The first punk rock bands inCanada emerged during the late 1970s, in the wake of the US bandsRamones,The New York Dolls, andBlondie, and the UK bandSex Pistols.The Viletones,the Diodes andthe Demics were among the pioneers, together withthe Skulls (featuring Joey who formed DOA and Wimpy (Brian Roy) who led the Subhumans) fromVancouver, andHamilton'sTeenage 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.
Early Toronto punk bands includedthe Viletones,the Diodes,the Poles, the Ugly, Cardboard Brains, the Dents, the Mods, the Secrets, ARSON and the Scenics, and these were followed bythe Demics,Crash Kills Five, Stark Naked and the Fleshtones andL'Étranger, plus Hamilton'sForgotten Rebels andTeenage Head. Formed in Montreal in 1978, the all female bandBlue Oil was part of Quebec's early punk scene. In VancouverD.O.A. andthe Subhumans led a 1978-79-80 scene that includedPointed Sticks, Braineaters,Young Canadians, and the Modernettes. A few years later and many bands across Canada were carrying the punk torch, including Young Lions, Youth Youth Youth,Bunchofuckingoofs,SNFU,Dayglo Abortions,the Nils, Direct Action, APB,Nomeansno and Chronic Submission.
Two of the biggest early punk shows in Toronto wereThe Last Pogo at the Horseshoe tavern in 1978, featuring Teenage Head, the Viletones,the Scenics, the Cardboard Brains, the Secrets, the Mods, and the Ugly, and theRock Against Radiation concert July 19, 1980, atNathan Phillips Square, featuring DOA, Stark Naked and the Fleshtones, the Viletones, the Forgotten Rebels, plus Joe College (promoter of the show) and the Rulers.
Canadian hardcore punk also originated in the early 1980s.D.O.A. are known as the first Canadian hardcore band, and with the release of their albumHardcore '81 they set the standards for the style of music.[1][2] That album title is considered to be the origin of the termhardcore punk.[3]
The punk tradition has carried on in Canada right up to modern bands likeFucked Up,The Salads,Alexisonfire,PUP,Cancer Bats.
During the 2000s and 2010s, a Canadianindie rock andpost-punk scene developed in the city ofCalgary inAlberta, Canada spearheaded byWomen, while acts such asOught based inMontreal, Quebec were linked and compared to them.[4]
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The Rock Against Radiation concert on July 19, 1980, atNathan Phillips Square in Toronto was considered a seminal event in the Canadian punk scene, as it brought together bands from the Toronto and the Vancouver punk scenes on the same stage for the first time. Featured bands included DOA, Stark Naked and the Fleshtones, the Demics, the Viletones, Joe College and the Rulers, plus the Forgotten Rebels (from Hamilton).