Flyer - Friday, August 27th, 1993

Sparkmarker

Sparkmarker were from Vancouver. Kim Kinakin used to be in Fratricide and started up this emo inspired straight edge band. Shawn Scallen did the cover photo hence the name of the ep. There is a very Dischord house a la "Salad Days" looking photo on the back cover. Heart First released the ep. The songs on here are:

1. Character 1

2. Speaking of Heroes

3. Instrumental

Flyer - Saturday, August 21st, 1993

Shiner "Slightly Polished" ep

They were from Victoria. this self-titled ep was released on Slow to Burn Records. Dave and Wade who ran this label were in Shiner. Afterwards they joined forces with Chris Iler of Fans of Bad productions to start 10 Dead Men. The songs on here are:

1. Burnt
2. Later
3. Lost at P's
4. Six Minus Three

Shotmaker ep

This is one of Shotmaker's first releases. A close friend of theirs, Daragh Hayes, released this on a label he did that only released this one record. The label was called Kung Fu Enterprises and was named after Daragh's love of the Kung Fu series as a kid. This is my favourite Shotmaker release. The record had the following songs on it:

1. I Say

2. Nick's Question

3. In Betweens

Resin Scraper "Rally Round the Fun with..." ep

Resin Scraper were from Ottawa. I think someone in the band was involved in Birdman Sound, which is alegendary record store in Ottawa. Birdman Sound is the label that released this ep and it was limited to 300 copies. The songs on here are:

1. Crash Course

2. Losin' Your Mind (Lazy Cowgirls cover)

3. Starship (MC5 cover)

M-Blanket "Seen It Coming" ep

Slow to Burn released a bunch of BC based bands. M-Blanket was one of them. I think there was six releases in total. The M-Blanket record contained :

1. Pyjama Song

2. Mayonnaise

3. Doubt It

4. Pillbug Arena

5. Jaywalker