Jr. Gone Wild
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Origin | Edmonton, Alberta |
Genre(s) | cowpunk |
Years active | 1984 – 1995 |
Label(s) | Better Youth Stony Plain |
Associated acts | Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra D.O.A. |
Jr. Gone Wild was a country/punk rock band from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, founded in 1984.
The band's original members were Mike McDonald, David Lawson, Graham Brown and Kim Upright. Later members included Dave "Dove" Brown, Ed Doebeck, Chris Smith, Lance Loree, Jane Hawley, Anne Loree, Steve Loree, Larry Shelast, Ford Pier, Carolyn Mark, Adele Wolfe and Bernice Pelletier. Mike McDonald wrote many of the band's songs.
The band broke up in 1995.
They were also closely associated with Montreal-based band Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra. According to a CBC Radio interview in the late 1980s, k. d. lang played with both bands until Gerry Woods (Jerry Jerry) advised her that "she didnt have the voice to make it".