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Formed around Kelowna stepbrothers Aaron Grain (real name Brett Ellis) and Chris Duncombe and David Roberts, Washboard Union got its start when Graine and Dunmore moved into a Vancouver house in the mi ’00s, where Roberts was also living and trying to make it on the scene. Roberts said if it’s hard to pin down …
Zal Yanovsky memorial The son of a political cartoonist, Zal Yanovsky was born in Toronto in 1944 and was raised by his father when his mother died while he was still a child. His sense of humour got him in trouble more often than his classmates would like to have admitted, often referring to him …
B Hi Dan & David, thanks a lot for your interest and kind comments from (Johnny & Richard) regarding “Zingo” . I will answer your questions: “Zingo” Band with “Keith Scott” on Guitar who later joined “Bryan Adams” and the rest is History were a Vancouver Band together for about 6 years in the 70s. …
When Liverpool (argued as the first Beatles tribute act) had run its course by early 1976, the Toronto-based band had recorded four singles for Taurus Records after switching to originals, played some of the biggest venues at the time, including LA’s Whiskey A Go Go and the first Beatles festival, “Beatlefest” in New York City, …
A native of Lanigan, Saskatchewan, bassist John Kerns (also ex of The Wicked Infants and Infants) realized Tremor was going nowhere. So in 1989 he moved to Calgary and hooked up with brother Todd on vocals and guitars, who’d also spent time in The Infants. They recruited the Dahle brothers – Ryan on guitars and …
Born in 1960 in Coatsdale, Scotland, Frew emigrated to Newmarket, Ont as a teen with his mother. He’d already fronted a local group called Onyx, but when the money dried up, so did their interest in continuing. But by the ’82, he formed Tokyo, which morphed into Glass Tiger. The band all but owned the …
Shop For Everything Alanis Canada’s epitome of the angry rock chick was born in Ottawa in 1974, but her earliest forays into show business were a far cry from what propelled her in later years to fame and fortune. Her first time in the spotlight was on the kids’ TV show “You Can’t Do That …
Hailing from Sudbury, Ontario, Aaron Space was formed in the late 1960s by guitarist Jake Thomas (originally from North Bay, Ontario, and ex of Bucstone Hardware) Yarmouth, NS native Dave Moulaison, Gene Falbo (originally from Digigriano Cosenza Calabria, Italy) on bass, and local native drummer Bob DiSalle. While they played the area’s circuit as a …
Cleveland, Ohio-born Chuck Aarons and Portland, Oregan native Jim Ackley were both in their own groups in the 1960s, but both wound up in Canada at the height of the Viet Nam War. Aarons was excused from the draft due to an asthma condition (which his brother and father also had), while Ackley fled to …
An Italian immigrant, Jim Bertucci moved to Toronto with his family at the age of 6. Born Vincenzo Donato Bertucci, the singer/bassist formed Just Us while still in high school along with Ron Bartley on vocals and guitar. They changed their name to Captain Midnight’s Dirty Feet after graduation, and along with Bob McPherson on …