Showing posts with label canada. Show all posts
Showing posts with label canada. Show all posts

Monday, April 16, 2012



Canada vs. Japan. Bum cover Don't Come Close To Me by Teengenerate, Teengenerate cover A Promise Is A Promise by Bum and both bands cough up a version of one of their own songs. This double 7" was released by Lance Rock Records in 1994. Enjoy.

Various Artists - Bum vs. Teengenerate. Lance Rock Records 2x7". LRR 013.

Thursday, March 24, 2011


No image, so here's a 'video' of UJ3RK5 doing the original version of 'Eisenhower and The Hippies' which Man Or Astro-Man cover almost note for note. Oh Canaduh is an LP of 90s surf, punk and garage rock bands covering Canadian New Wave Hits of the late 70s and early 80s. What makes it better than so many 'cover' LPs is that rather than just looking at one act - Link Wray or Sam The Sham, for example - where the choice can get a bit thin, there is an opening up and the opportunity to cover one band's best song. And there are a lot of best songs on this brilliant record. I'd love to hear all the originals.

Track-listing (original artists listed at the end):

1. Teengenerate: Top Down (Teenage Head)
2. Bum: Screaming Fist (Viletones)
3. Lord High Fixers: Fuck You (Subhumans)
4. The Tonics: I Hate Music (K-Tels)
5. Young Fresh Fellows: Disco Sucks (D.O.A.)
6. The Smugglers: What Do You Want Me To Do (Pointed Sticks)
7. Al Perry: Fun While It Lasts (Active Dog)
8. Fastbacks: Won't Have To Worry (Modernettes)
9. Supersnazz: I Don't Love You (Dishrags)
10. Evaporators: I Can't Puke (The Dry Heaves)
11. Man Or Astroman?: Eisenhower & The Hippies (U-J3RK5)
12. The Onyas: I Don't Give A Shit (The Biz)
13. The Cryin' Out Louds: Now I Ain't Got No Face (No Fun)
14. The Stupes: American Bandstand (Infamous Scientists)
15. Nardwuar The Human Serviette - Secret Track (?)

Various Artists - Oh Canaduh. Lance Rock LP. LRR-19.

Saturday, March 5, 2011


Very much 'a game of two halves' is this release. The a-side, Sugar and Glue, is perfect rip-snorting garage. The b-side is an insipid cover of the insipid theme for a totally so-what TV series. Stumpy Joe was, of course, the ill-fated Spinal Tap drummer who 'choked on vomit of unknown origin, other than his own'. "Because you can't really dust for vomit." In the documentary, This Is Spinal Tap, Stumpy Joe is brought back to life by well-known drummer and producer Russ Kunkel. (Not a made-up name, honest). Enjoy.

Stumpy Joe - Sugar and Glue. Top Drawer Records 7" TDR V2.

Saturday, January 15, 2011

I've only got this as a promo copy and a quick trawl of the net reveals nothing beyond the sad news that the last update on the Bum fansite was in August 2001. So, Bum. Canadian, power pop and seemed to have an affinity with Japan as they released split singles with both Teengenerate and Fifi and The Mach Three. The former will appear here. Eventually.

Bum - Mrs. Rock'n'Roll. One Louder Records Loud 2.