Flyer - Friday, October 17th - Sunday, October 26th, 1980

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Flyer - The Statics

Photos - the Statics

Teenage Head "Frantic City" CD

Teenage Head were from Hamilton. Their Ramones meets dolls inspired punk sound was catchy as fuck and got so many of us into punk. The band was made up of Frankie Venom on vocals, Gord Lewis on guitar, Steve Mahon on bass, and Nick Stipanitz on drums. "Frantic City" was the Head's first full length and it came out on Attic records. The band has recently self-released a CD version of it. Songs on here are:

1. Wild One

2. Somethin' On my Mind

3. Total Love

4. Let's Shake

5. Infected

6. Those things You Do

7. Somethin' Else

8. Take it

9. Brand New Cadillac

10. Disgusteen

11. Let's Shake

12. I Wanna Love You

Teenage Head "Frantic City" LP

The first full length by Hamilton's Teenage Head. Teenage Head were Frankie Venom on vocals, Gord Lewis on guitar, Steve Mahon on bass, and Nick Stipanitz on drums. the record originally came out on Attic Records and has been re-issued in a CD format by the band. Songs found on this are :

1. Wild One

2. Somethin' on my Mind

3. Total Love

4. Let's Shake

5. Infected

6. Those Things You Do

7. Somethin' Else

8. Take It

9. Brand New Cadillac

10. Disgusteen

The Diodes "Action/Reaction" LP

This record came out in October 1980 on Orient Records which was an independent label run by Willi Morrison and Ian Guenther. The Diodes decided to leave CBS after their second record "Released" was shelved. John Catto describes this record as their "commercial" album.  It has a huge sound from a production standpoint and the band had been touring extensively with bands like U2 so they were also at the top of their game from a musicianship standpoint.  John Hamilton had left the band and Mike Lengyell replaced him on drums. "Strange Time" and "Rock It" were the first single released from this record which came out around the same time. John Catto and Ian Mackaye felt "City of the Dead" was the strongest on this release. "Catwalker" was the song that got them rotation on radio. This was released as the second single along with the title track. However "Polaroid" is the hidden gem on this release in my opinion. The artwork is a photo of a collection of rayguns that George Whiteside which was fun and stunning. You can hear the band talk about this release on a show we did on November 13th, 2011. The songs on here are:

1. That Was The Way It Was
2. Catwalker
3. Strange time
4. Polaroid
5. Action Reaction
6. City of the dead
7. Rock it over and under
8. Everything I am
9. Edge of darkness
Bongo Beat Records has made this material available again on a CD which contains a number of other songs which are:

10. Survivors (an out take from the Action Reaction recording)
11. Ghost Story (recorded April 8, 1981 at Stagesound)
12. Heat of the beat (recorded April 8, 1981 at Stagesound)
13. Catwalker (recorded at Eastern Sound on December 1979)
14. Spanish Main (recorded at Eastern Sound on December 1979)

15. Play with fire (Live at Horseshoe and broadcast on CFNY on June 7, 1980)

Martha and the Muffins "Trance and Dance" LP

This is Martha and the Muffins second album released in October 1980. Although the album didn;t produce any hit singles like "Echo Beach" the songs on here are:

1. Suburban Dream
2. Luna Park
3. Was Ezo
4. Teddy the Dink
5. Symptomatic Love
6. Primal Weekend
7. Halfway Through The Week
8. Am I On?
9. Motorbikin’
10. About Insomnia
11. Be Blasé
12. Trance and Dance