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1755

Donald Boudreau (bass, clarinet, vocals) / Ronald Dupuis (drums, congas, percussion, harmonica) / Roland Gauvin (guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals) / Pierre Robichaud (guitar, acoustic guitar, bass, mandolin, vocals) / Kenneth Saulnier (guitar, banjo, mandolin, violin, vocals)

Formed in Moncton, New Brunswick in 1977; Saulnier, Gauvin, and Robichaud would embark on separate solo career; Dupuis would go on to the Glamour Puss Blues Band. [also see ROLAND GAUVIN, PIERRE ROBICHAUD, KENNETH SAULNIER]

Singles

1978 C.B Buddie/Hallo Joe (Presqu’île) PE-2507

1978 Le monde a bien change/Le monde qu’on connaît (Presqu’ile) PE-2508

1979 Je t’Aime/Disco Banjo (Presqu’île) PE-2511

1980 Je t’aime/Boire ma bouteille (A/Z – France) A/Z1-754

2004 Le Frigidaire (independent) 71142.CD.2

Albums

1978 1755 (Presqu’ile) PE-7512

1979 Vivre a la Baie (Presqu’ile) PE-7519

1982 Synergie (Le Barachois) LEB-1002

1994 Les retrouvailles de la Famille/Live au Colisée de Moncton (ISBA) 2K-5002

1997 Le bango a Lucien (en spectacle)

1999 Yousque t’es rendu

2012 Anthologie [3CD] (Les Disques 1755) 1755-001

Compilation Tracks

2004 “Le Frigidaire” on ‘L’Acadie En Chanson’ (MapleMusic) FA-001

’63 MÖNRÖE

Steven R. Stunning (vocals) / Markii Burnaway (guitar) / Mark DeRoux (bass) / Pete Lambourghini (drums) / Pete Dekoker (bass) / Jeff “Rooster” Rooth (drums) / Alex “Hamish” Howard (guitar) / Ian “Buzz” Collie (guitar) / Joe Kettlewell (drums) / Brian McMillian (guitar) / Tim Thompson (guitar, vocals) / Brad “Lavard” Ondrovcik (drums)London, Ontario’s ’63 Monroe was started by Steven R. Stunning under the name N.F.G. back in late 1978/early 1979 playing mostly cover tunes. They opened shows for local music heroes the Demics. Soon they were writing and recording their own material. With bar owners hesitant to book them because of the connotations of their name they changed it to ’63 Monroe in 1980. They toured the SOuthern Ontario bar scene throughout the ’80s and regularly played Toronto. They even managed to finagle their way onto a bill at the infamous CBGB’s in New York City opening for the Dead Boys’ late drummer Johnny Blitz and his band. After a decade of recording, touring and releasing records with little more than underground notoriety (and the advent of Grunge), the band called it a day; The band members would spend the next decade in musical projects and career paths. In 2002 they reformed for a headlining ‘one off’ reunion show at London’s Call the Office and sold-out two nights back-to-back. Old grievances were long forgotten and the band began writing new material. The result was ‘Last Exit To Rawk N Roll’ released in the spring of 2007 on London’s Speed City Records. with notes from Steve R. Stunning.

Singles

1983 Henry The VIII/Soup To Nuts (Savvy) SO2-1

1984 White Christmas/[same] (Savvy) SO2-02

Albums

1982 Reign of Terror [cassette] (What The Poop)

1985 Stinkin’ Out the Joint (Savvy) 8505-L

1987 Bad Bad Rock And Roll

1989 Secrets Are For Keeping

2003 Christmas Time, Stand In Line [5-song EP]

2003 Es Hat Uns Gut Gefallen (We Have Enjoyed Ourselves)

2006 Hijack Victim: Greatest & Unreleased Gems (Rave-Up – Italy) LP #48

2007 Last Exit To Rawk ‘N Roll (Speed City) SCR-063

as STEVEN R. STUNNING / THE LEGENDARY ’63 MONROE

2015 Punk Rock Soldier / Party Like A Rockstar (Speed City) SCR-005

as NFG

1980 NFG (Nardem) NARDEM-005

Compilation Tracks

1991 “More, More, More” on ‘CHRW – The 1991 London Compilation’ (What Wave/CHRW)

2005 “Media Junkie” on ‘Only in Canada, Eh 77-81 Volume 1’ (Punk History Canada) PHC-CD-0101

69 DUSTER

Dale Martindale (vocals) / Craig McConnell (bass, keyboards, vocals)

Features Dale Martindale of Images In Vogue and Craig McConnell of Earcandy.

Albums

1996 Mania! (independent) SND-001

S.C.U.M.

Andrew Harder / Anthony Marks / Claude Bonhomme / Dave Ghandi / Georges Pearson / Jean Lortie / Jim Ross / Michel Cyr / Patrick Oancia / Ron Johnston / Yorgo / Keith Ambrose

From Montréal, Québec and formed in September 1981.

Albums

1984 S.C.U.M. [3-song s/sided cassette EP]

1985 Born Too Soon (Psyche-Industry) PIR-08

1988 Gods Of Blood [4-song cassette EP]

Compilation Tracks

1985 “Exit Death” on ‘It Came From The Pit’ (Psyche Industry) PIR-05

1989 “Baptism of Fire” on ‘Reargarde Presents The En Garde Compilation’ (En Guard) ENG-001

S.F.H.

Bob Reid (guitars, vocals) / Jon Armstrong (bass) / Rob Mills (drums) / Rich Oosterbosch (drums) / Danny Mayhem (guitars)

Formed in the mid-1980’s as Samhain, the band released a cassette demo in 1987 that attracted the attention of Razor founding member Dave Carlo. Carlo’s band had fallen apart and he would recruit Reid, Armstrong and Mills to become the new Razor. Several albums and tours followed but Carlo struggled to keep his band afloat in the early 1990s, members Reid, Armstrong and Mills quit Razor to re-form Samhain under the new metal-friendly moniker S.F.H. [aka Sam Fucking Haim] with guitarist Danny Mayhem. Mills quit shortly thereafter and they recruited Rich Oosterbach on drums. In 1992 S.F.H. would record the ‘One of These Days’ album at Harry Hess’ (Harem Scarem) Cabin Fever studio in Newcastle, Ontario which was produced by Dave Carlo. They returned to Cabin Fever to record their sophomore release ‘All You Can Eat’ in 1994. By 1996 Carlo and the band had patched up their differences, Mayhem was let go and they became the new version of Razor. [also see RAZOR]

Albums

as SAMHAIN

1987 Cold Death [cassette]

as S.F.H.

1992 One of These Days

1994 All You Can Eat

1999 Promo ’99 [3-song EP]

S.N.F.U. (Society’s No Fucking Use)

Chi Pig [aka Ken Chinn] / Brent Belke (guitar) / Marc “Muc” Belke (guitar) / Rob “Buck” Johnson (bass) / Jimmy Roid (bass) / Jon Card (drums) / Evan C. Jones (drums) / Ted Simms (drums; replaced Card 1986) / Dave Rees (drums; 1992-1998) / Chris Thompson (drums; replaced Rees 1998)

Chi Pig was inspired by the Sex Pistols while watching TV one night and kept that energy alive until SNFU formed in Edmonton, Alberta in 1982 creating a reputation for solid, yet inaccessible punk in the prairies. SNFU paid its dues in halls and basement clubs in Edmonton before moving to Vancouver, British Columbia. Aside from a two-year break in the early ’90s (when punk’s third wave arrived) the band is considered “Canada’s reigning Princes of punk.” Their longest consistent line-up (1992-1998) recorded four albums and performed over 800 shows together. Chi Pig rarely grants interviews and one “chat” with The Toronto Sun several years ago consisted of two words – one being ‘no’ and the other was unprintable; A new live “Greatest Hits” album, ‘Let’s Get It Right The First Time’, was released in 1998. Vancouver author Chris Walter released the definitive biography on S.N.F.U. entitled ‘SNFU: What No One Else Wanted To Say’; Ken Chinn passed away July 16, 2020; Jon Card died April 8, 2024 with notes from Brent Belke.

Singles

1987 She’s Not On the Menu//Life of a Bag Lady/This Is The End (independent)

1990 Real Men Don’t Watch Quincy [5-song EP] (independent)

1993 Beautiful, Unlike You And I/The Watering Hole (Different Version) (Hom Wreckerds Music) HWM-1001

1995 Eric’s Had A Bad Day (Not Profane Version)/Eric’s Had A Bad Day (Profane Version) (Epitaph) 86441S2-2

2017 A Happy Number/Human Cattle (Rake) RR-006

Albums

1985 …And No One Else Wanted To Play (B.Y.O./B.Y.C.) BYO-09

1986 If You Swear, You’ll Catch No Fish (B.Y.O. – US) BYO-017

1988 Better Than a Stick In the Eye (Cargo) CAR-001

1991 The Last of the Big Time Suspenders (Cargo – US) CAR-011

1993 Something Green and Leafy This Way Comes (Epitaph – US) 86430-1

1995 The One Voted Most Likely To Succeed (Epitaph – US) 86441-1

1996 FYULABA [Fuck You Up Like a Bad Accident] (Epitaph – US) 86472-1

1998 Let’s Get It Right The First Time (Aquarius 2000) Q2-00587

2000 The Ping Pong EP [5 songs] (Alternative Tentacles – US) VIRUS239CD

2004 In the Meantime and In Between Time [CD] (Rake) RK-001

2004 In the Meantime and In Between Time [LP w/bonus tracks] (Reluctant Recordings) RR-005

2013 Never Trouble Trouble Until Trouble Troubles You (Cruzar Media) CRUZ-0002

2019 …And Yet Another Pair of Lost Suspenders (Artoffact) AOF-347

Compilation Tracks

1984 “Victims of the Womanizer” on ‘Something To Believe In’ (Fringe Product) FPL-3015

1992 “Victims of the Womanizer” on ‘Someone’s Gonna Get Their Head To Believe In Something’ (B.Y.O.) BYO-026CD

1985 “Poor, Poor Pitiful Me” on ‘It Came From The Pit’ (Psyche Industry) PIR-05

SABRE

Stephen Malcolm Fife (lead vocals, guitars) / Leighton “Ralph” Dame (bass, synth, vocals) / Steve Sims (drums, percussion, vocals)

Heavy metal act from London, Ontario.

Albums

1985 On The Prowl (Blade Productions) BP-042858

SACRIFICE

Rob Urbinati (lead vocals/guitar) / Joe Rico (guitar) / Scott Watts (bass) / Gus Pynn (drums) / Kevin Wimberley (bass; 1993-1994 tour only)

Formed in Scarborough, Ontario in 1983, Sacrifice released three albums during the 80s on their own Diabolic Force Records with distribution from Toronto’s Fringe Product. Their fourth studio album, ‘Apocalypse Inside’, was released by Metal Blade Records in 1993 before the band split up in early 1994 after the album tour. Following a reunion show in 2006, they returned to the studio and the result was the album ‘The Ones I Condemn’ through Sonic Unyon Records (for CD) and War On Music (for vinyl). War On Music would also issue the 2LP vinyl collection ‘198666’ in 2011. Currently the band is working with Cursed Blessings Records in Toronto. The label issued the new studio single “World War V” in 2021 in anticipation of another full album in 2023. Meanwhile, Cursed Blessings released ‘Live – The Starwood’ album on vinyl and cassette in 2022.

Singles

2010 Anthem//[split w/PROPAGANDHI] (War On Music) WOM-017

2021 World War V (Cursed Blessings)

Albums

1985 The Exorcism [cassette] (Diabolic Force) 002

1985 Torment In Fire (Diabolic Force/Fringe) FPL-3020

1987 Forward To Termination (Diabolic Force/Fringe) FPL-3047

1989 Demo (Diabolic Force)

1990 Soldiers of Misfortune (Fringe) FPD-3096

1993 Apocalypse Inside (Metal Blade/Warner Music)

2009 The Ones I Condemn [CD] (Sonic Unyon) SUNCD-1242

2009 The Ones I Condemn [LP] (War On Music) WOM-013

2011 ‘198666’ [2LP] (War On Music) WOM-026

2021 Live – The Starwood, Toronto – Nov. 23 1985 (Cursed Blessings) CMCB-011

SADDLETAMPS, The

Ken Horne (drums) / Andrew Lindsay (guitar) / John DeHaas (bass) / Brian Duguay (guitar, vocals) / Sarah Harmer (guitar; vocals)

The Saddletramps were an alternative country band from Toronto, Ontario formed in 1981 who played the usually haunts around the Toronto Queen Street Circuit like The Cabana Room, El Mocambo and Branko’s (opening for bands like Moving Targetz and Swedish Fish). Harmer left the band in the early 1990s and formed Weeping Tile before having a successful solo career. The Saddletramps disbanded in 1995; Lindsay, Duguay, and Dehaas joined Scott Loomer’s band Loomer along with Michael Taylor and Iain Thomson; Andrew Lindsay passed away May 26, 2023. [also see SARAH HARMER]

Albums

1981 Gun For Hire (independent)

1983 Well Gone Bad (independent)

1988 The Saddletramps [cassette] (independent)

1989 The Saddletramps [4-song cassette EP] (independent)

1990 Yardsale [cassette] (independent) STC-13

1993 Well Gone Bad [re-issue] (independent) STCD-14

Compilation Tracks

1987 “Alaska” on ‘For No Apparent Reason (X) XR87-001

1990 “Boomerang” on ‘Modern Music’ (CFNY-FM) CDNT-CD505

1990 “Boomerang” on ‘Indie-Can ’90 (A Compilation Of Canadian New Music)’ (Intrepid) CD-3

