Concert poster of
D.O.A. from 22 July 1988.
The first punk rock bands emerged in Canada during the late 1970s, in the wake of the US band Ramones and the UK bands Sex Pistols and The Clash. 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.
Two of the biggest early punk shows in Toronto were The 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 the Rock Against Radiation concert July 19, 1980 at Nathan Philips Square, featuring DOA, The Viletones, Joe College and The Rulers, and The Forgotten Rebels.
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]
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