CD Buying Binge

CD buying binge (all prices in Canadian dollars):

• Magazine-Real Life ($18.99)
• Teenage Head-Some Kinda Fun ($10.99)
• Sloan-Peppermint EP ($6.99)
• Luxuria-Beast Box ($6.99)
• Luxuria-Unanswerable Lust ($5.99)
• Retro 80’s, Vol.6: Pure Canadian (EMI Music Canada compilation) ($10.99)

Teenage Head were a Canadian punk/rockabilly band from the late 70’s early 80’s. I was a big fan in my teens. Luxuria were a Howard DeVoto’s band in the late 80’s (DeVoto of early Buzzcocks/Magazine “fame”). Never heard them, but taking a chance. The Magazine stuff I’ve been after for a while, even though it’s way too expensive. I picked up “Secondhand Daylight” (Magazine‘s second album–“Real Life” was their first) a few years ago for less than $10 in a delete bin.

The Canadian 80’s thing I just couldn’t resist. Check out the list of artists (at least the ones I think are or should be well known), and let me know if you know who they were (Americans especially welcome to respond…I’m curious about this):

• Martha and the Muffins (later became M+M)
• Rational Youth
• Strange Advance
• Men Without Hats
• Sherry Kean
• Dalbello
• Luba
• Glass Tiger
• Grapes of Wrath
• The Northern Pikes
• Rock and Hyde (formerly The Payola$)
• The Pursuit of Happiness
• National Velvet

Now, all fine choices for a compilation, but there are WAY more Canadian bands that were/are worthy of inclusion. Again, let me know if you’re familiar with any or all of the following:

• The Spoons
• Jane Siberry
• Pukka Orchestra
• The Diodes
• The Box
• Blue Peter
• Teenage Head (they’re not on the compilation)
• Platinum Blonde
• The Kings
• The Parachute Club
• Nash the Slash
• Max Webster
• Chalk Circle

Canadians, have I missed your favourite?