1990 “Rain of Gold” on ‘Q107 Homegrown Album Volume 12’ (Warner Music) CDQ-10712

1993 “Sugarcoated” on ‘New Stuff Six’ (MMS) NSCD-006

1997 “Sugarcoated” on ‘Feeling Taxim’ [2CD] (Taxim – GERMANY) TX-0001-2TE

1998 “Sugarcoated” on ‘Rolling Stone Presents: New Voices Vol. 20’ (Rolling Stone) 03/1998

SADIES, The

Travis Good (guitar, vocals, fiddle) / Dallas Good (guitar, vocals) / Sean Dean (bass) / Andrew Scott (drums) / Mike Belitsky (drums)

The Sadies are a Toronto, Ontario Alt-country act formed in 1995 centred around the guitar playing brothers Travis and Dallas Good who are the sons of Good Brothers member Bruce Good. With Sean Dean (bass) and Andrew Scott (drums) the band released a home-made cassette. Following encouragement from their live appearances, they set about recording their debut album ‘Precious Moments’ for Chicago, Illinois record label Bloodshot Records. The band repeated the gesture for ‘Pure Diamond Gold’ (1999) and ‘Tremendous Efforts’ (2001). Their reputation as a live band gained them record industry friends in artists like Blue Rodeo, The Tragically Hip and Neko Case – who would often use them as her solo backing band. The Sadies also recorded a country album with singer Andre Williams in 1999 entitled ‘Red Dirt’. The Sadies’ flexibility as both an alt-country act and ex-rock musicians allowed them do be backing band for Jon Spencer’s Heavy Trash project. The group began receiving notoriety on both sides of the border by 2002 and released ‘Stories Often Told’ (2002) and ‘Favourite Colours’ (2004) with Outside Music in Canada while ‘Tales of the Rat Fink’ (2006) and ‘In Concert Volume One’ (2006) were picked up by US indie label Yep Roc. Both labels released 2007’s ‘New Seasons’ and the 2010 release ‘Darker Circles’ which was shortlisted for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize. In 2012 The Sadies released another collaboration with singer Andre Williams entitled ‘Night and Day’ which took nearly four years to complete; The Sadies are part of supergroup The Unintended featuring Greg Keelor (Blue Rodeo) and Rick White (Eric’s Trip). Mike Belitsky replaced original drummer Andrew Scott; Founding member Dallas Good would die unexpectedly February 17, 2022.

Singles

1997 Dying Ain’t No Way To Make a Living/Wagonwheel//Channelock (Golden Horseshoe) SADIES-001

2001 Cork & Monkey/Village of Horseheads/The Curdled Journey (Mint) MRS-047

2005 J’ai essayé de ne pas/Le dernier du bon (Mint) MRS-071

with NEKO CASE & THE SADIES

1998 Murder Ballads [3 song 7″] (Bloodshot – US) BS-030

1998 My ’63/[split w/WHISKEYTOWN] (Bloodshot – US) BS-037

with GORD DOWNIE & THE SADIES

2014 Budget Shoes (Arts & Crafts)

2014 Crater (Arts & Crafts)

with KURT VILE Featuring THE SADIES

2019 Baby’s Arms (Matador)

as THE SADIES, GORDON DOWNIE

2020 Goodbye Johnny (Dine Alone)

Albums

1995 The Sadies [cassette] (independent)

1998 Precious Moments (Bloodshot – US) BS-034

1999 Pure Diamond Gold (Bloodshot – US) BS-055

2001 Tremendous Efforts (Bloodshot – US) BS-070

2002 Stories Often Told (Outside) OUTCD-001

2004 Favourite Colours (Outside) 9005

2006 Tales of the Rat Fink: Original Soundtrack (Yep Roc – US) YEP-2111

2006 In Concert Volume One (Outside) 9015

2007 New Seasons (Outside) 9033

2010 Darker Circles (Outside) 9059

2013 Internal Sounds (Outside) 9087

2017 Northern Passages (Dine Alone) DA-188

2022 Colder Streams (Dine Alone) DA-254

with ANDRE WILLIAMS AND THE SADIES

1999 Red Dirt (Bloodshot – US) BS-048

2012 Night and Day (Outside) 9079

with JON LANGFORD AND HIS SADIES

2002 Mayors of the Moon (Bloodshot – US)

with JOHN DOE AND THE SADIES

2009 Country Club (Yep Roc – US) YEP-2192

with RICK WHITE AND THE SADIES

2024 Rick White And The Sadies (Blue Frog)

Compilation Tracks

2000 “Milk and Scissors” on ‘Down to the Promised Land: 5 Years of Bloodshot Records’ (Bloodshot – US)

2001 “Algoma Reflections” on ‘Better Than the Average Weekend: A Tribute to Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet’ (Deep Eddy – US) DEEP-011

2002 “Little Sadie” on ‘Making Singles, Drinking Doubles’ (Bloodshot – US) BS-100

2007 “What’s Left Behind” on ‘Go Play Outside – 13 Great Artists From One Great Label’ (Outside)

2008 “The Trial” on ‘Heroes: A Yep Roc Sampler (Yep Roc) YEP-PR5

2008 “The Trial” on ‘Winners: Nineteen Yep Roc Artists!’ (Yep Roc)

2009 “Constant Waiting” on ‘We Are Only Riders: The Jeffrey Lee Pierce Sessions Project’ (Glitterhouse – GERMANY) GRCD-702

2010 “Another Day Again” on ‘Uncut: We All Shine On – 15 Brilliant Tracks From the Best New Albums’ (Uncut – UK) UNCUT-2010-08

with NEKO CASE & THE SADIES

1999 ‘Rated X’ on ‘The Shortening Sessions: A Tribute To Loretta Lynn’ [7″] (Bloodshot – US) BS-036

2002 “Rated X” on ‘Making Singles, Drinking Doubles’ (Bloodshot – US) BS-100

with JON LANGFORD & THE SADIES

2003 “Solitaire Song” on ‘Bloodshot Records Sampler III’ (Bloodshot – US)

with ANDRE WILLIAMS & THE SADIES

2005 “Shake a Tail Feather” on ‘For a Decade of Sin: 11 Years of Bloodshot Records (Bloodshot – US) BS-112

with MARY MARGARET O’HARA & THE SADIES

2010 “Out of the Blue” on ‘Garth Hudson Presents a Canadian Celebration of The Band’ (Sony)

with NEIL YOUNG & THE SADIES

2010 “This Wheels On Fire” on ‘Garth Hudson Presents a Canadian Celebration of The Band’ (Sony)

SADLER, Doug

Toronto, Ontario folk/rock artist.

Albums

1982 (Pilgrim) PMC-7031

sadoceanspacebear

Michelle Breslin (vocals, guitar) / Warren Phillips (drums) / Alistair Miller (guitar) / Dallas Wehrle (bass) / Ronald P. Breslin / Stephen P. Keeping (drums)

Following on the heels of their group projects It’s Patrick and Moe Kellog, Michelle Breslin and Stephen P. Keeping (ex-Squirrel) assembled sadoceanspacebear with former Constantines member Dallas Wehrle, and former Living Proof and Nothing In Particular member Alistair Miller. Miller died July 19, 2023; Phillips would go on to When Worlds Collide; Michelle Breslin’s next project would be Your Band Sucks.

Albums

2005 sadoceanspacebear (Alien Girl) AGR-009

SAFFIRE

Singles

1979 Oh Realle/Climbing the Walls (Dyna-West) DW-7915X

SAGA

Ian Crichton (guitars, vocals; 1977- present) / Jim Crichton (bass, vocals; 1977- present) / Steve Negus (drums; 1977-1986, 1992-2003) / Michael Sadler (lead vocals, percussion, keyboards; 1977-2007, 2011- present) / Peter Rochon (keyboards, vocals, Moogs; 1977-1978) / Greg Chadd (keyboards, vocals; replaced Rochon 1978-1979) / Jim “Daryl” Gilmour (keyboards, vocals; replaced Chadd 1979-1986, 1992-present) / Christian Simpson (drums; replaced Negus 2003-2005) / Brian Doerner (drums; replaced Simpson 2005-2011) / Rob Moratti (vocals; replaced Sadler 2008–2011)

Originally called Pockets, the genesis of Saga was formed in 1977 from the nucleus of the final version of Fludd. Saga song-writers Michael Sadler and Jim Crichton used to write songs at Crichton’s house between Sadler’s shifts as a Toronto cab driver. Their very first live performance took place on June 13, 1977 at a club about sixty miles from Toronto. Although most other bands at the time were performing cover tunes exclusively, Saga decided from the beginning to stick to their convictions and play only their own music. Shortly thereafter they landed their first recording contract with Polydor Records. June 1978 saw the self-titled debut album released in Canada and then something interesting happened: one of the Toronto record stores noticed that German record importers were showing an unusually intense interest in the album; within a few weeks the album sold about 30,000 copies in Germany as an import. Polygram Records in Europe quickly jumped on the bandwagon and signed the group to a multiple territory contract. Three increasingly successful albums followed, with Germany establishing itself as the band’s number one market. Through constant touring in Canada and Europe they earned a reputation for being a strong and exciting live band, and garnered a Juno in 1981 for Most Promising Band, but American success continued to elude them until the release of the Rupert Hine-produced album Worlds Apart in 1982; the record made it into Billboard’s Top20 and had two Top40 singles, including “On The Loose”, and went on to receive gold and platinum awards in Canada, the US and most European territories. Such was the extent of the touring to promote Worlds Apart that the next release for the band was a live album entitled In Transit, which became an even bigger hit for the band worldwide. Rupert Hine was brought in to produce the follow-up studio album, entitled ‘Heads Or Tales’. The album enjoyed reasonable success although sales in Europe and Canada were still very strong. 1986 saw some fundamental changes in Saga’s lineup and activities. Jim Gilmour and Steve Negus decided to leave the band to pursue other musical interests so the remaining band members decided to stay together as the nucleus of Saga and bring in other musicians to record and tour as they needed them. Sadler was living in London, Jim Crichton spent time in England and the Bahamas before settling in Los Angeles, and Ian Crichton remained in Toronto. The deal with Polydor in Europe had run its course so they signed a new deal with the Bonaire label, which had just received distribution in Europe through BMG. Although re-releasing all the albums on CD, the first true Bonaire album was ‘Wildest Dreams’ (1987), produced by Keith Olsen (Fleetwood Mac, Foreigner, David Coverdale, and the Scorpions. Although selling well throughout most of Europe, the album failed to make any inroads in North America, and this scenario was repeated with the 1989 self-produced LP ‘The Beginner’s Guide To Throwing Shapes’. Negus and Gilmour returned to the fold in 1991 and Saga enjoyed a rebirth of sorts. April 1993 saw the release of the tenth Saga studio album, ‘The Security of Illusion’, which was warmly received by fans and critics alike. In 1993 the band was also contracted to write and record the featured music including the theme song for the Stephen J. Cannell Productions television show “Cobra”, which aired that fall. Some of This material ended up on the 1994 album Steel Umbrellas. Making a decision to take part in the multimedia revolution of the mid 1990’s, the band released their Generation 13 album in 1995, which was closely followed by a multimedia compact disc entitled Softworks. 1997 saw one more Bonaire release with ‘Pleasure and The Pain’, and the band then signed with another label, SPV, for 1998’s DeTours album. All of the mid to late 90’s releases enjoyed considerable success in Germany and certain European markets; Gilmour and Negus temporarily left the band in 1986 and released the Virgin Records album ‘GNP’ (Gilmour-Negus Project) in 1989 which featured Robbie Bevan (aka Robbie Rae) on lead vocals and Jeff Jones (Red Rider) on bass. Gilmour also released an album of instrumental music. Ian Crichton released both band material (as H30) and solo material, and 1998 saw the release of a Michael Sadler solo album ‘Clear’. In March 2000, another compilation, the 15-track ‘Defining Moments (Volume One)’, was released in North America. Recordings from their 1998 tour was released on the the double-live album ‘Detours’. The band continued a non-stop schedule of new studio albums to usher in the new millennium for their European fans – ‘Full Circle’ (1999), ‘House of Cards’ (2001) (featuring the Top5 video single “Money Talks”), and ‘Marathon’ (2003), and ‘Network’ (2004). In 2005 Steve Negus quit the band. New drummer, Brian Doerner (Helix, Ray Lyell), joined in time to appear on their next album ‘Trust’ (2006). In January 2007 Michael Sadler would be leaving Saga for personal reasons at the end of their 30th Anniversary tour. The band decided to record one more album with Sadler in Los Angeles. In October Brian Doerner suffered a heart attack and was temporarily replaced by Chris Sutherland on drums until Doerner recovered. The album ‘10,000 Days’ was released in November 2007 in conjunction with a final European tour. The band’s final show with Sadler was December 9, 2007. After extensive auditions, Saga announced in April 2008 that Toronto, Ontario native Rob Moratti of the band Final Frontier, would be the band’s new singer. The band recorded a new album called ‘The Human Condition’ with Moratti which was released in the spring of 2009. Saga immediately launched a tour with the new vocalist in Canada and Europe. In January 2011 Michael Sadler returned to the band and another round of European tour dates commenced. However, personnel availability became an issue and three of the four replacement musicians during the tour were recruited from a German Saga cover band known as The Chapters. Andreas Gundlach, replaced Jim Gilmour initially. He played the first two show with the band, then Hans-Willi Carl and Thomas Eisenbruch from The Chapters took over. With the departure of Brian Doerner from Saga in February 2012 The Chapters drummer Stefan Peschgens was used. With the band’s return to North America to release the album ’20/20′ that summer, Saga did YouTube auditions for a new drummer and hired Toronto, Ontario’s Mike Thorne. with notes from Steve Negus and Ursula Lott.

