In the summer of 1977 when the whole punk scene was blossoming in Toronto, word hit the street that some big-time manager was looking for the best punk band in Toronto. That guy turned out to be John Brower and he decided the best Toronto punk band was Teenage Headfrom Hamilton, Ontario, and the area\u2019s answer to the Ramones, New York Dolls, and Stooges. And Brower\u2019s decision was a wise one \u2013 Teenage Head (comprised of singer Frankie Venom, guitarist Gord Lewis, bassist Steve Mahon, and drummer Nick Stipanitz) quickly became the most popular Canadian punk band, on the strength of such classic studio efforts as 1979\u2019s self-titled debut, 1980\u2019s platinum-certified Frantic City, and 1982\u2019s gold-certified Some Kinda Fun.
But it was on the concert stage that Teenage Head was best experienced. And now, fans will be able to hear a vastly sonically improved version of one of their most popular shows recorded in 1980, with the arrival of Performance: Live at Heatwave on September 5, 2023 via SINGMarket. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cTeenage Head was never booked to play the Heatwave Festival, that\u2019s why our name never appeared on the poster or the ticket!,\u201d remembers Mahon. \u201cAfter our infamous sell out show at Ontario Place on June 2nd, 1980, we were set to headline a festival to be called the \u2018Canadian Rock Festival\u2019 on August 20th at Exhibition Stadium during the CNE (Toronto\u2019s annual summer fair). Alice Cooper was set to play the same venue the night before, but when it turned out that Alice was not exactly in shape to get through the show, the thousands of fans in the Stadium expressed their unhappiness and ripped the place apart and did extensive damage to the sound system, as a result our show was cancelled. Our management team contacted our early supporter John Brower who was the promoter of Heatwave and of course he offered us a slot. Our set was recorded by Doug McClement on 8-track half-inch tape on his Comfort Sound truck.\u201d
And according to the bassist, it turns out that the performance became one of the band\u2019s best-known out of near-tragedy. \u201cOn September 7, 1980, a little after playing Heatwave we suffered a terrible accident traveling home from a gig in Palmerston, Ontario. Gord\u2019s injuries were devastating, he was out of commission for the better part of a year. So, knowing we weren\u2019t able to play the 3rd annual broadcast on Halloween, we quickly went into Amber Studios, also in Toronto. There, we mixed the Heatwave show, which Q107 did broadcast on Halloween 1980 (which explains all the not-so-great bootleg versions). It\u2019s very possible that we may have never pulled that tape from the vaults had it not been for that accident. We are really lucky to have had these tapes. Now thanks to the wizardry of Peter Moore we finally have a great version that captures the power of the day. Doug Arrowsmith used two songs in the documentary Picture My Face: The Story of Teenage Head \u2013 and here are the rest.\u201d
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Live at Heatwave will be available as a killer deluxe package (see below for details), as well as less expensive offerings that focus solely on the 1980 performance. But either way, fans of Teenage Head are in for a special blast from the past, according to Mahon \u2013 \u201cSo kick back, crank it up, grab a cold one and transport back to Mosport Park, August 23, 1980, it\u2019s a TEENAGE HEAD PERFORMANCE LIVE AT HEATWAVE.\u201d
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\u2022 LP: pink 180g high-quality vinyl with fluorescent green and yellow splatter
\u2022 CD: of entire album w\/ bonus encore C\u2019mon Everybody
\u2022 DVD Documentary: Picture My Face \u2013 The Story of Teenage Head
\u2022 2\u2019 x 3\u2019 Poster
\u2022 2 x 8\u201d x 10\u201d b\/w 1980s-era band glossy photos
\u2022 4 x 4 sticker of album cover
\u2022 Actual size Heatwave ticket stub reproduction<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022 MP3s of all album tracks
\u2022 Audiophile WAV files of all album tracks (including the encore track C\u2019mon Everybody)
\u2022 Front cover of album
\u2022 Back cover of album
\u2022 Front of album insert
\u2022 Back of album insert
\u2022 2\u2019 X 3\u2019 Teenage Head iconic live poster
\u2022 Two vintage setlists
\u2022 Two vintage 8\u201d X 10\u201d photos
\u2022 Two lyric sheets
\u2022 Heatwave ticket stub<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2022\u00a0Golden Ticket to win a Fender\u00a0bass\u00a0guitar\u00a0signed by Stephen Mahon!
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