of Southern Ontario Punk and New Wave Bands, 1977-81
Compiled by Frank Manley (www.smashthestate.ca), based on bands mentioned in Treat Me Like Dirt.
* indicates a posthumous release.
GROUP |
TITLE |
FORMAT |
LABEL |
YEAR |
63 Monroe |
NFG |
12" EP |
Nardem 005 |
1980 |
Androids |
Roller Derby Queen/Over and Over |
7" |
Android |
1979 |
Arson |
(Livin’ with the) White Folks/Coho? Coho! |
7" |
Motor 0001 |
1979 |
Battered Wives |
Uganda Stomp/Giddy |
7" |
Bomb 5016 |
1978 |
Battered Wives |
Battered Wives |
LP |
Bomb 7028 |
1978 |
Battered Wives |
Cigarettes |
LP |
Bomb/Epic PEC 90575 |
1979 |
‘B’ Girls |
Fun at the Beach/The “B” Side |
7" |
Bomp 123 |
1979 |
Cads |
Do the Crabwalk |
7" EP |
Bi-R 001 |
1978 |
Cardboard Brains |
Cardboard Brains |
7" EP |
Brainco Worldwide CB 7779 |
1977 |
Cardboard Brains |
Black |
12" EP |
Brainco Worldwide CB 7979 |
1979 |
Crash Kills Five |
What Do You Do at Night? |
7" EP |
N/A |
1980 |
Curse |
War (split 7” w/Diodes) |
7" |
Crash and Burn (CEAC) |
1977 |
Curse |
Shoeshine Boy/Killer Bees |
7" |
Hi-Fi HF 001 |
1978 |
Demics |
Talk’s Cheap |
12" EP |
Ready EPRR-001 |
1979 |
Demics |
Demics |
LP |
Hypnotic/Intercan IC-1010 |
1980 |
Diodes |
Raw (split 7” w/Curse) |
7" |
Crash and Burn (CEAC) |
1977 |
Diodes |
Red Rubber Ball/We’re Ripped |
7" |
Columbia CH-4168 |
1977 |
Diodes |
Diodes |
LP |
Columbia PES-90441 |
1977 |
Diodes |
Tired of Waking Up Tired/Child Star |
7" |
Epic E4-4186 |
1978 |
Diodes |
Time/Damage, Live 1978 |
LP |
Rave Up RUR-60 |
2010* |
Diodes |
Released |
LP |
Epic/CBS PEC-80002 |
1979 |
Dishes |
Fashion Plates |
7" EP |
Regular R 001 |
1977 |
Dishes |
Hot Property |
7" EP |
Regular R-02 |
1978 |
Drastic Measures |
Drastic Measures |
LP |
Columbia/Airwaves PCC 80035 |
1980 |
Drastic Measures |
It Won’t Be Long/Modern Heart |
7" |
Cut-Throat CUT-4 |
1981 |
Dream Dates |
Moans on the Phone/Heart Attack Rhythm |
7" |
Ugly Pop UP006 |
2004* |
Dream Dates |
The Mess You’re in/Search and Destroy |
7" |
Ugly Pop UP0011 |
2006* |
Existers |
Telex Love/Spadina |
7" |
Shy Anne CCL 45-540 |
1979 |
Fits |
Bored of Education |
7" EP |
Stage Fright |
1979 |
Forgotten Rebels |
Tomorrow Belongs to Us |
12" EP |
S&M Smut-003 |
1979 |
Forgotten Rebels |
In Love with the System |
LP |
Star SR-1846 |
1980 |
Government |
Hemingway (Hated Disco Music)/ I Only Drive My Car at Night |
7" |
N/A |
1979 |
Government |
The Government |
7" EP |
Modern World MW-1 |
1979 |
Government |
Guest List |
LP |
Jackal WOW 713 |
1980 |
Hi-Fi’s |
I Don’t Know Why You Love Me/Look What You’ve Done |
7" |
Showtime SHOW 001 |
1980 |
Johnny and the G-Rays |
Every Twist Reminds |
LP |
Basement BASE 6003 |
1980 |
Jordana, Michaele |
Romance at the Roxy |
LP |