Singles

1979 How Long/Humble Stance (Polydor) 2065-397

1979 Slow Motion/Careful Where You Step (Polydor – GERMANY) 2095-236

1979 It’s Time (Chapter Three)/Take It Or Leave It (Polydor) 2065-419

1980 Careful Where You Step/Compromise (Polydor – NETHERLANDS) 2040-292

1980 Compromise/What’s It Gonna Be? (Maze) MS-801

1981 Wind Him Up/No Stranger (Chapter VIII) (Polydor – SPAIN) 2040-238

1981 Careful Where You Step/Compromise (Polydor – SPAIN) 2040-292

1981 Time’s Up/Amnesia (Polydor – SPAIN) 2040-340

1981 On The Loose/Conversations (Maze/A & M) MS-806

1981 On The Loose/Framed (Portrait/CBS – US) 37-03359

1981 On The Loose/Don’t Be Late (Polydor – GERMANY) 2801-056

1982 How Long (Live)/On The Loose (Live) (Maze/A & M) MS-808

1983 Don’t Be Late (Live)/Careful Where You Step (Live) (Portrait/CBS – US) PS-186

[free single with USA release of ‘Heads Or Tales’]

1983 The Flyer/The Writing (Portrait/CBS – US) 37-04178

1983 Catwalk/Social Orphan (Portrait/CBS – US) AS-1801

1983 Scratching The Surface/The Sound of Strangers (Maze/A & M) MS-810

1984 Scratching The Surface (Remix)/Vendetta (Still Helpless) (Polydor – GERMANY) 817465

1985 What Do I Know/Easy Way Out (Maze/A & M) MS-811

1985 What Do I Know/Here I Am (Portrait/CBS – US) 37-05463

1985 Here I Am/[same] [12″] (Portrait/CBS – US) RAS-2211

1985 Take a Chance/Take a Chance (Remix) (Polydor – GERMANY) 883-587

1985 Misbehaviour/You and the Night (Maze/A & M) MS-812

1987 Only Time Will Tell/We’ve Been Here Before (Bonaire/A & M) AMS-111

1987 Don’t Put Out The Fire [12″] (Atlantic) PR-2163

1988 Angel/The Way of the World (Bonaire/BMG Ariola – GERMANY) 109-707

1991 Gotta Love It (Radio Edit)/Solsbury Hill/Wind Him Up (Live) Gotta Love It (Bonaire/BMG Ariola – GERMANY) 664-830

1991 The Call/On The Loose (Bonaire/BMG Ariola)

1994 Never Alone (single edit)//Never Alone/(Walking On) Thin Ice

1994 Why Not ?//Password Pirate-Access Code-Password Pirate/Steamroller

1995 Generation 13/The Test//The Cross (remix)/On The Loose

1999 Home/The One/Remember When (Chapter 9) (Steamhammer/SPV – GERMANY) SPV-055-21583-CDS

2001 Money Talks/Don’t Give Up [w/Alannah Myles & Michael Sadler] (Steamhammer/SPV – GERMANY) SPV-055-72343-CDS

2006 It’s Your Life (Radio Edit)/Trust (Radio Edit)/That’s As Far As I’ll Go (Inside Out/SPV – GERMANY) SPV-48483-CDS

2012 Anywhere You Wanna Go

Albums

1978 Saga (Maze/Polydor) ML-8001

1979 Images At Twilight (Maze/Polydor) ML-8002

1980 Silent Knight (Maze/Polydor) ML-8003

1981 Worlds Apart (Maze/Polydor) ML-8004

1981 Synopsis [3 song 12″] (Polydor – UK) POSPX-228

1982 In Transit (Maze/Polydor) ML-8006

1983 Heads Or Tales (Maze/Polydor) ML-8007

1985 Behaviour (Maze/Polydor) ML-8010

1985 Saga (Amiga – EAST GERMANY) 856-092

1986 Time’s Up (Polydor – GERMANY) 831-047

1987 Wildest Dreams (A & M) AMD-1100

1989 The Beginners Guide To Throwing Shapes (BMG/Ariola – GERMANY) 260-367

1989 The Nineties [4 song EP] (BMG – GERMANY) 662-827

1991 The Works (Bonaire/BMG/Ariola – GERMANY) 304-333

1992 Wind Him Up – Saga Best (BMG/Ariola Zounds – GERMANY)

1993 All the Best 1978-1993 (Quality) QCD-2033

1993 Security of Illusion (Bonaire/Polydor – GERMANY) 517-391

1994 Steel Umbrellas (Bonaire/Polydor – GERMANY) 523-054

1994 Saga, The Very Best Of…(Bonaire/Polydor – GERMANY) 523-722

1995 Generation 13 (Bonaire) BNA-0014

1995 Saga Softworks (Bonaire) BNA-0015

1997 Pleasure & The Pain (Bonaire) BNA-0016

1997 How Do I Look (Spectrum – GERMANY) 552-692

1998 Defining Moments (Volume One) (True North) TND-199

1998 DeTours: Double Live Album (Steamhammer/SPV – GERMANY) SPV-088-18002

1999 Full Circle (True North) TND-0217

2001 House of Cards (True North) TND-229

2002 Softworks [CD-Rom] (Steamhammer/SPV – GERMANY) SPV-076-7437A-CD-E

2003 Marathon (True North) TND-302

2003 Phase 1 – 1978 (Steamhammer/SPV – GERMANY) SPV-076-7493A-CD

2005 Network (SPV – GERMANY) SPV-085-69752

2005 The Chapters Live [2 CD] (Inside Out/SPV – GERMANY) SPV-99572-DCD

2006 Trust (Inside Out/SPV – GERMANY) SPV-48842

2006 Remember When, The Very Best of Saga [2CD] (Steamhammer/SPV – GERMANY) SPV-97502

2006 World’s Apart Revisited – Live [2 CD] (Inside Out/SPV – GERMANY) SPV-79190

2007 10,000 Days (Inside Out/SPV – GERMANY) SPV-79642

2009 The Human Condition (Inside Out/SPV – EUROPE) SPV-28072

2009 Contact – Live In Munich (Inside Out – GERMANY) IOMCD-301

2011 Heads Or Tales Live (Ear – GERMANY) 0206483-ERE

2012 20/20 (Ear – GERMANY) 0207850-ERE

2013 Spin It Again – Live In Munich

Compilation Tracks

1988 “Perfect Stranger” on ‘Johnny Be Good [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] (Atlantic) 781-837

1996 “On the Loose” on ‘Oh What a Feeling: A Vital Collection of Canadian Music’ (MCA) JUNO-25

2005 “The Flyer” on ‘Melodic Rock Anthems – The Masters of Melodic Rock’ (EMI – SWEDEN) 563584

SAILOR, Don

Don Sailor was born in Baie Vert, New Brunswick and moved to Ontario in 1950. He began his musical journey in Peterborough, Ontario in 1960. After several years of playing clubs around Toronto and Montreal including as a member of the Town And Country All Star. In 1962 he released a solo single on the Town & Country label. He yearned for bigger things in his career and soon Sailor headed to Nashville to play with Mel Tillis. After he returned to Canada, he played the Country Palace in Montreal backing any visiting stars of the Grand Ol’ Opry tours. Another single on the Major Records label followed in 1970 called “Am I That Easy To Forget.” Don Sailor eventually met up with accordion player Mike Zuppan in Montreal and became the duo Par Two in 1971. They were signed to Cynda Records in 1972 and released one album. [also see PAR TWO]

Singles

1962 Oh How It Hurts/I’m Asking You To Go (Town & Country) TC-303

1970 Am I That Easy To Forget/Frosty Friday (Major) WK-100

SAINT ALVIA [aka THE SAINT ALVIA CARTEL]

Greg Taylor (vocals, guitar) / Ben Rispin (vocals) / Matt Richmond (drums, vocals) / Greg Fisher (guitar, vocals) / Jon Laurin (keyboards) / Mike Casarin (bass) / Brandon Bliss (keyboards, vocals) / Rob Pasalic (vocals, guitar) / Chuck Coles (bass)

The Saint Alvia Cartel was formed in 2005 by Rob Pasalic (ex-Boys Night Out) and Greg Taylor (ex-Jersey, ex-Grade) in Burlington, Ontario. The band derived its name from Ernest Alvia Smith, Canada’s last living recipient of the Victoria Cross for valor in WWII. After posting a few tracks on MySpace in 2006, they were signed to a record deal with Montréal, Québec’s Stomp Records. Their self-titled debut album was released in May 2007. The first single from album was called “Don’t Wanna Wait Forever” and worked its way into the Top20 at Modern Rock Radio in Canada. The band’s sophomore release on Warner Music was entitled “Between the Lines” found the band drop the ‘Cartel’ from their name. The record was critically acclaimed and earned Saint Alvia a nomination for a JUNO Award for ‘Rock Album of the Year’. A new album produced by Greig Nori is due soon.

Singles

2007 Don’t Wanna Wait Forever (Stomp)

2007 Mothers Day (Stomp)

2007 Blonde Kryptonite (Stomp)

2007 Time To Go (Stomp)

2008 Romeo (Warner)

2008 Walk Before You Run DMC (Warner)

2008 Between The Lines (Warner)

2010 Jonxer/Get Up And Go (Paper + Plastick – US) PP-047

Albums

2007 The Saint Alvia Cartel (Stomp) STMP-057

2008 Between The Lines (Stomp) STMP-063

2012 Static Psalms (Saint Alvia Cartel) 270164

Compilation Tracks

2007 “Thrasher” on ‘Borrowed Tunes II: A Tribute to Neil Young’ (Universal)

2010 “Jonxer” on ‘Everybody Dance Now – Songs From Hamilton 5’ [2CD] (93.3 CFMU)

SAINTE-MARIE, Buffy

Born: Beverly Sainte-Marie on February 20, 1941 in Massachusetts, USA

Buffy Sainte-Marie taught herself how to play piano and guitar as a teen. By 1962 she was touring as a solo act and perfecting her muse. She performed in concert halls, folk festivals and at Native American reservations through North America and abroad. She took time out to attend the University of Massachusetts Amherst earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1963 for Teaching and Oriental Philosophy. She drifted back to Canada and spent time in coffeehouses in Toronto’s Yorkville Village as well as New York City’s Greenwich Village with such artists as Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, and Neil Young. In 1964 she returned to the Piapot Cree reserve in Canada for a Powwow and was adopted by the youngest son of Chief Piapot, Imu Piapot and his wife. By this time her self-penned original songs were coming to the attention of others and being covered by her contemporaries. Also in 1964 she was signed to Vanguard Records where her debut album, ‘It’s My Way’ featuring the song “Universal Soldier” (later becoming a hit for British singer Donovan). Sainte-Marie was named Billboard Magazine’s ‘Best New Artist’. She released the album ‘Many a Mile’ (1965) and appeared on Pete Seeger’s ‘Rainbow Quest’ TV special as well as several Canadian television shows. She released ‘Little Wheel Spin’ in 1966 and appeared as a guest on American television game show ‘To Tell the Truth’ as herself. In 1967, Sainte-Marie released the album ‘Fire and Fleet and Candlelight’ and made major promotional appearances on television shows such as ‘American Bandstand’, ‘Soul Train’, ‘The Johnny Cash Show’ and Johnny Carson’s ‘The Tonight Show’. In 1969, Sainte-Marie released the experimental synth album ‘Illuminations’ which received luke warm reviews. She sang Joni Mitchell’s “The Circle Game” in Stuart Hagmann’s 1970 film ‘The Strawberry Statement’. In 1972 she managed a US Top40 hit with her single “Mister Can’t You See”. In late 1975, Sainte Marie appeared on the award winning TV show ‘Sesame Street’ and used the opportunity to teach young viewers about native culture. She would make return visits to the show over the next 5 years (1976-1981) including an episode filmed on-location from her home in Hawaii where the entire cast visited her. In 1979 the docudrama ‘Spirit of the Wind’, featuring Sainte-Marie original music score, was an entry at the Cannes Film Festival. The song “Up Where We Belong” which was co-written with Will Jennings and Jack Nitzsche was performed by Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes in the Hollywood blockbuster ‘An Officer and a Gentleman’ won an Academy Award for ‘Best Song’ in 1982. The song would go on to win a Golden Globe Award, and a BAFTA Film Award for ‘Best Original Song’. During the same time period one of her native songs was used as the theme song for the CBC’s native series ‘Spirit Bay’. In 1989 she wrote and performed the music for ‘Where the Spirit Lives’ dealing with Canada’s residential schools scandal. Sainte-Marie voiced the Cheyenne character, Kate Bighead, in the 1991 made-for-TV movie ‘Son of the Morning Star’. Following a 16 year break from recording Sainte-Marie released the album ‘Coincidence and Likely Stories’ in 1992. The album was recorded in 1990 at her home in Hawaii on an Apple II computer and the songs transmitted through an early modem version of Internet to UK producer Chris Birkett. Also in 1992, Sainte-Marie appeared in the Pierce Brosnan television film ‘The Broken Chain’ shot in Virginia, USA. She also appeared in the opening musical ceremonies for the Bahá’í World Congress which featured two concerts under the title ‘Live Unity: The Sound of the World’ as both a television broadcast and video documentary. Her next album was 1996’s ‘Up Where We Belong’ which featured re-recordings of many of her songwriting hits. The album was the basis for a CBC variety special of the same name (she later won a Gemini Award for it). That same year she received an honorary Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa degree from the Universityof Regina, Saskatchewan. In 2000, Sainte-Marie gave the commencement address at Haskell Indian Nations University. The following year, she sang at the Kennedy Space Center for Commander John Herrington, a Chickasaw and the first Native American astronaut. In 2003 she was made a spokesperson for the UNESCO Associated Schools Project Network in Canada.In 2004, Sainte-Marie’s previously recorded original song “Lazarus” was sampled by producer Kanye West for the Cam’Ron and Jim Jones song “Dead or Alive”. In June 2007, she made a rare US live appearance at the Clearwater Festival in Croton-on-Hudson, New York. She also received an honorary Doctor of Letters from Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design where her paintings had been exhibited in the past. 2008 saw recognition of her early work with the anthology disc set ‘Buffy/Changing Woman/Sweet America: The Mid-1970s Recordings’ featuring her output from 1974 thru 1976. The retrospective was an opportunity for her to release her comeback album, ‘Running For the Drum’ in September 2008. Other awards and recognition have included n honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from Carleton University (2008), an honorary Doctor of Music from The University of Western Ontario (2009), an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from the Ontario College of Art & Design (2010), the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award (2010) and an honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of British Columbia (2012). Buffy Sainte-Marie’s original songs have been covered a diverse range of international artists including covered by Chet Atkins, Janis Joplin and Taj Mahal, The Charlatans, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Gram Parsons, The Barracudas, Courtney Love, Elvis Presley, Barbra Streisand, Neil Diamond, Michael Nesmith, Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra, Roberta Flack, Françoise Hardy, Cher, Maureen McGovern, Bobby Darin and Bobby Bare; Buffy Sainte-Marie currently lives on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, USA.

