Punkanada: 10/01/2010

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Personality Crisis - Creatures For Awhile

Winnipegs Personality Crisis. The first punk band I never saw. We went to see these guys in 82? and the show got cancelled even though the band and a bunch of people were there. I guess the club owner didn't like the look of everyone. Anyway, a bunch of us went somewere else and we heard the next day that they played at someones house and we missed it! I've got the original of this plus the UK reissue.

Risky Records, 1983

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Saturday, October 30, 2010

Stretch Marks - Who's In Charge 7" EP

The Stretch Marks from Winnipeg, these guy's were awesome. I was lucky enough to see them twice, once in Winnipeg and once in Regina. They stayed overnight at my friends house after the Regina show. For some reason I have 2 copies of this.

Headbutt Records, 1983

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Youth Youth Youth - Sin

One of my favorite Canadian bands. I have the original vinyl plus the Fringe reissue. Unfortunately I never got to see them play live.

Fringe Product, 1983

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Punkanada

You grew up in Regina of all places? Yes, and it wasn't as lame as you might think. There was no where else to go between Winnipeg and Calgary so we got all the bands coming through. I lived in a house with some friends and we had a deal with one of the promoters, we got into the shows for free if the bands could stay at our house. There were a lot of bands and a constant party so some of the post may or may not be correct due to memory failure!

You will need Winrar to extract the files or you can use 7-Zip which is free.

A lot of this music has been reissued on CD. If you like the music then please support the band and go buy it!

If you own the rights to any of this music and don't want it posted here, leave a comment or email me and I will remove it.

About me

It all started in 1981 or 82 in Regina, I was listening to the Clash and bands like that. I went with some friends to a house party and saw a local band called Diplomatic Immunity and that was it for me. I fell in love with the music and the messege and have been listening to it ever since. At the time I didn't have much money so had very few records. The first 3 records I bought were Black Flag Damaged, The Exploited Punks Not Dead and The Subhumans No Wishes No Prayers. In the late 80's I was listening to a lot of metal but got back into punk in the early 90's. I moved to Vancouver in 1990 and searched the city for punk vinyl. I did quite well and now have about 200 -300 records including a sealed copy of No Means No Mama and The Subhumans Incorrect Thoughts!

I am currently living in Entebbe, Uganda in East Africa.