http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDSUB020402210013420561&sql=Apxcibks9aakb
I only remember it to be kind of spazzy sounding. Nothing too interesting.
Nightlines was fantastic. There was a thread on Brave New Waves recently in which a bunch of us waxed nostalgic about his show. It was nice to see that it's still so fondly remembered by so many.
― maypang (maypang), Saturday, 21 February 2004 05:22 (twenty years ago) link
― Broheems (diamond), Saturday, 21 February 2004 05:33 (twenty years ago) link
― ken taylrr, Saturday, 21 February 2004 05:52 (twenty years ago) link
― ken taylrr, Saturday, 21 February 2004 05:53 (twenty years ago) link
(I think they were from Vancouver)
Were Good Horsey from Vancouver?
― donut bitch (donut), Saturday, 21 February 2004 06:11 (twenty years ago) link
― Jaromil (Jaromil), Saturday, 21 February 2004 06:23 (twenty years ago) link
― william (william), Saturday, 21 February 2004 06:29 (twenty years ago) link
― maypang (maypang), Saturday, 21 February 2004 06:33 (twenty years ago) link
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Saturday, 21 February 2004 06:42 (twenty years ago) link
― Jaromil (Jaromil), Saturday, 21 February 2004 06:48 (twenty years ago) link
The Grapes of Wrath (another one from BC) were a band that I liked back then, too. While it's not the coolest thing to admit, all three of these acts had a huge influence on me at the time. It could've been worse though, I suppose. Much worse.
― maypang (maypang), Saturday, 21 February 2004 07:20 (twenty years ago) link
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Saturday, 21 February 2004 07:54 (twenty years ago) link
― dyson (dyson), Saturday, 21 February 2004 08:36 (twenty years ago) link
― bh, Saturday, 21 February 2004 08:52 (twenty years ago) link
― prostpilso (nestmanso), Saturday, 21 February 2004 10:06 (twenty years ago) link
― dave q, Saturday, 21 February 2004 12:50 (twenty years ago) link
― martin (martin), Saturday, 21 February 2004 13:10 (twenty years ago) link
OK, I don't mean to get nitpicky, but Victoria bands = not Vancouver bands. The two cities are quite distinct! That's like saying Santa Barbara bands = L.A. bands. (unless you're implying that the Wrights lived in Vancouver in their early days, then never mind).
In this case, it's Victoria's gain, Vancouver's loss.
― donut bitch (donut), Saturday, 21 February 2004 17:19 (twenty years ago) link
― Johnny Badlees (crispssssss), Saturday, 21 February 2004 17:28 (twenty years ago) link
― donut bitch (donut), Saturday, 21 February 2004 17:41 (twenty years ago) link
― Johnny Badlees (crispssssss), Saturday, 21 February 2004 17:45 (twenty years ago) link
― Sym (shmuel), Saturday, 21 February 2004 19:21 (twenty years ago) link
― Barry Bruner (Barry Bruner), Sunday, 22 February 2004 03:17 (twenty years ago) link
We played with them in a horseshoe-shaped bar downtown that's now a hotel; They did an impeccable start-to-finish performance of Michael Nesmith's Tantamount to Treason album, with singer Rob Dayton running in place wearing nothing but a disgusting clear PVC suit.
Most of those Scratch Records bands named above are from Vancouver, but not all of them.
Looks like this thread is yet another runners-up prize for poor old Chilliwack. Look up their hometown on a map!
― Ian Christe (Ian Christe), Sunday, 22 February 2004 03:31 (twenty years ago) link
― donut bitch (donut), Sunday, 22 February 2004 03:45 (twenty years ago) link
― Huck, Sunday, 22 February 2004 04:19 (twenty years ago) link
― dyson (dyson), Sunday, 22 February 2004 05:44 (twenty years ago) link
― Jaromil (Jaromil), Sunday, 22 February 2004 05:55 (twenty years ago) link
― jazz odysseus, Sunday, 22 February 2004 06:00 (twenty years ago) link
― sundar subramanian (sundar), Sunday, 22 February 2004 06:11 (twenty years ago) link
― maypang (maypang), Sunday, 22 February 2004 06:25 (twenty years ago) link
― dyson (dyson), Sunday, 22 February 2004 20:02 (twenty years ago) link
― ken taylrr, Sunday, 22 February 2004 20:03 (twenty years ago) link
http://www.circlesquare.ca/
― Paul (scifisoul), Sunday, 22 February 2004 20:49 (twenty years ago) link
― donut bitch (donut), Sunday, 22 February 2004 20:52 (twenty years ago) link
― dyson (dyson), Sunday, 22 February 2004 22:40 (twenty years ago) link
Are you thinking of Vancouver punk supergroup Victorian Pork? I used to be good buddies with the singer in the new father/daughter version of this band.
― Sym (shmuel), Monday, 23 February 2004 08:26 (twenty years ago) link
― donut bitch (donut), Monday, 23 February 2004 09:04 (twenty years ago) link
(Pork Queen was another member of Good Horsey other than Mark -- solo noise thang)
― jack cole (jackcole), Monday, 23 February 2004 09:04 (twenty years ago) link
― mike a, Monday, 23 February 2004 21:44 (twenty years ago) link
― mike a, Monday, 23 February 2004 21:45 (twenty years ago) link
― dean! (deangulberry), Monday, 23 February 2004 21:47 (twenty years ago) link
― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 23 February 2004 21:47 (twenty years ago) link
― mike a, Monday, 23 February 2004 21:48 (twenty years ago) link
― dean! (deangulberry), Monday, 23 February 2004 21:53 (twenty years ago) link
ooh yeah! their guitarist works at Aquarius and is really nice!
― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 23 February 2004 21:54 (twenty years ago) link
― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 23 February 2004 21:55 (twenty years ago) link
― mike a, Monday, 23 February 2004 21:56 (twenty years ago) link
― dyson (dyson), Monday, 23 February 2004 23:54 (twenty years ago) link
― martin m. (mushrush), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 00:01 (twenty years ago) link
― derrick (derrick), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 01:08 (twenty years ago) link
― etta, Tuesday, 24 February 2004 01:12 (twenty years ago) link
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 01:17 (twenty years ago) link
― bh, Tuesday, 24 February 2004 08:11 (twenty years ago) link
I think that, at one point, I was the only person putting my ass on the line for Nelly Furtado on the internet. I'm glad I did, because she kills everyone else on this thread (apols if she isn't officially from Vancouver - I don't do research on principle)
― Le Coq, Tuesday, 24 February 2004 08:35 (twenty years ago) link
but only if I can't have Loverboy.
And that AMG list is wrong about Kid Koala. I mean he grew up in Vancouver, but his career began in Mtl. I mean really.
― My Huckleberry Friend (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 14:51 (twenty years ago) link
― mike a, Tuesday, 24 February 2004 15:17 (twenty years ago) link
― mike a, Tuesday, 24 February 2004 15:19 (twenty years ago) link
― My Huckleberry Friend (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 15:27 (twenty years ago) link
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 16:48 (twenty years ago) link
― My Huckleberry Friend (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 17:46 (twenty years ago) link
― My Huckleberry Friend (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 24 February 2004 17:47 (twenty years ago) link
― thea b, Tuesday, 24 February 2004 17:51 (twenty years ago) link
― dave q, Thursday, 26 February 2004 13:35 (twenty years ago) link
― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Thursday, 26 February 2004 13:39 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 26 February 2004 17:17 (twenty years ago) link
― Thea, Thursday, 26 February 2004 18:15 (twenty years ago) link
― Thea, Thursday, 26 February 2004 18:37 (twenty years ago) link
― Thea, Thursday, 26 February 2004 18:43 (twenty years ago) link
― Ben Boyer (Ben Boyer), Thursday, 26 February 2004 18:47 (twenty years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 26 February 2004 19:45 (twenty years ago) link
― Thea, Thursday, 26 February 2004 20:17 (twenty years ago) link
― ken taylrr, Saturday, 28 February 2004 07:49 (twenty years ago) link
― dave q, Saturday, 28 February 2004 14:47 (twenty years ago) link
Point of order - the Evaporators and the Smugglers are from North Vancouver which, although it sounds like the northern part of the City of Vancouver is actually a different city entirely and lies across a large inlet. Langley is over an hour drive from Vancouver's city limits so claiming the Langley Schools Project as being from Vancouver would be like saying the Beatles are from Blackpool. Chilliwack is even further away but that's okay since the band Chilliwack are from Vancouver.
I'm not too up on most of the Vancouver bands these days, except for the ones everyone knows, but you can't go wrong with Stinkmitt, They Shoot Horses (Don't They) and yeah, July 4th Toilet. But I think there's a band like them in every city isn't there?
― everything, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 19:53 (sixteen years ago) link
p:ano.
― libcrypt, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 20:23 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm thinking they have disappeared into the black hole of side projects. There's quite a bit of that kinda low-key chamber pop around these days. Mostly I don't really like it because it's so reverential and staid. Those P:ano people were all right though.
― everything, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 20:30 (sixteen years ago) link
Sons of Freedom!
― 2for25, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 20:30 (sixteen years ago) link
Oh yeah, I just remembered Fond Of Tigers is a great band doing improvised sounding math-rock or whatever. Sorry, I'm useless at describing this stuff - let's just say they make a great racket.
― everything, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 20:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Is it too late to vote for the Poppy Family?
― Saxby D. Elder, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 21:18 (sixteen years ago) link
This band Winning are from Vancouver, I think. They seem neato. myspace.com/winningmusic
― DJ Mencap, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 21:59 (sixteen years ago) link
CANNED HAMM
― Steve Shasta, Wednesday, 11 July 2007 22:15 (sixteen years ago) link
Canned Hamm is an acceptable answer. If they keep going, they could probably have a brilliant "best of" cd in about 10 years 'cos all 3 albums have a fair few gems. Live they are patchy and dependent on the venue and audience. It's either awesome or excrutiating. Either way they win. Both members are in July 4th Toilet of course.
The Poppy Family are from up Gibsons way I think, which is a couple of hours journey from Vancouver, including a 45 minute ferry ride. The last time I was there I actually found a Poppy Family single in a junk store for one dollar only - signed by Susan and Terry Jacks. No joke.
― everything, Thursday, 12 July 2007 00:36 (sixteen years ago) link
WOW!!! awesome find!!
I thought Terry Jacks moved from Manitoba to Vancouver, started the Chessmen and then stuck around for the Poppy family as well.
I keep meaning to watch this Poppy Family DVD I got, maybe that will have all the details... Keep you posted...
― Saxby D. Elder, Thursday, 12 July 2007 07:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Go Joey Shithead go!
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 27 April 2012 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
Japandroids!
― caulk the wagon and float it, Friday, 27 April 2012 18:16 (twelve years ago) link
There are so many bands in Vancouver right now but FWIW the best band is a young (I think they are all 20 years old) guitar-pop group called Thee Ahs, who are so head-and-shoulders above their peers it's insane. They are not particularly groundbreaking musically but they are very cool and fun, have dozens of great songs, and owing to gigging continually for the last two or three years are really tight. They are going on their first cross-Canadian tour in June to promote their second album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teTN-jWGI_E
Also, this band Aunts & Uncles are really great. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjRvk92Tg9U
― everything, Friday, 27 April 2012 20:07 (twelve years ago) link