substantial Montreal clothing store, but died when Cohen was only …