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The seeds of Moving Targetz took root in ’83, when Jaimie Vernon left Youth In Asia, a reincarnation of Swindled, after its one and only show at a Battle of the Bands contest at a Scarborough high school. He inherited the role of manager for Apalling Taste, one of the other groups on the bill. …
Specializing in political and social satire with a funky pop groove and a cutting comedic edge, the roots of Moxy Fruvous can be traced back to the late 1980s, when Michael Ford (guitars, vocals), Murray Foster (vocals, guitars, bass), and Jian Ghomeshi (vocals, percussion and briefly spelling his name ‘Jean’) were classmates at Unionville High …
Buzz Shearman memorial Bill Wade memorial The original version of Moxy was actually one of a number of groups Buzz Shearman had been in. After the breakup of Sherman & Peabody (named after the cartoon ‘Mr Peabody’s Improbable History’), which also featured Greg Godovitz (Fludd & Goddo) and Gil Moore (Triumph) – he bounced around …
Moe Koffman memorial Adored by many jazz fans for his penchant for making it more accessible to the masses, but shunned by true afficianados for the exact same reason, Toronto native Moe Koffman was born in 1928 into a musical family, and was a student of music early in life, embracing the violin at the …
Vancouver’s independent scene was bustling with energy and vigor in the early ’90s. Hair metal was all but pushed out in favour of the grunge movement, with plenty of room for hungry new groups to make their mark. After earning her Communications/Audio Engineering degree at San Francisco State University, Yvette Narlock spent the next few …
The east coast’s isolation from the rest of Canada’s music scene always played part in its unique sounds. Formed in ’76 in Nova Scotia, the band’s origins began after Bruce Wheaton (vocals/guitars) and Carson Richards (bass/vocals) had left Everyday People a year earlier. Wheaton had also been in several other groups prior, including The Stitch …
After leaving The Guess Who in 1972 because of the usual ‘rock & roll irreconcilable differences’, Winnipeg’s Greg Leskiw (also previously with The Shags, Logan Avenue and then Wild Rice), was the brainchild behind Mood Jga Jga. He shared guitar duties with Herman Fruhm, and also took on the singer’s role. Along with drummer Gord …
One of Quebec’s most experimental psychadelic rock bands, Morse Code Transmission was formed in the late 1960s by Montreal natives guitarist Michel Vallee and drummer Raymond Roy. Then going by the name of Les Maitres (The Masters), they released a string of unsuccessful singles in English before the turn of the decade, though they also …
Riding the wave of the psychadelic movement taking the West Coast by storm in the late 1960s, Mother Tuckers Yellow Duck was originally a loose group of stage performers, where everyone had different characters on stage, and guitarist Bob O’Connor was the only actual musician, and was centred around Boston native Kathy Kay as Mother …
A Scottish immigrant, Murray McLauchlan and his family moved to Canada in 1953, when he was only five years old. Growing up in Toronto, he was adept at the guitar by 12 and began playing the Yorkville coffeehouse circuit while still only a teen. Soaking in the folk influences on the strip while listening to …