Ten so long years ago, a random gathering of some of the best musicians from Canada’s greatest musical berg threw themselves onstage as part of the annual Locke Street Festival. Spearheaded by veteran Hammerhead Tom Wilson, said ad-hoc combo was busy rocking and rolling things all the way up that street as the sun slid down when suddenly, a most familiar figure was spotted nearby.
The lead singer of the one, the only, Teenage Head.
This week we re-wind to October 15, 2008.
It was a very sad day for Canadian rock’n’roll and especially those of us who grew up in the Ontario punk rock scene, Frankie Venom had died.
If nobody minds I will not be speaking about hair.
Very sorry to hear about the passing of Ronnie Montrose this past week. Glad I mentioned the spectacular debut album from his band a couple of months ago. Segarini wrote a great column earlier this week touching on some of the greats we have recently lost.
Bullseye Records of Canada
Segarini: Don't Believe a Word I Say 