Singles

1965 Until It’s Time For You To Go/The Flower and the Apple Tree (Fontana – UK)

TF-574

1965 Universal Soldier/Cripple Creek (Fontana – UK) TF-614

1966 Timeless Love/Lady Margaret (Fontana – UK) TF-695

1966 Until It’s Time for You to Go/The Flower and the Apple Tree (Vanguard)

VRS-35028

1967 The Circle Game/Jusqu’au jour où tu partiras (Vanguard) VRS-35053

1968 Soulful Shade of Blue/Piney Wood Hills (Vanguard) VRS-35064

1968 From the Bottom of My Heart/I’m Gonna Be a Country Girl Again (Vanguard) VRS-35075

1969 Better to Find Out for Yourself/He’s a Keeper of the Fire (Vanguard) VRS-35091

1969 The Circle Game/Better To Find Out for Yourself (Vanguard) VRS-35108

1969 Guess Who I Saw in Paris/Better to Find Out for Yourself (Vanguard)

1971 Soldier Blue/Moratorium (Bring Our Brother Home) (Vanguard) VRS-35116

1971 She Used To Wanna Be a Ballerina/Moratorium (Vanguard) VRS-35126

1971 Helpless/Now You’ve Been Gone for a Long Time (Vanguard) VRS-35135

1971 I’m Gonna Be a Country Girl Again/The Piney Wood Hills(Vanguard) VRS-35143

1972 Mister Can’t You See/Moonshot(Vanguard) VRS-35151

1972 He’s an Indian Cowboy in the Rodeo/Not the Lovin’ Kind (Vanguard) VRS-35156

1973 I Wanna Hold Your Hand Forever/Jeremiah (Vanguard) VRS-35172

1974 Can’t Believe the Feeling When You’re Gone/Sweet Little Vera (MCA) 40193

1974 I Can’t Take It No More/Star Boy (MCA) 40286

1975 Generation/[same] (MCA) 40347

1975 Love’s Got To Breathe and Fly (MCA) 40368

1975 All Around the World/Till I See You Again (MCA) 40413

1976 Free the Lady/Starwalker (ABC) ABC-12183

1976 Look at the Facts/Where Poets Go (ABC) ABC-12203

1976 Take My Hand For Awhile/Tall Trees In Georgia (Vanguard – UK) VS-5004

1990 Soldier Blue/I’m Gonna Be a Country Girl Again (Old Gold) OG-9932

1992 The Big Ones Get Away/I’m Going Home (Ensign) ENYCD-650

1992 Caminante De Estrellas/Los Grandes Zafan (Ensign/EMI – ARGENTINA) S-593

Albums

1964 It’s My Way (Vanguard) VRS-9142

1965 Many a Mile (Vanguard) VRS-9171

1966 Little Wheel Spin and Spin (Vanguard) VRS-9211

1967 Fire and Fleet and Candlelight (Vanguard) VRS-9250

1968 I’m Gonna Be a Country Girl Again (Vanguard) VRS-9280

1969 Illuminations (Vanguard) VRS-9300

1970 She Used To Wanna Be A Ballerina (Vanguard) VRS-9311

1970 Best of Buffy Sainte-Marie (Vanguard) VSD-¾

1971 Best of Buffy Sainte-Marie Volume 2(Vanguard) T 33/34

1972 Moonshot (Vanguard) VRS-9312

1973 The Universal Soldier (Vanguard)

1973 Quiet Places (Vanguard) VRS-9330

1974 Native Child: Odyssey (Vanguard) VRS-9340

1974 Buffy (MCA) MCA-405

1975 Changing Woman (MCA) MCA-451

1976 A Golden Hour of the Best of… (Golden Hour/Vanguard) GH-852

1976 Sweet America (ABC) LP-0008

1976 Indian Girl (Vanguard) VSD-7054

1981 Spotlight On Buffy Sainte-Marie (Vanguard) SPOT-1018

1985 Best of Buffy Sainte-Marie (Vanguard) VMS-73113

1992 Coincidence and Likely Stories (Ensign) CCD-1920

1996 Up Where We Belong (EMI) 835059

2003 Best of the Vanguard Years (Vanguard) VCD-79750

2008 Running For the Drum (Cooking Vinyl) COOKCD-493

2010 Soldier Blue: Best of the Vanguard Years (Vanguard) VMD-74004

SAINTS & SINNERS

Rick Hughes (vocals) / Stephane Dufour (guitar, backing vocals) / Martin Bolduc (bass) / Jeff Salem (drums) / Jesse Bradman (keyboards, backing vocals)

Saints & Sinners was formed in Montréal, Québec in 1991 by ex-Sword members Rick Hughes and Jeff Salem. They released a self-titled album on Aquarius Records, which was produced by Aldo Nova, in September 1992. The album spawned three singles but the Grunge explosion kept them off most radio stations. The band split up in 1993; Bradman go on to Jesse’s Powertrip featuring members of Aldo Nova’s band, Bad English and Guiffria; Salem would go on to play with Lee Aaron, Randy Bachman, Robben Ford, Kalan Porter (Canadian Idol Winner 2004) and blues artist Coop De Ville.

Singles

1992 Walk That Walk (Edit)/Walk That Walk (Savage – US) SADJ-50020-2

1993 Takin’ My Chances (LP Edit)/Takin’ My Chances (LP Version) (Savage -US) SADJ-50031-2

1993 We Belong (Edit)/We Belong (LP Version) (Savage – US) SADJ-50032-2

Albums

1992 Saints & Sinner (Aquarius) Q2-567

1992 Saints & Sinners [4-song EP] (Savage – US) SADJ-50019-2

Compilation Tracks

1992 “Walk the Walk” on ‘New Stuff’ (MMS) NSCD-001

1992 “Walk That Walk” on ‘Rock Tune Up 87’ (Album Network – US)

SALAGAN, Robert

Québec’s Robert Salagan had one hit in that province entitled “Il Viendra” which would later be translated into an English language track in 1971 and issued by Polydor. The song managed to hit No.84 on the RPM Singles chart in March 1972.

Singles

1970 Il Viendra/Valentine (Spectrum) SP-39

1971 Hey Lord/Valentine (Polydor) 2065-101

SALMOND, Roy

Salmond’s 1986 solo album ‘Up’ features guest appearances by Miles Hill and Phil Robertson of Idle Eyes, and Darryl Bennet of Skyhawk.

Albums

1979 Stumbling Heavenward (Image) V-117763

1986 Up (River)

with SALMOND & MULDER

1985 Fun Raiser (River) RR-001

SAL’S BIRDLAND [aka ARTIFICIAL JOY CLUB]

Louise Reny (vocals) / Leslie Howe (guitar, keyboards, vocals) / Michael Goyette (guitar) / Tim Dupont (bass) / Andrew Lamarche (drums)

Ottawa duo One To One had great success as a studio act with several hits like “Angel In My Pocket,” “There Was A Time,” and “Hold Me Now,” but by the mid-90’s Reny and Howe decided to form a real recording and touring band called Sal’s Birdland featuring Michael Goyette (guitar), Tim Dupont (bass) and Andrew Lamarche (drums). They would release their debut CD ‘So Very Happy’ in 1994 on Howe’s own Ghetto Records. The band garnered some national interest on college radio which led to a second disc in 1995 entitled ‘Nude Photos Inside’ on which allowed Ghetto Records to be distributed nationally by WEA. The band was getting misnamed Salzbergland, and decided to change their name once more – this time to Artificial Joy Club. They released their hard-edged grunge CD ‘Melt’ in Canada independently. By summer of 1997 Jimmy Iovine’s Interscope label re-issued the CD stateside.

[see ONE TO ONE]

Singles

as SAL’S BIRDLAND

1995 Love Is Groovy (Discovery – US) PR-74512

as ARTIFICIAL JOY CLUB

1997 Spaceman/Spaceman (Acoustic Mix)/Spaceman (Remix) (Crunchy – EUR)

1997 Sick and Beautiful (Radio Edit)/Sick and Beautiful (Quick Fix Mix)/My Heaven (Interscope) IND-95546

1998 Spaceman 3 mixes (Interscope) IND-95587

Albums

as SALS’S BIRDLAND

1994 So Very Happy (Ghetto) GR-10121

1995 Naked Photos Inside (Ghetto/WEA) CD-12081

as ARTIFICIAL JOY CLUB

1996 Melt (Crunchy – EUR) 90125

1997 Melt (Interscope) INTD-90125

Compilation Tracks

as ARTIFICIAL JOY CLUB

1997 “Sick & Beautiful” on ‘New Music From Interscope Records’ (Interscope) INTDM-95016

1998 “My Heaven” on ‘1998 Pinkpop Sampler’ (Universal – NETHER) UMD-83078

1998 “Sick & Beautiful” on ‘Crossing All Over! Vol. 7’ (Universal) UMD-70067

1999 “Sick & Beautiful” on ‘The Best Rock Album in the World…Ever! (Virgin – EUR) 847418

SALTEENS, The

Scott Walker (guitar) / Rob Calder (guitar, trumpet) / Megan Bradfield (bass) / Brent Follett (drums) / Patrick Brealey (keyboards) / Kevin Cooper (bass) / Carrie Tennant (piano)

Formed in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1997, the Salteens released their debut album – the award-winning debut ‘Short-Term Memories’ – on Endearing Records in 2000. Their sophomore effort, the Kevin Kane (Grapes of Wrath) produced college radio chart-topper ‘Let Go of Your Bad Days’ was released on Boompa in 2003. After a seven year absence (whereby Scott Walker dealt with the death of his father and his mother’s struggle with Alzheimer’s), the band released the EP ‘Moths’ followed by the full-length ‘Grey Eyes’ in 2010. The group has also appeared on ‘Yo Gabba Gabba’. With notes from S. Kelly Sears.

Singles

2000 Tomorrow/Motor Away (Drive-In) DRIVE-47

Albums

1999 The Salteens [4-song cassette] (Salteens)

2000 Short-Term Memories (Drive-In) DRIVE-44

2001 Red Wagon [5-song EP] (Lost & Lonesome – Australia) L&L-008

2003 Let Go of Your Bad Days (Boompa) BPA-001

2010 Moths [6-song EP] (Boompa) BPA-038

2010 Grey Eyes (Boompa) BPA-042

2010 Kid Songs (Boompa) BPA-043

Compilation Tracks

2005 “Time You Have Been Wasting” on ‘A House Full of Friends (Magic Marker)

2006 “Babba Da” on ‘Bang Crash Boom!!! A Popclub Compendium (Little Teddy – GER) BiTe-050

2010 “I’m So Happy I Can Dance” on ‘Yo Gabba Gabba: Super Music Friends’

SALVADOR DREAM

Russell Klyne (guitar, vocals) / Toby Peter (bass) / Ray Garraway (drums) / Brad Turner (saxophone, trumpet)

The members of Salvador Dream met in Vancouver, British Columbia and were already in existing bands when they started to jam together in 1992. The wrote a few songs, recorded a five-song demo, played three shows and were signed to a major label record deal with WEA instantly. Their debut album ‘UR’ was released in 1994. The Vancouver band became a staple on the Canadian scene, touring with Our Lady Peace, Pure and Soundgarden among others. Their song “Stain” appeared in the ‘Due South’ Television show episode ‘An Eye For An Eye’ in 1995. In 1996, the band added a fourth member and became Namedropper – a hip-hop/drum & bass/jazz act, which still performs regularly. Before officially burying Salvador Dream they released a 3-song EP entitled ‘Big Brother’ in 1997 on Turtle Records. Following Namedropper’s only release in 2000, Klyne, Peter and Garraway would go on to tour and record with Canadian hip-hop artist k-os.

Albums

1993 Salvador Dream [5-song cassette] (Bafflebeat)

1994 UR (WEA) CD-96919

1997 Big Brother [3-song EP] (Turtle)

as NAMEDROPPER

2000 Namedropper [4-song EP]

Compilation Tracks

1995 “One Way Ticket” on ‘Page One’ (Page) PP-005

SALVATION FRONT

Michael Dykeman (bass, backing vocals) / Patrice Pelletier (drums) / Troy McLaggen (lead guitar) / Michael Dunn (rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, lead guitar) / Gordon Sheffroth (vocals)

Albums

1995 Salvation Front [4-song s/sided cassette EP] (Salvation Front)

1996 Trying To Stay Real (Magada) MAGCD-43

SAMPSON, Gordie

Born: Gordon Francis Sampson on July 30, 1971 in Big Pond, Nova Scotia

Former member of the band Realworld, Gordie Sampson is an award-winning singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. Aside from his solo material and session work, he has written songs for the likes of Miley Cyrus, Chelsea Basham, Sara Evans, David Bradley, Carrie Underwood, Martina McBride, LeAnn Rimes, Faith Hill, Bon Jovi, and Shaye among others. [also see REALWORLD]

Singles

1998 Still Workin’ On A Dream (turtlemusik/A & M) TRCD-83198

1999 Sorry (turtlemusik/A & M) TRCD-12599

Albums

1998 Stones (turtlemusik/A & M) 26884-2003-2

2001 Music For Your Film [6-song EP] (Combustion)

2003 Cloudgazing EP [6-song EP] (Universal)

2004 Sunburn (turtlemusik/Maple Music) MRC-6419

2008 For The Few & Far Between (turtlemusik/Maple Music) MRCD-6491

SANDBOX.

