Tom Hawthorn – Sudden Death Records & Joe Keithley

December 30, 2009 | Filed Under From the Newspapers, Music | Leave a Comment 

In keeping with the recent punk theme, check out Tom Hawthorn‘s story on Joe Keithley’s Sudden Death Records in the Globe and Mail. Check out Sudden Death Records yourself.

Bev Davies – 13 Photographs of DOA – Exhibition & Calendar

December 29, 2009 | Filed Under Music, Photography | 1 Comment 

The opening reception for Bev Davies’ latest exhibition and calendar will be at Vancouver’s Jem Cordova gallery (#36-22 East Cordova Street) on January 2, 1PM-5Pm. Show runs until January 13.

Brian Howell – Show Opening January 7

December 29, 2009 | Filed Under Photography | Leave a Comment 

Brian Howell has a show opening at the Winsor Gallery on Thursday January 7. Reception starts at 5:30 pm.

DOA Group Shot

December 28, 2009 | Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment 

Tom Harrison, then music editor of the Georgia Straight, and I drove out to the house Joe Keithley was renting in Burnaby off of Kingsway for a big interview for the entertainment weekly. Chuck was living with Joe at the time. This may have been the first big media shot DOA received.

UPDATE: Ooops. Just found more negs , the ones that were from that GS shoot, not sure what these were from, maybe just fun.

Chuck, Randy, Joe

Randy Rampage armed with beer and cig

Interview with Joey Ramone

December 28, 2009 | Filed Under Music | Leave a Comment 

John Mackie, now Vancouver Sun writer then Georgia Straight freelancer as I was, interviews Joey Ramone in his Denman Street hotel.

And….more Vancouver punk photographs

December 28, 2009 | Filed Under Music | 3 Comments 

Acclaimed documentary fimmaker Susanne Tabata is working on a film about the Vancouver punk rock world and I’m going through all my old negatives in order to send her some images for possible inclusion in the film. Here’s a few more possibilities from the early days. Hopefully Scott Beadle will chime in with some names and dates.

Lots of faces here, drummer is ?, Randy Rampage, backup singers are Tony Bardach (?) Nick Jones and Colin Griffiths

This isn’t DOA, is it? Randy on bass though

Victoria Pork, guitar is Brad Kent, Dimwit on drums, Ian Tiles singing, Tony Bardach on bass.

Victoria Pork guitarist Brad Kent

Colin Griffiths standing on a restaurant grill, holding an old 60′s drum skin and a can of dance wax, why?, I so wish I could remember. Going through these negs is a lot of fun, I just wish I had taken more notes back then.

Brian Goble at back, Joe Keithley on guitar

Randy Rampage in full flight

Randy again

Skulls – First performance -The future face of Vancouver punk

December 28, 2009 | Filed Under Music | 3 Comments 

These images are from what was one of the first performances by a Vancouver area punk band at the Easter Be In at Semiamoo  (Sp?) Park. It was a pretty loose grouping of guys who would later go on to form some of the most important bands in Vancouver. The era’s long hair, other than on Joe Keithley who looks freshly shorn, and stubby beer bottles are a couple signs of the times. I think I was the only person in the audience who knew the songs they played which ( as I remember it) were covers of British punk tunes.

Joe Keithley and Brian Goble

Brian Goble, Lee ?, and I believe that’s John Armstrong on the right

Lee

Brad Kent on guitar, Dimwit on drums

Brian, Dimwit, Brad

Brian, Lee, Dimwit

Brad

Joe and Brian

Merry Christmas

December 24, 2009 | Filed Under Personal Project, Photography | Leave a Comment 

More Early Vancouver Punk Photos – Dishrags, Furies and Joe Keithley

December 23, 2009 | Filed Under Music | 3 Comments 

Starting to sort through my negs from the early days of Vancouver’s punk rock world.  Here’s a few more pix scanned  from old prints.

Joe Keithley after a gig at a high school

The Dishrags, first concert, with the Furies

The Furies

Crowd at show, including Colin Griffiths, ?,  and I believe, Scout from the Dishrags

The Pointed Sticks in Vancouver

December 21, 2009 | Filed Under Music | 2 Comments 

On Saturday made the trip over to Vancouver too see a band that I’d seen many times before but not in 30 years. A lot of bands started in Vancouver  during the early punk rock years and only a few have survived. The Pointed Sticks were the one band that, at the time, seemed destined for stardom. Great music, stage presence etc etc. But it never happened, one of those things. But…they’re back, a new album and some gigs including Saturday’s at the Rio. I went with my 19 year old son, who is the same age I was when I was attending the original shows. The show was amazing, the band sounded great on the songs both new and old. My son got to see an act he’d only heard when Dad had rare control of the cd player. It’s always great to see a band prove they are still a viable act not just an oldies show.  I didn’t bring my camera, this was probably the first show I’ve been to in 30 years where I didn’t shoot but here’s a few photos from those early shows I’ve dug up.

For more info PSticks .

UPDATE: Scott Beadle, the encyclopedia of Vancouver punk, filled in the missing photo info: See comments below.

Kind of a Lou Reed look on Nick

The blazer look, with Colin Griffiths on guitar as well.

Is that Ian on drums, it’s not Dimwit? Scott says, yes it is Ian.

Backstage somewhere.

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