There is a section in the new "Argh Fuck Kill: The Story of the Dayglo Abortions" book in the "White Bread & Baloney Tour '86" which describes all sorts of things that lead up and happen to this show. The writing reminds me that there was a band from Buffalo called the Painkillers who opened the show and weren't on the flyer or the ticket above. I do remember a band called Black Jello that opened the show. The band featured Derrick Bickles wgo would go on to play in Fumblekin and also host some stuff on Vice TV. They were a local band and were made up of OCA kids. Black Jello thought it would have an impact to bring in rotting fish from Kensington Market. It fuckin' stunk up the club especially after fish guts littered the floor making it super slick.
On top of that the cops tried to shut down the show and wound up just closing the back door which was used like a vent as well as a way for underage kids to get into the show. There was also a camera crew there from CityTV and although the book suggests it was a program called Music Express I think it might have been the New Music, which was a music TV show that did air stuff on punk rock. The Dayglos did an interview for the program. They also played a great set. Memorable for a number of things. I can remember wanting to see them again. And we would get our chance many times through the summer as the Dayglos adopted Toronto as their home for the summer. But they never practised and progressively got shittier everytime they played. I remember it getting so pitiful that when the Dayglos were on the bill I would skip their set. But this show with the Crucifucks was incredible.
And the Crucifucks were pretty awesome theirselves, although not necessarily appealing to the Dayglos / Goofs crowd. The singer Doc Dart launched into a series of tyrades on the punks referring to them as butterfly heads, which was a mockery of the number of mohawks in attendance. I remember Daniel Hannah who sang for Terminal Rage sporting a motorcycle helmet and ramming Doc Dart in the stomach with his head. I also remember the bass player wearing a Mr. Bubble T-Shirt and sitting on top of the speaker cabinets for the entire set. But all was not lost on the crowd. One of the Goof spin off bands called Politkill Incorect would go on to cover "Hinkley Had a Vision" years later. In many ways this was a memorable show.
There was a magazine called Music Express that reviewed this show: they loved the punkness of the Dayglos (vomiting drummer) but were bummed out by the Crucifucks ("Man, they trudged"). Doc Dart wore a Diary of a Madman tour shirt and said, "Ozzy Osburn [sic] man, the only guy who can do it better than we can, and he does it ten times better!" I respectfully disagree!!
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