Attic LAT 1101 |
1980 |
Martha and the Muffins |
Insect Love/Suburban Dream |
7" |
Muffin Music MM-01 |
1979 |
Martha and the Muffins |
Echo Beach/Teddy the Dink |
7" |
Dindisc 9 |
1980 |
Martha and the Muffins |
Metro Music |
LP |
Dindisc V 2142 |
1980 |
Mods |
Step Out Tonight/You Use Me |
7" |
Mod 001 |
1978 |
Nash the Slash |
Bedside Companion |
12" |
Cut-Throat CUT-1 |
1978 |
Nash the Slash |
Dreams and Nightmares |
LP |
Cut-Throat CUT-2 |
1979 |
Nash the Slash |
Dead Man’s Curve |
7" |
Cut-Throat CUT-3 |
1980 |
Poles |
CN Tower/Prime Time |
7" |
Nimbus 9 NN-313 |
1977 |
Quinton |
David, David Quinton |
LP |
Bomb 7035 |
1981 |
Regulators |
What’s in the City/That’s Right, Nothing’s Left |
7" |
Ready BR-3 |
1979 |
Rough Trade |
Rough Trade Live! |
LP |
Umbrella UMB DD1 |
1977 |
Rough Trade |
Avoid Freud |
LP |
True North TN 43 |
1980 |
Rough Trade |
High School Confidential |
7" |
True North TN4-159 |
1980 |
Scenics |
Underneath the Door |
LP |
Bomb 113 |
1979 |
Scenics |
Karen/See Me Smile |
7" |
Scenic Route 827 |
1981 |
Secrets |
Success without College |
LP |
Bomb 115 |
1980 |
Segarini (Bob) |
Segarini |
7" EP |
A&M AM452 |
1977 |
Segarini (Bob) |
Gotta Have Pop |
LP |
Bomb 7027 |
1978 |
Simply Saucer |
She’s a Dog/I Can Change My Mind |
7" |
Pig 1 |
1978 |
Simply Saucer |
Cyborgs Revisited (recorded 1974-75) |
LP |
Mole Sound |
1989* |
Sofisticatos |
New York Rocket (split 7” with the Sex Pistols) |
7" |
Man’s Ruin MR-056 |
1997* |
Teenage Head |
Picture My Face/Tearin’ Me Apart |
7" |
IGM/Epic E4-8273 |
1978 |
Teenage Head |
Top Down/Kissin’ the Carpet |
7" |
Epic E4-8337 |
1978 |
Teenage Head |
Teenage Head |
LP |
IGM/Epic PEC 90534 |
1979 |
Teenage Head |
Frantic City |
LP |
Attic LAT-1081 |
1980 |
Teenage Head |
Somethin’ on My Mind/Let’s Shake |
7" |
Attic AT-220 |
1980 |
Teenage Head |
King St. Teddy Boys |
LP |
N/A (bootleg) |
2006* |
Toby Swann |
Lullabyes In Razorland |
LP |
El Mocambo ELMO 757 |
1980 |
Toby Swann |
Somewhere over the Rainbow/Lullabyes in Razorland |
7" |
El Mocambo ELMO 513 |
1981 |
True Confessions |
Give Him a Great Big Kiss/Jimmy’s Fast |
7" |
Bomb 5019 |
1979 |
True Confessions |
True Confessions |
LP |
Bomb 7033 |
1980 |
Tyranna |
Back Off Baby |
7" EP |
Boppa Do Down BDD-62048 |
2008* |
Tyranna |
Tyranna |
LP |
Rave Up RUR 63 |
2011* |
Ugly |
Stranded in the Laneway of Love/To Have Some Fun |
7" |
Explosion ER-101 |
1978 |
Viletones |
Viletones |
7" EP |
Vile 8277 |
1977 |
Viletones |
Look Back in Anger |
7" EP |
Razor REP-0001 |
1978 |
Zoom |
Sweet Desperation/Massacre at Central High |
7" |
Riot 1001 |
1980 |
VA |
Last Pogo (And Now Live from Toronto) |
LP |
Bomb 7029 |
1979 |
VA |
No Pedestrians |
LP |
Chameleon CR-535 |
1980 |