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From: peterr@utcsrgv.UUCP (Peter Rowley)
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Subject: Canadian bands
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Date: Mon, 26-Mar-84 01:28:27 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar 26 01:28:27 1984
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There are quite a few fans of Cdn bands in Toronto (we seem to be getting
over our inferiority complex in the area of music).  Martha and the Muffins
(now called M+M), Parachute Club, Bruce Cockburn, Men Without Hats,
Rough Trade (Carole Pope, lead vocals, is the official Cdn Pepsi figurehead,
as M Jackson is in the US), The Payola$, Nash the Slash, FM, ... are all
quite popular.  Nash the Slash has a new 12" single, "1984", by the way.
My favourite lesser-known Toronto band is Strangeness Beauty, a jazz band
that records on C-Note records (124 Cassandra Blvd, Don Mills, Ont. CANADA
M3A 1S9 416-531-8189).  I'm not too familiar with jazz, so I can't compare
them to others well, except to say that Ron Allen plays Lyricon for them,
to very good effect.  Some months ago, there was interest in the Lyricon
expressed in this group-- if you'd like to hear some good music made with
it, I suggest their only LP, "Back To Nowhere", made in 1982.

p. rowley, U. Toronto

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