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Formed in Toronto in the late ’60s, Syrinx consisted of John Mills-Cockell on keyboards, Doug Pringle on saxophone, and percussionist Alan Wells. Mills-Cockell was classically trained in composition, studying at the Royal Conservatory of Music and the University of Toronto, and won a BMI Award in 1967 given to student composers, for his specialization in …
Born in Winnipeg in 1968, Talmage Bachman learned to play the guitar, piano, and drums at an early age, but lost interest in music all together as a teen, instead studying political philosophy in Utah once he’d graduated from high school in Vancouver. He did Mission work in Argentina for a few years before returning …
Born in Abercomb, northern Rhodesia (what’s now Zambia) to Polish immigrants, Ted Wesley and his family moved to England at age six, then to Fort McMurray, Alberta three years later. He moved to Yellowknife, NWT in 1961, lied about his age (still only 16 and had to be 21) to work in the gold mines. …
Frankie Venom memorial Often referred to as Canada’s answer to The Ramones, Hamilton Weston High school buddies Frank Kerr and Gord Lewis formed the group in 1975 with bassist Steve Mahon and Nick Stipinitz on drums. They took their name from a Flaming Groovies song title and quickly gained a loyal following on the Ontario …
Formed in Scarborough, ON in late 1981, the band’s origins started when Andy McLean, a Brit holidaying in Canada met fellow guitarist and vocalist Gary Brown. They struck a friendship and Brown soon introduced him to some friends he’d just formed a band with, drummer Derek Gassyt, bassist Lewis Mele and Fraser MacDougall on keyboards. …
Born in Montreal in 1968, Terri Lynn Sauson grew up in a musical household. Both her parents played guitar and her mother was particularly centred in the local folk scene. As well, her grandparents, Ray and Betty Gauthier, were both well-known on the Canadian country scene, having opened for artists like George Jones, Johnny Cash, …
John Hannah memorial Terry Crawford and Rick Johnson began playing together while they were still attending high school in Winnipeg. They formed the first incarnation of Crawford in the early ’70s with Johnson on guitars, Scott Gair on bass, drummer Birch Nero and Tony Ward on keyboards. The lineup changed a few times while they …
Born in Winnipeg in 1944 and the oldest of five boys, it was always assumed Terry Jacks would carry on in the family architecture business. In fact, that’s what he was studying at UBC after the family had moved to Vancouver when he joined his first band. Like virtually every other corner of Canada in …
Formed in 2001, Theory of a Deadman hails from Delta, BC and was the brainchild of highschool friends Tyler Connolly and Dave Brenner. With Dean Back on bass and drummer Tim Hart, they began writing some songs, one of the first of which was initially called “Theory of a Deadman” – about a man contemplating …
Hailing from Windsor, Ontario, The Tea Party was formed by Jeff Martin, Stuart Chatwood and Jeff Burrows. Although they’d all played in different bands previously, and knew each other, it wasn’t until 1990 while they were each living in Toronto that they decided to form their own group. Naming themselves after the infamous hash sessions …