Canadian Punk and Hardcore appreciation
 

Hey people, for those who do not know I am the poster formerly known as BastardofYoung... took a long break you can say from this place, and decided to start anew... I see some of the people who remember are still here, not sure how many.. but yeah.

As a Canadian who likes to see how much Canadian music is known outside of here, and being a person whose main loves are Punk and Metal.. I wanted to start a thread dedicated strictly to this very topic.

Make a random post about a band and see where it goes.

Interested to see what bands people know, from any era of Punk... .my main interests are more 70s - 90s... and all styles.

No Means No is a good one.

Think the first band I will have to go with though, as I think they are sadly one of the most unknown.


SLOW


Out of Vancouver, BC they started in the early 80s and put out a single and an EP as well as a few contributions to comps.

Their most beloved album to me is the "Against the Glass" EP from 1985.


A ripping and great EP that was not only influential in their home town, but also on the Seattle scene, such people as Mark Arm praised them, and even I feel took some notice for Green River.

Have Not Been the Same is a song that certainly fits in with the Seattle sound, and is known in Canada, even has made lists of best Canadian songs, which is great for a band with little exposure.



Another fun thing was Expo 86 when they played the indie music part and got the entire thing shut down when it went pretty crazy.


Their first single is also a pretty fun listen (this from the remastered version of their EP with included the songs from the single.



I highly recommend picking up their CD or vinyl released a couple years ago.

Oh yes, rest assured I could not forget them.. One of the best bands to come out of Canada, not just in the punk world.

D.O.A. is a good one.

You ever hear of the band The Nun****ers?

I was into them for a bit back in the day.

Slow has great energy, I remember hearing about them from you a while back.

Ought kicks ass on that one album

Easily. One of the most known for sure... though i think they in recent years are just okay, their early years are important to Punk and especially Hardcore, even they were included on the soundtrack to American Hardcore.

This is one of my favorite performances


Jon Card on drums, he played in Personality Crisis, and on a couple SNFU albums as well, and is one of my favorite drummers.

Not an easy task to take Chuck Biscuits drum stool, but he is worthy, Chuck is great

Slow even reunited in 2017 to play some shows for the reissue of ATG, wish somebody captured it for release, though user uploads are not bad... be cool to see pro shot footage.

a few songs from bands who I really love, but not sure if i could make a whole post about them because they are pretty short lived

Genetic Control (Montreal, QC)


Beyond Possession (Calgary, AB)


Stretch Marks (Winnipeg, MB)