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| Origin | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
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| Years active | 1978 (1978)–1981 (1981) 2006–present |
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Pointed Sticks (sometimes credited asthe Pointed Sticks) are a Canadianpunk rock/new wave band fromVancouver consisting of vocalist Nick Jones, guitarist Bill Napier-Hemy, bassist Tony Bardach, drummer Ian Tiles, and keyboardist Gord Nicholl. Originally active from 1978 to 1981, the band reunited in 2006 and have since been sporadically active. As of 2025, they have released four studio albums and three compilations.
Pointed Sticks was formed inVancouver, British Columbia, Canada, in 1978, by vocalist Nick Jones, guitarist Bill Napier-Hemy, bassist Tony Bardach, and drummer Ian Tiles; keyboard player Gord Nicholl joined soon after. They later added Johnny Ferreira onsaxophone, Scott Watson took Bardach's place, and Tiles was replaced by Robert Bruce and later by Ken Montgomery.
The band released three singles and were subsequently signed toStiff Records, the first Canadian band on the British label's roster. They travelled to London and recorded an album withNigel Gray, but the label chose not to release it, and the band returned to Canada.[2][3] Once there, they re-recorded their material withBob Rock and issued their debut studio album,Perfect Youth, in 1980.[2] They broke up a year later.
The first compilation of their recordings,Part of the Noise, was released in 1995 onZulu Records.Perfect Youth was reissued bySudden Death Records in 2005 with four bonus tracks,[citation needed] and a year later, another compilation, consisting of singles, outtakes, and other rarities, entitledWaiting for the Real Thing, came out.
The original members of Pointed Sticks reunited in 2006 for a tour of Japan and continued to play sporadic concerts in Canada and the United States.[4] A compilation titledStiff Sessions was issued in Japan in 2008. In 2009, the band recorded an album of all new material,Three Lefts Make a Right, which was released in November by Northern Electric Records.
Pointed Sticks were featured in the 2010 documentary filmBloodied but Unbowed, about the Vancouver punk rock scene, directed by Susanne Tabata.[5]
A third, self-titled full-length album came out on Northern Electric viaSudden Death Records in 2015. In 2022, the band releasedBeautiful Future.
The band gets its name from aMonty Pythonsketch,[2] "Self-Defence Against Fresh Fruit", whereinEric Idle repeatedly suggests that learning to defend against something like apointed stick might be more useful than defending against fresh fruit.[6]
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