Canadian punk rock

The first punk rock bands emerged in Canada during the late 1970s, in the wake of The Ramones from the USA and The Sex Pistols and The Clash from the UK. The Viletones, The Diodes and The Demics from Toronto were among the pioneers, together with The Skulls (featuring Joey who would go on to form DOA, and Wimpy (Brian Roy) who would lead The Subhumans) from Vancouver, and Hamilton's Teenage Head, whose records and live shows earned them the nickname Canada's Ramones. Vibrant local punk scenes sprung up in Toronto and Vancouver and other Canadian cities, however as the movement was increasingly infiltrated and co-opted by "New Wave" type bands, by 1980/81 hardcore emerged as a way to separate true punk bands from the New Wave, "power punk" and "pop punk" pretenders.

Canadian hardcore punk originated in the early 1980s. D.O.A. are known as the first Canadian hardcore band, and with the release of their album Hardcore '81 they set the standards for the style of music.^[1][2] That album title is considered to be the origin of the term hardcore punk.^[3]

Notable bands

Notable record labels

• Deranged Records
• Fringe Product
• Psyche Industry Records
• G7 Welcoming Committee Records
• The Great American Steak Religion
• Insurgence Records
• Moshpit Tragedy Records
• Sudden Death Records

See also

• Music of Canada

References

External links

• Punk History Canada