Paul Murray (vocals, kazoo) / Scott MacFarlane (bass, bells) / Troy Shanks (drums, piano, vocals) / Mike Smith (guitar, vocals) / Jason Archibald (guitar)

From New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. Their independent debut, ‘Bionic’, was picked up by Nettwerk Records for larger distribution in 1996. It spawned three radio singles – the most popular being “And the Mood Changes”. Sandbox’s second album, ‘A Murder in the Glee Club’, was produced by Steve Albini (Nirvana) but slipped under the radar before the band split up. They were nominated for an East Coast Music Award in 1996 and a CASBY Award (CFNY); Mike Smith would go on to fame and fortune as a co-star in the hit TV show ‘Trailer Park Boys’ as the lovable rogue “Bubbles”. Smith performed as part of Bubbles & the Shit Rockers featuring Alex Lifeson (Rush) and Tom Wilson (Blackie & The Rodeo Kings) for the original song “Liquor & Whores” featured on ‘Trailer Park Boys: The Movie Soundtrack’. Smith also performed the song with Guns N’ Roses on multiple occasions during their Chinese Democracy Tour Series. Smith has also appeared with Emm Gryner on “Get Brave” in 2010.

Singles

1996 Collide (Nettwerk) PRO-007

1996 Curious (Nettwerk) 39613

1996 And the Mood Changes (Nettwerk)

1997 Carry

Albums

1993 maskman [6-song cassette] (Sandox) SAND-001CS

1995 Bionic (Latitude) 02-50323

1996 Bionic [re-issue] (Nettwerk/EMI) 39612

1997 A Murder In The Glee Club (EMI) 857585

Compilation Tracks

1995 ”And the Mood Changes” on ‘Triple Scoop 3’ (EMI) 438358

SANDS OF TIME, The

Eric Baragar (vocals, guitar, keyboards) / Tim Campbell (vocals, guitar) / Michael Goettler (vocals, bass) / Ted Elvins (vocals, guitar) / Vern Martin (vocals; replaced Elvins) / Al O’Hara (drums) / Dennis Baragar (vocals, keys) / Steve Smith (drums) / Dave Conley (vocals, keys) / Steve Sawyer (vocals)

Sands Of Time originally formed in the the Belleville, Ontario area in 1966. The began as Ken and the Continentals before frontman Ken Williams decided to step back from the performance side and become the band’s manager and was replaced by Michael Goettler on bass & vocals. Williams renamed them The Sands Of Time. Eventually Elvins was replaced by Vern Martin and the band’s sound started to lean more toward a R & B blend with the British Invasion style. Not long after, O’Hara, Martin and Dennis Baragar would be replaced by Smith and Conley and the definitive line-up was born. They performed at Expo ’67 and were recognized for being the youngest act to ever tour the east coast. By 1969 they toured the west coast and even swung back through Toronto to play the Canadian National Exhibition. They released one single, “I’ve Got A Feeling”, in 1970 which charted at No.2. The Sands Of Time eventually moved to Toronto. In 1971 they recorded their first album in Toronto and Montreal for the U.S. National General Records label. Although a producer was called in from Los Angeles, his poor health in the cold Canadian winter forced him to return prematurely. The band was left to produce the album on their own while their Canadian label, MTCC, ran into financial difficulties and the album was never released. The Sands of Time left Toronto and returned home to Belleville without Dave Conley and developed into a 4-piece progressive “country rock” act. Eric Baragar briefly entertained a solo career but was a postal worker by day; Goettler, Baragar and Campbell ran a music retail store called Centre Stage Music; and Steve Smith was a social worker. Smith and Campbell would put their own band together called Boojum while Eric Baragar and Mike Goettler put together the short-lived, Sands Of Time II, with Trevor Burt (guitar,vocals), Doug Leal (drums) and Brent Bailey (keyboards). This line up only lasted a few months together. In 1977, Baragar built a basement studio that grew into a project studio. Most of the original members of the Sands Of Time returned to Belleville and reformed with musician-turned-lawyer Dan Thompson (Boojum, Noah) in 1978 for some Belleville-area gigs. The new version of the band re-christened itself Bentwood Rocker and released several records in the ’80’s. Another name change to The Press failed to add any further notoriety, but in 1986 they revived the name The Sands Of Time and released the single “Danger Of Remembering” on B & C Records. Currently the band, as Bentwood Rocker, still performs in the Belleville area; Ted Elvins died August 23, 2022. with notes from Eric Baragar, Michael Goettler, and Steve Sawyer. [also see BENTWOOD ROCKER].

Singles

1970 I’ve Got A Feeling/Loneliness (MTCC)

1971 I’ve Got A Feeling/Loneliness [re-issue] (National General) NGR-011

1986 Danger Of Remembering/Danger of Remembering (B & C) BC-025

SANTERS

Rick Santers (lead vocals, electric & acoustic guitar, keyboards) / Mark Santers (drums, percussion, backing vocals) / Rick Lazaroff (bass, backing vocals)

After the Santers brothers’ band Nighthawk lost bassist Gord Dafoe in 1980, they placed an advertisement for a new bass player in the classified section of the Toronto Star newspaper. Rick Lazaroff responded and was asked to join them under their new name: SANTERS. Rick Santers wrote the material for the band’s debut album while on a winter tour in Québec. The band rehearsed the new songs by day and played gigs at night. During a one week period the band recorded the album ‘Shot Down In Flames’ later that year. In 1981 the song “Time After Time” won the Toronto Q107 Homegrown talent contest with the song biing placed on the station’s compilation album. Interest grew for Santers product and ‘Shot Down In Flames’ was released in Canada on Ready Records, and licensed in France, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg. The reaction was immediate and the album sailed up the import charts in England, Germany and Sweden. The album’s first single and promotional video for “You Turn Me On” was r eleased giving the band radio and television exposure enough to warrant t ouring across Canada and the US. In 1982 the band returned to the studio to record new material the result of which was the ‘Mayday’ EP featuring their next single “Mistreatin’ He art”. Santers soon joined Ozzy Osbourne’s ‘Diary Of A Madman’ tour. Santers returned to the studio, yet again, that year to complete their so phomore album ‘Racing Time’ with Rick Santers and Jack Richardson (Guess Who) co-producing. Distribution is expanded for this release to include Australia, England, Germany and Sweden. Another tour commenced in support of the next single “Winter Freeze”. Rad io support for ‘Racing Time’ expanded into the Mid-Western United States and as far south as Texas. While the fire was hot the band then took adva ntage of increased interest in England by teaming up with the band Magnum for a British tour. Santers returned home in 1983 to perform with Johnny Winter and Golden Ea rring at Toronto’s Massey Hall. Gigs like these became more frequent as S ANTERS would do larger venues including a charity fundraiser at Maple Lea f Gardens. Also that year Rick Santers had the opportunity to jam with guitarist Rik Emmett and Rick Derringer on the song “Rock And Roll Hoochie Koo” at a Triumph birthday bash. Rik Emmett was invited to produce Santers’ third studio album ‘Guitar All ey’ in 1984 which was released in Canada, USA, Japan, Sweden and Australi a and boasted the band’s greatest radio successes: a remake of the Free s ong “All Right Now” which went Top-40 across Canada and the second single “Can’t Shake You” which managed video rotation on the newly designated M TV and MuchMusic video stations. Through 1985 Santers toured vigorously to support ‘Guitar Alley’ througho ut Canada and the USA with such acts as Blue Oyster Cult, Ratt, and Accept. By 1986 Rick Santers was well on his way to writing material for the band’s fourth album, ‘Top Secrecy’, when he was asked to formally become a to uring member of Triumph as their second guitarist, additional vocalist an d keyboardist. Santers, the band, was suspended as a touring/recording entity and Rick Santers had several of his songs placed on Triumph’s ‘Sport Of Kings’ and ‘Surveillance’ albums. In 1993 S Santers released ‘1st Shot’ and ‘2nd Shot’ – a two album compila tion on CD – in Germany. Through 1995 and 1996 Rick Santers branched out as a solo artist to write and record his debut album ‘Revitalize’ on his own label, Dandelion. 1998 saw the band make a conscious effort to finish the long abandoned ‘Top Secrecy’ album sessions from 1986. The finished album was included in a boxed set package called ‘Santers IV’ which was released in Japan. ‘Top Secrecy’ was finally released as a single CD album in Europe in 1999. With the revived interest in the band overseas plans are made to begin re cording another Santers studio album starting in 2000. A ‘best of’ packag e is assembled for the North American market called ‘Cold Fusion’ which c ontains the best material from the four studio albums plus two previously unreleased tracks. Initially released independently on Dandelion Records, the CD was picked up for distribution in 2002 by Bullseye Records. with notes from Rick Santers and Cam Atkinson.

Singles

1981 You Turn Me On/The Rapper (Ready) SR-141

1982 Mistreatin’ Heart/Still I Am (Ready) SR-231

1982 Winter Freeze/Dog Without A Home (Ready) SR-281

1983 Two Against The World/Road to Morocco (Ready) SR-282

1984 All Right Now/Too Young To Die (Ready) SR-421

1984 Can’t Shake You/High Rish (Ready) SR-422

Albums

1981 Shot Down In Flames (Ready) LR-014

1982 Mayday [4 song EP] (Ready) ER-023

1982 Racing Time (Ready) LR-028

1984 Guitar Alley (Ready) LR-042

1993 1st Shot (Long Island – Germany)

1993 2nd Shot (Long Island – Germany)

1998 Santers IV (Bareknuckle – Japan) AVCB66049/52

1999 Top Secrecy (Dandelion)

2000 Cold Fusion (Dandelion) DSD-10010

as RICK SANTERS

1996 ReViTaLiZe (Dandelion) DSD-19604

Compilation Tracks

1981 “Time After Time” on ‘Q107 Homegrown Vol. 3’ (Basement/Attic) BASE-6007

1982 “Mistreatin’ Heart” on ‘Rocktober ‘82’ (Attic) ROCT-082

1983 “Racing Time” on ‘Metal Battle’ (Road Runner – UK) NEAT-1014

1984 “All Right Now” on ‘For The Record’ (Ready) EP-4-FREE

1984 “All Right Now” on ‘Masters of Metal – Volume 2 (K-Tel) TC-297

1985 “Can’t Shake You” on ‘Axe Masters: Legends of Rock Guitar’ (Attic) LAT-1214

1985 “All Right Now” on ‘Heavy Metal Records Complication Album’ (Heavy Metal) HMC-5000

2004 “Mistreatin’ Heart” on ‘When CanCon Rocked Vol. 1’ (Bullseye) BLP-CD-4015

2005 “All Right Now” on ‘CD Plus Presents: Bullseye Records’ 20th Anniversary Archives Canadian Classic Rock Sampler’ (Bullseye) BLR-CD-2030

2006 “You Turn Me On” on ‘The Best of Ready Volume1’ (Universal) 0249843785

2006 “Can’t Shake You” on ‘The Best of Ready Volume 2’ (Universal) 0249843786

SANTILLI, Ivana

Born: Ivana Daniela Santilli

Santilli’s love of music began at age nine when she played trumpet for her father’s Italian wedding band in Toronto. While still in high school she joined Roger “MC Mystic” Mooking and Chin Injeti to form the soul/R & B/Rap trio Bass Is Base who shot to national stardom in 1994 and 1995. The unit broke up in 1998 and Santilli asked to be released from her contract with A & M Records. She hired herself out as a session musician playing keyboards and singing with acts such as Soul Attorneys, Women ah Run Tings, Punjabi by Nature, and Holly McNarland among others. Her debut solo album ‘Brown’ was released on her own Brown Recordings label in 1999. It featured a duet with Glenn Lewis entitled “If Ever I Fall.” The album led to a JUNO Award nomination in 2000 for ‘Best New Solo Artist.’ She performed three nights at the Montréal Jazz Festival and her performance was the subject of a one-hour Bravo! television special. Peer Music publishing signed her as a writer in the fall of 2000. In August 2004, she released her second solo album, ‘Corduroy Boogie, which featured the singles, “Deserve,” “Superstar,” and “What Matters.” Santilli collaborated with other artists including James Poyser, King Britt, Dwele, Dego (4Hero), Kaidi Tatham (Bugz In The Attic), Omar, and Stuart Matthewman (Sade, Maxwell, Sweetback). She then began doing keyboard remixes with Jazzanova, King Britt, Scuba, Vikter Duplaix, Steven Spacek, All Saints, Appleton (on the hit “Don’t Worry”), Rosey (Def Jam), Roy Ayers, and Larry Gold. After touring Japan, and Europe, she found herself in in New York working on soundtracks for film. Santilli’s third album ‘TO.NY’ was released in 2008 and included the singles “Whateva U Want” and “Been Thru This.” In 2010, she signed to CP Records and released ‘Santilli’ in June, 2010. It included two singles – “Your Girl Tonight” and “Letting Go.” The album was a reworking of the ‘TO.NY’ album with six new songs. 2015 found Santilli issuing her own release again on Brown Recordings with the FACTOR/Toronto Arts Council funded ‘Late Night Light’ for limited CD release (only 100 copies) in February 2015 with a digital worldwide release in March 2015. [also see BASS IS BASE]

