Back in the day, I was the road manager for the best power pop punk band in the country, The Pointed Sticks from Vancouver. It gave me an automatic backstage pass in the west coast music scene.
Dapper Toronto bass player Jeff Jones, who plays behind both Burton Cummings and Tom Cochrane, had a wild time playing with both in central Manitoba within two days.
There are few crack elite live and studio session bands in the country that are bands for hire. They learn new material all the time, translating it with skill, accuracy, and speed, bringing out the originality and authenticity in all the music they play.
An intimate Canadian music showcase launches at The Black Swan in Toronto on October 25th called “THE CANADIAN POP MUSIC ENCYCLOPEDIA REVUE” presented by the Pop Encyclopedia’s author Jaimie Vernon .
Many of my clear readers know that my all-time favorite band is Rush. By the way, Rush fans and potential Rush fans should run right out and purchase the relatively recently released DVD by Rush,”Snakes & N rows Live” –
Jeff Jones was a mere youngster of 16 when, as a member of Ocean, he struck the big time with Put Your Hand In The Hand, a multi-million selling single…
In 1995, Lawrence Gowan found his way back to the piano. He was a keyboard player, after all. He arrived in post-punk in the early ’80s with a progressive-rock pedigree
“This band has money,” someone whispered as Tom Cochrane and his five-man band swept onto the Arts Centre Stage Saturday night in the wake of the technical humble Infidels.
Born to a blonde-blue-eyed, hippie-earth-mother and an activist black father, who “crawled out of the ghetto”, Molly Johnson knows about nixed blood
Ocean formed in Agincourt, Ont. While still playing the high school dance circuit, it rose to the top of the charts worldwide in 1971 with catchy, religious-flavoured pop songs.
The wave that carried Canadian pop-rock band Ocean to world-wide prominence in 1971 was a hit song combining a catchy melody, strong vocals and a little bit of old-time religion
Red Rider remains a Canadian rock band of opposing musical masks, assuming opposing realities for its different fans.