Singles

1999 Too Deep (Brown)

1999 Sun + Moon = Tomorrow (Brown)

2000 If Ever I Fall (Pt.1) [w/Glenn Lewis] (Brown)

2000 Lonely Lullaby (Brown)

2004 Deserve (Brown)

2004 Superstar (Brown)

2005 What Matters (Brown)

2005 Breathe Inn [3 mixes 12″] (Do Right!) DR-009

2005 Everlasting [5 mixes 12″] (Do Right!) DR-013

2008 Whateva U Want (Do Right!)

2008 Been Thru This (Do Right!)

2009 Hollywood (Do Right!)

2009 Your Girl Tonight (CP/Fontana/Universal)

2010 Letting Go (CP/Fontana/Universal)

2013 Lovers Love 2 Rock (Brown)

with KING BRITT featuring IVANA SANTILLI

2003 Superstar (Next Evidence Remix)//Superstar (Philip Charles Remix)/Superstar (Marques’ Rude Boy Ride Mix) (Rapster – FRA) RR-0023-EP

Albums

1999 Brown (Brown) 777521-142426

2000 Lonely Lullaby [5-song 12″] (Jinxx) JX-029

2004 Corduroy Boogie (Brown) 23339-11182

2008 TO.NY (Do Right!) DR033CD

2010 “Santilli” (CP/Fontana/Universal) CP-10I007

2015 Late Night Light (Brown)

as AUGUSTA & IVANA SANTILLI

2002 Whatnaut: House [12″] (Virgin) SPRO-2288

SARASIN

Rob Grant (bass) / Greg Boileau (guitar) / Rob Edwards (drums) / Dave Boden (lead guitar, keys, vocals) / Fabian Bortolotto (vocals 1980s; replaced Wilson 2018) / Mike Wilson (vocals; replaced Naro) / Phil Naro (vocals; replaced Bortollo) / Johnny Rogers (guitar; replaced Boden) / Roger Banks (drums; replaced Edwards) / Les Wheeler (bass; replaced Grant)

5-piece formed in Hamilton in the mid-1980s and released a 12″ EP entitled “Lay Down Your Guns.’ The band split up in the early 1990s. In 2008, they reformed and released the album ‘Daggers – Lust – Disgust’ under the name Sarasin A.D. in Europe, this time with Phil Naro on vocals, Roger Banks on drums and Johnny Rogers adding second guitar. In 2012 as a means to record with ailing bassist Rob Grant. Grant would unfortunately pass away and did not appear on the record. In 2015 the band signed to Pure Steel Records out of Germany and released their self-titled CD. With the addition of returning vocalist Bortolotto, they recorded and released ‘Raise the Pain’ in 2018. With notes from Sharry Budd.

Albums

as SARASIN

1987 Lay Down Your Guns [5-song EP] (Sinalong) WRC2-5316

2016 Sarasin (Pure Steel – GERMANY) PSRCD-118

2018 Raise the Pain (Pure Steel – GERMANY)

as SARASIN A.D.

2008 Daggers – Lust – Disgust (Artist Services – EUROPE) MBMCD-6029

SARRASIN, Paul

Born: Arvida, Quebec

In 1987, at the age of 23, Sarrasin was recruited Musique Plus (french version of Much Music) as a VJ (Video Jockey). He would host the network’s ‘Solid Rock’ program – the first heavy metal music program in Quebec television history. Sarrasin was also a musician and released an album original songs on the PGC (Productions Guy Cloutier) label in 1993.

Singles

1993 jamais (PGC Musique) PGC-CD-932

Albums

1993 Sarrasin (PGC Musique) PGC-CD-004-DJ

SATAN AND THE D-MEN

George Jones (vocals) / Will “Wayne” Cardinal (bass) / Wayne Faulconer (lead guitar, vocals) / John Karwacki (drums; vocals) / Russel Percy (keyboards, vocals) / Terry Stiles (rhythm guitar; vocals) / Brian Ouelette (vocals; Winnipeg) / Lucille Emond (vocals; Winnipeg)

Originally known as The Tempests from Kenora/Keewatin, Ontario, Satan &The D-Men formed in 1962. The band travelled to Winnipeg, Manitoba early in their career to recorded a demo tape at Arbuthnott Studios. They appeared on Winnipeg’s Chanel 7’s talent show “Hi Jinx,” placing second and were asked back to perform on a follow-up show. The performance gave them great exposure in the rock and roll town and a decision was made to book a dance in Winnipeg. They were approached by Fred Glazerman who offered to book the band and act as their manager. In short order, Satan & The D-Men appeared as part of Dick Clark’s “Cavalcade Of Stars”tour at the Winnipeg Auditorium as well as repeat performances in Portage La Prairie and Brandon, Manitoba. Other bands on the bill included Winnipeg acts The Jury, The Shondels, and The Deverons. Glazerman then moved the band to Winnipeg to make booking arrangements much easier. Satan & The D-Men were soon ranked in the top 10 out of over 150 bands in Winnipeg. Stage clothes were provided by Monarch Wear Of Canada and the band signed with Eagle Records. A recording of five original songs was done at CKRC radio. The songs “L-I-N-D-A” and “She’ll Lie” were released as a single in 1966. Shortly after a tour with Buddy Knox in 1966, Satan & The D-Men disbanded and the members pursued other interests. In 1982, Satan & The D-Men reformed to play for a dance in Kenora for the town’s Centennial. This resulted in the band playing many benefit dances there for the remainder of the next three decades. They opened for Burton Cummings in 2015 in Kenora, held their final dance in 2016 at Cabin Jack’s in Kenora, and held their final performance at an outdoor anniversary party in 2020 ; Cardinal went on to play with Ronnie Hawkins and The Hawks (just prior to members of Crowbar departing from the line-up), The Bells, The Lisa Hartt Band and Ocean and now lives in Nanaimo, British Columbia playing occasional gigs and building PA systems; Faulconer went on to be in the Jarvis Street Revue; Terry Stiles would chronicle the band’s exploits in a book; Jones and Karwacki both passed away in 2016; Percy passed away in 2020. With notes from Terry Stiles and Will Cardinal.

Singles

1966 L-i-n-d-a/She’ll Lie(Eagle) 112

Compilation Tracks

1984 “She’ll Lie” on ‘The Midwest Vs. Canada Vol.2’ (Unlimited Productions – USA) UPLP1002

2005 “L-I-N-D-A” and “She’ll Lie” on ‘The Eagle Records Collection’ (Super Oldies – US) SOCD-1

2009 “L-I-N-D-A” and “She’ll Lie” on ‘The Best of Eagle Records’ (Super Oldies – US) SOCD-8

2009 “All Canadian Boy”, “Telstar 2”, and “Satan John” on ‘Buried Treasures: Winnipeg Rock Gems 1958-1974’ (Super Oldies – US) SOCD-9

SATANATRAS

Jeff Beardall (vocals) / Dallas Good (guitar) / Ruston Baldwin (drums) / Christian Wagner (bass)

Following the collapse of Beardall’s band Guilt Parade at the end of the 1980s, he hooked up with Dallas Good in Toronto to form the Satanatras. The released an independent EP entitled 777 in 1992 before being signed to Graeme Boyce’s Raw Energy in 1994. They released the full length album ‘Eight Ate Hate’ that year but by 1995 the band had fallen apart; Baldwin went on to Dogs With Jobs; Good went on to form The Sadies with his brother Travis Good.

Albums

1992 777 [6-song EP cassette] (independent)

1994 Eight Ate Hate (Raw Energy/A & M) 242101

SATTALITES, The

Fergus Hambleton (guitar, vocals, saxophone, keyboards) / Jo-Jo Bennett (vocals, flugel horn, percussion) / David Fowler (keyboards) / Bruce McGillivray (bass) / Junior McPherson (drums) / Rick Morrison (saxophone) / Bruce Robinson (vocals, piano) / Neil Chapman (guitar) / Bruce Mack / Neville Francis / Paul Bennett

The nucleus of Toronto’s Sattalites, former Axe Records president Fergus Hambleton (brother of Greg) and JoJo Bennett, met in 1980 when Hambleton worked at the recording sessions Bennett did when he came to Toronto from Jamaica. They formed an instant friendship and when Hambleton’s music school, the Sattalite School, lost some of its musician-teachers to previous commitments, Bennett stepped in to help Hambleton out. They would take some of their students to different nightclubs and get them up to play; this proved a successful way to find talented musicians, and two of the former students ended up joining the new band , the Sattalites, in 1982. Their independent, self-titled debut album was released in 1984, the beds for which were recorded during a trip Hambleton and Bennett made to Jamaica to do a benefit for Bennett’s alma mater, the Alpha Boys School. While there they looked up Sly Dunbar and Robbie Shakespeare, two reggae heavyweights, who worked on the album with them. It received strong critical and public acceptance and earned the band both a CASBY and a JUNO Award. Constant touring and performing also gained them a reputation for being an exceptional live band. Over the next eight years the band independently released a live album and was then signed to Risque Disque/Warner. Two more albums followed to mixed critical reviews, but the band continued to draw sell-out crowds to their performances across the country. They also won the 1986 Canadian Reggae Music Award for ‘Group of the Year’ and ‘Top Horn Player’ (Hambleton); Hambleton has also released several solo records and teaches at Harris Institute. In 2013 the band released their greatest hits package ‘The Best of Canadian Reggae’ featuring 15 remastered tracks from 1984 to 2004; Jo-Jo Bennett passed away August 5, 2021; Determined to carry on after the loss of Bennett, The Sattalites resumed live performances as a 10-piece act in 2022. with notes from Chris Liota and Fergus Hambleton. [also see FERGUS HAMBLETON]

Singles

1985 She Loves You/Isn’t That So (Axe) AXE-87

1985 Wild/Understanding (Axe) AXE-90

1987 Leave It Up To Me/Understanding (Axe) AXE-97

1987 Gimme Some Kinda Sign/Lively Ivy (Axe) AXE-99

1988 Perfect Day/Sunday Morning (Axe) AXE-103

1995 Canada Calling/Canada Calling (Instrumental) (Orange) RDR7-198

Albums

1985 Sattalites (Axe) AXS-525

1987 Live Via Sattalites (Axe) AXS-527

1988 Miracles (Risque Disque/WEA) 25-69961

1992 All Over the World (Intrepid) N21S-0015

1995 Now And Forever (Sattalite Productions) STL-005

2003 Reggaefication (Solid Gold) SGR-CD-41017

2013 The Best of Canadian Reggae (Solid Gold) 803057013821

Compilation Tracks

1993 “Wild” on ‘New Stuff Six’ (MMS) NSCD-006

1993 “Wild” on ‘New Stuff Seven’ (MMS) NSCD-007

2001 “Walking on Sunshine” on ‘The Best Reggae Album in the World…Ever’ (EMI) 34534

SATURNES 4, Les

Singles

1968 Pour Toi/Oh Lise (A1/Trans Canada) A-1-818

SAUKRATES

Born: Karl Amani Wailoo in Ottawa, Ontario on March 6, 1978

Rapping since he was 12, Saukrates gained prominence after releasing several singles beginning in 1994 that are now considered underground classics in Canada and in the U.S., specifically his first effort, “Still Caught Up”. Saukrates has worked with U.S. heavies Common, O.C., and Masta Ace, and has produced/remixed songs for DJ Kool, Ginuwine, and Vancouver’s Rascalz. In 1996, Saukrates signed a multi-album deal with Warner Music and released hi much anticipated debut CD,”Shine”, in February 1998. In 1999, he released his follow-up album – ‘The Underground Tapes’ on Capitol Hill/Popular Records which featured guest appearances by Pharaohe Monch, Choclair, Heltah Skeltah, and Masta Ace & O.C. In 2000 he was signed by Def Jam/Gilla House in the United States. Though Def Jam never exercised their option to release his material, he remained with Gilla House and worked with its owner, rapper Redman, on several of his releases. ‘Bad Addiction’ was his follow-up album in 2004 but following a failure to secure widespread distribution, he instead focused on his next collective project Big Black Lincoln and producing R & B singer Andreena Mill and scrapped his solo release. In 2006 he returned to the spotlight as a backing vocalist, percussionist and rapper on Nelly Furtado’s ‘Get Loose’ tour appearing with the singer at both the 94th Grey Cup Halftime Show and at the 2006 American Music Awards. They would also make an appearance on the day time soap opera One Life To Live performing the song “Promiscuous” in 2007. In 2009, Saukrates appeared on the Method Man & Redman single “A-Yo” taken from their album ‘Blackout! 2′. The same year he also appeared with k-os and Nelly Furtado on the single “I Wish I Knew Natalie Portman”, from k-os’ album ‘Yes!’. The song was originally a Saukrates and Nelly Furtado collaboration entitled “On the Run”. Saukrates finally released his sophomore album, entitled ‘Season One’, in April 2012 which highlighted appearances by Redman, k-os, and Nickelus F among others. The June 2011 lead-off single, “Drop It Down”, featured Redman while the October 2011 follow-up single, “Say I”, featured OB O’Brien. In 2012, Saukrates collaborated with Classified and Skratch Bastid on the song “Anything Goes” from Classified’s self-titled album released in early 2013. He was also featured on the tracks “Stranger” and “Look for Me in the Whirlwind” from Canadian MC Maestro Fresh Wes’ ‘Orchestrated Noise’ album.

Singles

1994 Still Caught Up [5 mixes 12”] (Steppin Bigga) SBR-003

1995 Hate Runs Deep/Get Touched [12”] (Genesis) 533242

1996 Father Time/[split w/CHOCLAIR] (Knee Deep) PHAT-0017

1996 Kalifornia/[split w/MARVEL] (Day) DAY-604

1999 Money Or Love [4 mixes 12″] (Capitol Hill Music Inc.) IV-472-1606

1999 Action [6 mixes 12″] (Capitol Hill) 0033

2000 W.K.Y.A. [w/REDMAN] [4 mixes 12″] (Rawkus – UK) KRS-002

2003 Comin’ Up/Somethin’ 4 Da Streets [4 mixes 12″] (Def Jam/Universal) UMCR-05044

2005 Hope/Season [3 mixes 12”] (M3 Entertainment) M3-010

2012 Drop It Down [w/REDMAN] (Bigg Soxx)

2012 Say I (Bigg Soxx)

2020 Father Time/Father Time (2018 Remix) [7″] (FlipNJay) FNJ-003

2020 Hate Runs Deep/Hate Runs Deep (The Circle 2020 Remix) [7″] (FlipNJay) FNJ-010

2020 Brick House 45 [2 songs 7″] (FlipNJay) FNJ-028

with SOLITAIR & SAUKRATES & MICHIE MEE

2000 Drop the Beat/[split w/KARDINAL OFFISHALL] [12″] (Universal) UMCR-4022

with SAUKRATES & KARDINALL OFFISHALL

2003 Doin’ It/[split w/METROPOLIS] [12”] (Long Play) LPR-001

with FRACTION AND SAUKRATES

2008 My Way (Corus Entertainment)

Albums

1997 Brick House [4 song EP] (Serious Entertainment) SER-0101

1998 Shine (Warner)

1999 The Underground Tapes (Capitol Hill/Popular/EMI) 983302

1999 The Underground Tapes Vol. 1 [vinyl] (Serious Entertainment) SER-0105

1999 The Underground Tapes Vol. 2 [vinyl] (Serious Entertainment) SER-0106

2004 Bad Addiction (Gilla House)

2012 Season One (FrostByte Media/FACTOR/eOne)

2014 Amani [4-song EP] (Culvert/Universal) CUL-004

2017 Season 2 (Culvert Music) 546274

SAULNIER, Kenneth

Singer and violinist from New Brunswick and former member of the band 1755. [also see 1755]

Albums

2001 Heritage (Distribution Plages) KENN2001-2

2003 Vie D’Artiste (Distribution Plages) KENN2003-2

Compilation Tracks

2004 “Hilaire À Gloire” on ‘L’Acadie En Chanson’ (MapleMusic) FA-001

SAUNDERS, Christine

Former member of The Barncats. [also see THE BARNCATS]

Albums

2002 Beautiful Life (Christine Saunders) 775020420625

SAVAGE STEEL

Brian Vella (drums) / Mark Taluitie (bass) / Marshall Birch (guitar) / Paul Gleneicki (vocals) / Stephan Turrer (bass; replaced Taluitie)

Formed in 1981 in Toronto, Ontario, but the band soon relocated to California to try and get a bigger break. They were signed to New Renaissance Records in 1987 after impressing the label with their demo cassette “Killing Time.” Following the release of their debut album, ‘Begins With A Nightmare,’ later that year, the band returned to Canada. Their follow-up album, ‘Do Or Die,’ was recorded in Toronto and released on Maze; Brian Vella and Marshall Birch would go on to join Assailant.

Albums

1985 1985 Demo [aka ‘Scepters Of Deceit’] [s/sided 3-song cassette EP] (Savage Steel)

1987 Killing Time [cassette] (Star Communications) [no cat.#]

1987 Begins With A Nightmare (New Renaissance – US) NRR-17

1988 Do Or Die (Maze) MML-1047

Compilation Tracks

2021 “Assault Attack” on ‘Metallic Assault’ (Urbain Grandier/UXB Press) UGR-006/UXB-005

SAVANNA

Shauna Pratt / Rick Pearson / Bobbi Clackson / David Phillips / Chuck Sebestyen / Bill Andrusco (vocals)

A 6-piece band from Saskatchewan led by Bill Andrusco (formerly of The Gentlemen). Rick Pearson had come from Winnipeg’s The Eternals and House of Random; Following Savanna’s break-up, Andrusco would go solo, do soundtrack work, and be a featured performer for the Hollywood Hits Orchestra.

Singles

1977 Give It To Me/The Distance (That Keeps Us Apart) (Rising/London) RR.014

1977 You’re My Senorita/Here With You (Rising/London) RR.016

Album

1977 Outstanding In Their Field (Rising/London) RRLP-106

SAXTON, Mary

Mary Saxton is a soul singer from Edmonton, Alberta. She was originally signed to Pace Records in the mid-60s, then Birchmount and Quality in the late ’60s. During this period she also sang in the band Daisy Hill Puppy Farm with Mo Boyer and Mavis McCauley – both from Southbound Freeway – and Bob Ego in 1967/68. She was also part of the studio act Rising Sun which was comprised of Saxton, Barry Allen, and members of Southern Freeway and The Lords. In 1971 she co-founded The Elastic Band with Gerry Ford, Al Girard, Lennie Buc, and Don Brown which lasted until 1973. She returned to a solo career and was the first act signed to Mustard in the ’70s where she released one album produced and written by Karl Erickson and Norman Rooke. In 1979 Saxton was enlisted as one of three female singers (alongside Nancy Nash and Rosiland Keene) for the disco act Touché and in 1980 as part of the ensemble all-female vocal project Ladies In Lights. [also see TOUCHÉ]

Singles

1966 Losing Control/Better to Live or Die (Pace) 18-1166

1966 Ask Any Girl/Do the Jerk (Pace) 31-166

1968 Sad Eyes/Take My Heart (Quality) 1921X

1969 Wander By/I Don’t Know (Quality) 1966X

1977 Georgia Eyes/Jimmy Lee (Mustard) M-103

1977 Take a Chance/I’m a Woman (In Love With My Man) (Mustard) M-108

1978 I Want You/Love for a Laugh (Mustard) M-114

1978 Lazy Old Soul/Love’s Desire (Mustard) M-120

Albums

1969 Sad Eyes (Birchmount) BM-511

1977 Mary Saxton (Mustard) M-1001

Compilation Tracks

1966 “Just For You”, “Go Ahead, Make A Fool of Yourself”, and “Big City Guy” [with The Lords] on ‘Direct….. From The…. Rainbow Ballroom’ (Pace) RS-101

1980 “Don’t Say No To Love”, “Love Is On Our Side” and “Ladies In Lights” on ‘Ladies In Lights’ (Radio Canada International) RCI-505

2004 “Big City Guy” on ‘Boy Trouble – Garpax Girls’ (Ace) CDCHD-1005

SCARAB

Ron Lafitte (vocals) / Mitch Myers / Andy MacDonald / John “Hubba” Paris (vocals)

Singles

1980 Cape Breton Island/Black Star (The Great Eastern Production Co.) SR-54

SCARABÉES, Les

Raymonde Braid [aka Liz “Liza” Brady] (vocals) / Martine Gauthier (aka Martine Bee) (vocals).

Brady had been a solo artist starting in her native Egypt – even releasing an independent single on her own Scarabée label in 1961. She had been signed to Pathe Records in France, and while doing a promo tour of Canada for one of her singles in April 1968, she was exiled in Canada after the French began rioting in Paris. Forced to stay in Canada for the time being, she teaming up with Martine Gauthier (ex-Les Mitoufle) to form comedy-singing duo Les Scarabées. Following Les Scarabées’ successful run on Gamma Records and then RCA, the singers went on to solo careers in 1973; Liz Brady retired to Hollywood, Florida. She died January 2, 2019. [also see LIZ BRADY, MARTINE BEE]

Singles

1968 La Bonne Soupe (Part 1)/La Bonne Soupe (Part 2) (20th Century Fox – US) 483

1969 Puisque Tu M’As Quitté/Non, Jamais (Gamma) AA-1051

1969 Comme Un Tambour/Mon Pays Bleu (Gamma) AA-1074

1970 Le Compositeur/Il N’est Pas Encore Trop Tard (Gamma) AA-1088

1971 Viva La Buena Vida/Si Peu De Temps (RCA Victor) 75-5077

1971 Le Coeur De Mon Pays/ Toi L’Ami La-bas (RCA Victor) 75-5094

1972 O’Maley/Un Seul Regard De Toi (RCA Victor) 75-5116

1973 Le Coeur De Mon Pays/Viva La Buena Vida (RCA Victor) KMB0-5028

Albums

1972 Le Coeur De Mon Pays/Viva La Buena Vida (RCA Victor) PCS-4014

SCARLETT, Mose

Born: Mosley Steven Barnes Scarlett on August 10, 1946 in Peterborough, Ontario

Died: May 30, 2019

Around 1956, Mose Scarlett’s father took a new job, and moved the family from Peterborough to a town south of Cleveland, Ohio. Not long after, Mose Scarlett bought himself a $17 guitar, and began playing with other neighbourhood guitarists. Scarlett briefly attended Heidelberg College in Tiffin, Ohio. But,returned to Canada when he turned 18 to avoid the Vietnam War draft (and a strict father). He soon found his way into the Toronto’s coffee house music scene. In 1969, he debuted at the Mariposa Folk Festival, hosting a New Songwriters workshop that included Ken Whiteley, Shirley Eikhard, and David Bradstreet. Scarlett would also befriend American bluesman Lonnie Johnson who was living in Toronto and picked some new songs for his repertoire. Mose Scarlett performed frequently with other musical partners, including first wife, Anne Tener, as well as Ken Whiteley and Jackie Washington among other. He was also accompanied during live performances by harmonica player Jim McLean. He recorded intermittently and released several solo albums – including 1981’s ‘Stalling For Time…,’ 1995’s ‘The Fundamental Things,’ and 2002’s ‘Precious Seconds,’ which also featured guitarists Amos Garrett, Colin Linden, Tony Quarrington, Jim Condie, Margaret Stowe, Jeff Healey, Ken Whiteley, and David Wilcox. He also released a series of collaborative albums with Ken Whiteley and Jackie Washington. Mose Scarlett passed away after a brief battle with cancer May 30, 2019. with notes from Nicholas Jennings.

Albums

1981 Stalling For Time… (Second Avenue) SAS-1002

1995 The Fundamental Things (Pyramid) PD-013

2002 Precious Seconds (Borealis) BCD-146

with MOSE SCARLETT, JACKIE WASHINGTON & KEN WHITELEY

1991 Where Old Friends Meet (Borealis) PD-006

1995 Three By Three: Old Friends Meet Again [3CD] (Pyramid) PD-013/014/015

1999 We’ll Meet Again (Borealis) BCD-120

2003 Sitting On A Rainbow (Borealis) BCD-153

SCENE, The

Danny Zimmerman (bass) / Marty Simon (drums) / Michael Ship (organ, vocals)

From Montréal, Québec, the garage band had their first and only single produced by Neil Sheppard. He was so impressed with the band members, he formed a new act with them called Life who would go on to record with Polydor records and tour North America and Europe. [also see LIFE, MARTY SIMON]

Singles

1967 Scenes (From Another World)/You’re In a Bad Way (B.T. Puppy/Compo) 45-533

SCENICS, The

Ken Badger (lead vocals, guitar/bass, songwriter) / Andy Meyers (guitar/bass, vocals, songwriter) / Mike Young (bass, vocals; 1979-1980, 2008-present) / Ken Fox (bass, 1980-1982) / Mike Cusheon (drums, 1976-1977) / Mark French (drums, 1977) / Brad Cooper (drums, 1977-1980) / Mark Perkell (drums, vocals; 1980-1982, 2008-present)

The Scenics were formed in July 1976 after Ken Badger was the only person to answer Andrew Meyers’ ad posted at Toronto’s Long & McQuade music store in search of musical collaborators. Soon Meyers and Badger amassed a large repertoire of songs written individually. By 1977 The Scenics were a trio performing irregularly on the growing Queen Street circuit, and begin recording many rehearsals and performances. Soon they would commit some of their material to multi-track studio recording sessions in June and October 1977. Between these sessions, they were booked by Gary Topp and Gary Cormier (The Garys) to do an opening slot for Talking Heads in September 1977. In March 1978 a 30 minute video called ‘Mystery Train’ was filmed. The mini-film was broadcast hundreds of times on Cable TV over the next 5 years. A trip back to the recording studio in October 1978 netted four more tracks that are not released. The Scenics also played at the legendary ‘Last Pogo’ show in December 1978 at the Horseshoe Tavern. This concert was the source of the ‘Last Pogo’ film. The band was featured in the movie and on the Bomb Records soundtrack in 1979. Bomb’s Wolfgang Spegg took a liking to the band as they represented a more artistic vision with their music than the punk acts he had signed to the label. Bomb released the band’s ‘Underneath the Door’ album in August 1980. Following the Bomb deal, the band released a self-financed 7″ single “Karen” b/w “See Me Smile” on its own Scenic Route Records in October 1981. For five years The Scenics got to play gigs with the Troggs, Viletones, Simply Saucer, the Government, Johnny and the G Rays, Telephone, (Parisian Punk band) and many others. On May 23,1982 The Scenics played the last show of their first incarnation at Toronto’s Cabana Room. Mark French would go on to briefly join Blue Rodeo, and Ken Fox played with Jason and the Scorchers. Ken Fox has also played with The Fleshtones since the late 1980s. In 2007 Badger and Meyers begin searching out ex-Scenics and associated people and to begin listening to their 200+ live, studio, & rehearsal recordings. Meyers also started writing a memoir of The Scenics and the original punk era called ‘Punk Haiku’. Live material from 1977-1981 was released on the CD ‘How Does it Feel to Be Loved: The Scenics Play the Velvet Underground’ through the band’s Dream Tower Records in January 2008 and in the UK in July 2008. It made the Top 30 national Canadian campus radio charts and received rave reviews, including making ‘Top 10 CDs of the Year’ lists in the Village Voice and the Detroit Metro Times. Québecois film-maker Chester ‘Chet’ Lebeaux produced a video for the song “Waiting for My Man”. The band reunited in April of 2008 to begin performing live shows for the first time in 26 years, including opening for Carla Bozulich at the Horseshoe Tavern and a showcase at NXNE where the conference’s film festival ended with a double bill of ‘The Last Pogo’ film and The Scenics’ “Waiting for My Man” video. ‘The Last Pogo’ film was finally released on DVD in October 2008 to celebrate the event’s 30th anniversary. It features performances by the Scenics, Viletones, Teenage Head, the Ugly, Cardboard Brains, Mods and The Secrets. It also includes seven unreleased Scenics performances from the 1978 ‘Mystery Train’ film. The band also played the ‘Last Pogo 30th Anniversary Show’ in December 2008. That same week, The Scenics entered Number 9 Studio in Toronto to begin their first studio recordings since 1981. In October 2009 the original studio recordings from 1977/1978 were remastered and released as the ‘Sunshine World’ CD. ‘Last Pogo’ film-maker Colin Brunton created a video for the song “Do the Wait”. The Scenics then reconvened for their third mini-tour of the new millennium, playing dates from London, Ontario to Montreal, Québec. Around this same time, Meyers began publishing his ‘Punk Haiku’ memoir in serial form on the band’s website. Each monthly chapter is accompanied by two songs from the cache of 300+ hours of rehearsal and live tape from the band’s archives. In the spring of 2010 British rock magazine ‘Uncut’ included The Scenics’ song “Do the Wait” on their ‘Search and Destroy’ proto-punk sampler CD. Later that year The Scenics released the songs from the first five chapters of ‘Punk Haiku’. The band decided to make these recordings and their two CDs available as free-by-donation downloads on their Dream Tower Records website. In September 2011 Andy Meyers, along with award-winning poet Brian Brett and vocalist Susheela Dawne, are awarded a Canada Council For the Arts grant to use samples and loops culled from the Scenics’ 1970’s tapes to create dub, mash-up backings for Brett’s poems and Dawne’s melodies. The album will be released in 2012. The Scenics went back into the studio in October 2011 and completed the 2008 studio recording. Their latest release is ‘Dead Man Walks Down Bayview. with notes from Andy Meyers.

Singles

1981 Karen/See Me Smile (Scenic Route) 827

Albums

1980 Underneath the Door (Bomb) BOMB-113

2007 How Does It Feel to Be Loved: The Scenics Play The Velvet Underground (Dream Tower) CD- DT01

2009 Sunshine World (Dream Tower) CD-DT04

2010 Punk Haiku 1: Proto-Spunk [DigiFile] (Dream Tower) DTPH1F

2011 Punk Haiku 2: See Me Smile [DigiFile] (Dream Tower) DTPH2F

2011 Punk Haiku 3: Face It Again [DigiFile] (Dream Tower) DTPH3F

2012 Dead Man Walks Down Bayview (Dream Tower)

Compilation Tracks

1979 “In The Summer” and “Sunshine World” on ‘The Last Pogo’ (Bomb) BOMB-7029

1981 “Karen” on ‘Bomb Catalogue 1’ (Bomb) CAT-81

2008 “O Boy (Mystery Train version)” on ‘Mongrelzine – compilation’ (Mongrelzine) 1

2010 “Do the Wait” on ‘Uncut: Search & Destroy’ (Uncut Magazine) 2010-05

SCEPTRES, The (1)

Marty Butler (keyboard, vocals; 1966 – 1969) / Roddy Elias (guitar vocals; 1969) / Ron Dykhof (keyboards, lead vocals; 1963 – 1966) / Tim Hewlings (guitar, organ, vocals;1959 – 1969) / William G. Ott [aka Bill Garry] (bass, guitar, vocals; 1959 – 1969) / Doug Deruchie (drums; 1960) / Danny Gorman (drums; 1960 – 1961) / Jens Grotkopp (lead vocal; 1962 – 1963) / Steve Truax (piano; 1962 – 1963) / Gerry Wood (drums; 1962 – 1963) / Ian Bernard (drums, vocals; 1963 – 1965) / W.F. Tyler [aka Tyler William] (drums, vocals; 1965 – 1969)

Formed in Montréal, Québec in 1959 as Les Sceptres, the group recorded and toured through the 1960s. The band regularly performed from Ontario to Newfoundland, and down the Eastern Coast of the United States. They recorded for five different Canadian record companies: Fi-Sound, RCA International, Allied, Alliance, and Polydor. The Sceptres had one # 1 English record in Eastern Canada called “I Never Had A Love Like That”, and two Top 30 singles with “Something’s Coming Along,” and “Juicy Morning.” Under their French name – “Les Sceptres” – they also had chart success in Quebec with “Moi, je pense toujours à toi” (I Never Had A Love Like That), b/w “Rien qu’une larme” (One Lonely Tear), and “Enfin seul ensemble” (I Think We’re Alone Now), b/w “Et maintenant” (What Now My Love). After numerous member changes, the band split up in 1969; Marty Butler would go on to a substantial solo career; Bill Ott would become an executive at A & M Polygram Records, and Oasis/SongCorp; Tim Hewling would become a sound engineer at Andre Perry’s studio Son Québec [aka The Church]; Roddy Elias was a session guitarist who worked with Guido Basso, Chelsea Bridge, and Billy Robinson among others; Ron Dykhof became the director of A & R for The Compo Company Ltd after leaving The Sceptres in 1966. He would continue in that role in the early 1970s when Compo was absorbed by MCA Records Canada. He also created his own label called Montor Records where he produced various records in 1971/1972 for acts such as Don Dunkin, Pops Merrily, Peaches, The Majority, Niven Miller, The Siebert Brothers, and Jersey Little Sweet. Everntually he set off around the world as a pianist for hire on cruise ships, and at hotels. He also released a handful of independent solo singles in the 1970s. [see MARTY BUTLER. RON DYKHOF]

Singles

as THE SCEPTRES

1965 A Boy Like Me/It’s All Over Now (Fi-Sound) FSS-101

1966 Can’t Get You Off My Mind/Be My Love (Allied Fi-Sound) FSS-104

1967 I Never Had A Love Like That/One Lonely Tear (RCA Victor Canada International) 57-3436

1968 Something’s Coming Along/What’s The Matter With Juliet (Allied) AR-6353

1968 Juicy Morning/Hey Little Boy (Polydor) 540,004

1969 Good Morning New Day/Walk Hand In Hand (Polydor) 540.010

as LES SCEPTRES

1967 Enfin Seul Ensemble/Et Maintenant (Alliance) AF-502

1967 Moi Je Pense Toujours A Toi/Rien Qu’ Une Larme (RCA Victor Canada International) 57-5778

Albums

2014 Long Lost Hits & Rarities (Pacemaker) PACE-096

SCEPTRES, The (2)

Nicky Moore (vocals)/ Hank Gallant (guitar) / George Gautread [aka George Grant] (bass) / Wayne Place (drums) / Alex McDonald Jr. (piano)

Singles

as HANK GALLANT & THE SCEPTRES

1963 Li’l Liz Jane/Miss Twist (Arc) A-1030

as NICKY MOORE & THE SCEPTRES

1963 Linda Lou/Lonely Weekend (Arc) A-1029

Albums

as NICKY MOORE & THE SCEPTRES

1963 Havin’ A Party (Arc) A573

SCHENKMAN, Eric

Born: December 12, 1963 in Toronto, Ontario

Guitarist Eric Schenkman grew up in Toronto surrounded by music as his father, Peter Schenkman, was a cellist in the Toronto Symphony Orchestra (and often appeared on pop recordings produced by Terry Brown and Doug Riley including Klaatu’s “Little Neutrino”). In his teens, Schenkman found his way into the thriving New York Music scene hooking up with a band called Trucking Company, which included John Popper and then Popper’s Princeton, New Jersey High School friend Chris Barron. Popper left Trucking Company to focus on his full-time music project Blues Traveler. Barron and Schenkman changed the name to Spin Doctors and added Aaron Comess (drums) and Mark White (bass) in the spring of 1989 to complete the roster. Epic/Sony Records A & R man Frankie LaRocka signed the band in 1990 and in January 1991 released the EP ‘Up for Grabs…Live’. Initial reaction was positive and so the band was sent into the studio to record the full-length album ‘Pocket Full of Kryptonite’ which was released in August 1991. The group’s loose and spontaneous jam-band live shows began gathering a grassroots fanbase despite the slow initial sales of the record. In summer 1992, the Spin Doctors were part of the H.O.R.D.E. Festival alongside Widespread Panic, Blues Traveler, and Phish. Soon radio and MTV began playing the singles “Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong” and “Two Princes” pushing the album to Gold sales status by September 1992. The album received another sales boost following the band’s appearance on ‘Saturday Night Live’ in October that year. Three more singles/videos followed for “What Time Is It”, “How Could You Want Him (When You Know You Could Have Me?)”, and “Jimmy Olsen’s Blues”. By the following summer of 1993 the album had reached No.3 on the Billboard 200 chart and achieved triple Platinum sales. The record would eventually sell 10 million copies worldwide. The Spin Doctors then made an appearance on Sesame Street with a re-written version of “Two Princes”. Also in 1993, their version of Creedance Clearwater Revival’s “Have You Ever Seen the Rain?” appeared on the ‘Philadelphia’ movie soundtrack. Their version of Jimi Hendrix’s “Spanish Castle Magic” was included on a Hendrix tribute CD. The Spin Doctors’ sophomore album, ‘Turn It Upside Down’, was released in June 1994. The first single, “Cleopatra’s Cat”, barely scratched the Billboard Top100 singles chart and the second single, “Mary Jane”, was ignored by radio. However, the third single, “You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast” peaked at No.42 in the US and No.66 in the UK. Despite the commercial disappointment at radio, the album peaked at No.28 on the Billboard 200 and sold a modest 2 million copies worldwide. Meanwhile, the band was headlining a three-month world tour which was highlighted by appearances at Woodstock ’94 and the Glastonbury Festival. During a concert in Berkeley, California in September 1994, Schenkman walked off the stage and later announced he was leaving the band citing musical and personal differences, and road exhaustion. Schenkman has spent the intervening years doing session and road work with the likes of The Chrysalids, Carly Simon, Roger Daltrey, Kip Hanrahan, Jack Bruce (Cream), Noel Redding (Jimi Hendrix), Billy Cox, Chico Hamilton, Natalie Merchant (10,000 Maniacs), Loup Garoup, Bill Bissette, Jerome Godboo (The Phantoms), The Doodlebops, Mark Taylor, Robert Graham, Jimmy Rankin (Rankin Family), and was a member of Corky Laing’s band Cork. His most recent work has been with The Open Hearts Society.

Singles

with THE SPIN DOCTORS

1992 Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong/Two Princes (Epic/Sony) 35-74473

1992 Two Princes (Album Version)/Off My Line (Live) (Epic/Sony) 35-74804

1992 How Could You Want Him (When You Know You Could Have Me?)/Hard To Exist (Epic/Sony) 35-74910

1993 Jimmy Olsen’s Blues/Yo Mama’s a Pajama (Epic/Sony) 35-74929

1993 What Time Is It? (Single Version)/What Time Is It? (Live)/Two Princes (Live)/Forty Or Fifty (Live) (Epic/Sony – EUROPE) 659955

1994 Cleopatra’s Cat [5 mixes 12”] (Epic/Sony) 49-77555

1994 Have You Ever Seen the Rain?/Two Princes (Live) (Epic/Sony – EUROPE) 660205

1994 Mary Jane/Hungry Hamed’s (Epic/Sony) 34-77714

1994 You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast/Piece of Glass (Epic/Sony) 34-77600

Albums

1998 Eric Schenkman Plays the Music of Chico Hamilton – Don’t Go To War (Slick)

with ERIC SCHENKMAN & THE CHRYSALIDS

1998 Make a Sound (Slick)

with THE SPIN DOCTORS

1991 Up for Grabs…Live [6 song EP] (Epic/Sony) CZK-46981

1991 Pocket Full of Kryptonite (Epic/Sony) CZK-47461

1992 Homebelly Groove…Live [EP] (Epic/Sony) CZK-53309

1994 Turn It Upside Down (Epic/Sony) CEK-52907

1994 Live In Canada 1993 (Arriba! – GERMANY) ARR-94.051

with CORK

1999 Speed of Thought (Lightyear/WEA) 54331

2003 Out There (Voiceprint)

with THE DOODLEBOPS

2005 Get On the Bus (Universal)

with OPEN HEARTS SOCIETY

2011 Love In Time (Indiepool)

Compilation Tracks

with COREY GLOVER/ERIC SCHENKMAN

1995 “In From the Storm” on ‘In From the Storm – Music of Jimi Hendrix’ (RCA) 266823

with ERIC SCHENKMAN & THE CHRYSALIDS

1997 “Another Day” on ‘The H.O.R.D.E. Festival 1997’ (Hollywood) PRCD-10762

SCHICK, Alan

From Winnipeg, Manitoba, Schick started his music career as the singer for The Mongrels (also featuring Joey Gregorash) who were discovered and produced by Randy Bachman. When the Mongrels split up, Schick released some solo records including the well received single “Lucy Lucy Lucy” in 1973 from the album of the same name. [also see THE MONGRELS]

Singles

1973 Lucy Lucy Lucy/My Love and I (MCA) 40144

1974 Soul Deep/Summer Song (MCA) 40254

Albums

1974 Lucy Lucy Lucy (MCA) 361

Compilation Tracks

2009 “Lucy Lucy Lucy” on ‘Buried Treasures: Winnipeg Rock Gems 1958-1974’ (Super Oldies) SOCD-9

SCHIZOID

From St.John’s, Newfoundland.

Singles

1987 Beer Thief [4 song EP] (D.U.P.P.)

SCHOLL, Michael

From Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Singles

1969 Each Time I Close My Eyes/Laugh Clown Laugh (Franklin/London) QC-631

1970 I’ve Forgotten/The 