Forgotten Rebels

Forgotten Rebels

The Forgotten Rebels are a punk rock band from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. With roots dating back to 1977 to the present day, the Forgotten Rebels have left a discography of seven albums and a collection of EPs and singles that have influenced many other Canadian and international bands forming in their wake.

In the early days, before the band existed the lead singer and creator Mickey DeSadist would sing and do shocking theatrics at various shows such as barn dances. This sometimes resulted in being assualted with beer spray from the audience. He also performed at the Hotel Isabella with the Condemmend, a Hamilton punk cover band during an intermission of the band the Battered Wives who were playing at the hotel. Mickey had been jamming and practicing with members of the Condemmed when the Sex Pistols were releasing their singles and these musicians were all trying to copy this Sex Pistols style. Iggy Pop and the Stooges as well as the Ramones were also influencing the sounds of these early years. Other bands like the MC5, Kiss and Bowie were also models of dress and costume. There was a strong sense of theatre and designed character intended.

In 1979, Chris Houston, (aka Pogo Agogo) joined the band and played bass on the 1980 release In Love With the System. Houston left the band just over a year later citing "creative differences" and time constraints as he pursued post secondary education.

“It’s time that we be nice to each other. And if somebody’s acting out of line, he gets his ass kicked. Racism is stupid,” lead singer and founder Mickey De Sadist has stated. “People should listen to our music for what it is. I was making fun of rednecks in “Bomb the Boats”. More than anything, I was just making fun of that. But I guess it came across the wrong way.”

Discography

Albums

In Love With the System (1979)

• Produced by Bob "Cowboy" Bryden
• Star Records

Tracklist:

1. Bomb The Boats And Feed The Fish
2. I Think Of Her
3. In Love With The System
4. The Punks Are Allright
5. Rich And Bored
6. Time To Run
7. Fuck Me Dead
8. No Beatles Reunion
9. You're A Rebel Too
10. I Left My Heart In Iran
11. Elvis Is Dead
12. Bones In The Hallway

This Ain't Hollywood (1981)

• Produced by Bob "Cowboy" Bryden
• Star Records

Tracklist:

1. Hello Hello
2. Tell Me You Love Me
3. This Ain't Hollywood
4. Don't Hide Your Face
5. Memory Lane
6. Surfin' On Heroin
7. Rhona Barrett
8. The Me Generation
9. England Keep Yer Stars
10. Eve Of Destruction
11. Your Own Little World
12. Save the Last Dance For Me
13. It Won't Be Long

The Pride and Disgrace (1986)

• Produced by Chris Spedding
• OPM / EMI

Tracklist:

1. Ethiopia
2. Sadie
3. Graveyard Rock
4. Rain
5. Little Girl
6. Hiding In Your Room
7. I Am King
8. Bomb Russia
9. Matchstick Man
10. Live Strippers
11. Underwear
12. Surfin' On Heroin
13. Bonus track: Bomb Russia (Replay)

Surfin' on Heroin (1984)

• Produced by Ken McNeil
• Restless / Enigma / EMI records

(Untitled) (1989)

• Produced by Stacy Heydon
• Restless / Enigma / EMI records

Tracklist:

1. Behind Bars
2. Touch Me
3. Dizzy
4. Good Times (Never Last)
5. Tea & Crumpets
6. Wild-Eyed Darlin'
7. I Gotta Axe
8. The Girl Can't Come
9. Evelyn Dick
10. Don't Die Alone
11. Science Fiction Double Feature (Theme From The Rocky Horror Show)

Criminal Zero (1994)

• Produced by Dave McGhire and Eric Ratz
• Air America / EMI records

Tracklist:

1. Criminal Zero
2. The Hammer 3:36
3. Buried Alive 4:03
4. Asshole 3:42
5. Gangland 3:28
6. Autosuck 2:05
7. Karaoke Nite In Attica 3:00
8. Do It To You 2:13
9. Hard Knox 2:53
10. Prisoners 3:31
11. Next Big Thrill 3:08
12. Views 3:16
13. New Flag 3:07
14. Shit For Brains 3:01

Nobody's Heros (2000)

• Produced by Dave McGhire and Eric Ratz
• Opm/EMI records

Tracklist:

1. Hockeynite
2. The American In Me
3. No Place To Hide
4. Highschool Hookers
5. Dickwart
6. Zeros
7. New Look
8. Hey Little Girl
9. Fool Me Once
10. Crackin Me Up
11. Wasted
12. Baby Baby
13. Ready To Beat U
14. Shrink Dink

EPs

Burning the Flag (1977)

• A six-song demo tape recorded and released in 1978.

1. You're a Rebel Too
2. In Love With The System
3. New Wave Girl
4. National Unity
5. Reich'n'Roll
6. Angry

Tomorrow Belongs to Us (1978)

1. National unity
2. Nazis
3. 3rd Homosexual murder
4. Angry

Boys Will Be Boys (1985)

1. Can't Wait
2. Boys Will Be Boys
3. High School Nervous Breakdown
4. Reason To Dance

Singles

• Tell me You Love Me / Rhona Barrett (Remix) (1982)
• Bomb Kadhaffi Now / Surfin' on Heroin (1986)

Sex Pistols / Forgotten Rebels combo single

• A side: Sex Pistols "God Save the Queen"
• B side: Forgotten Rebels "Surfin' on Heroin"
• Cover Art work by "Stabazy"

Videos

• Elvis is Dead (1979)
• Eve of Destruction (1980)
• Boys Will be Boys (1985)
• Rock n Roll is a Hard Life (1989)
• Dizzy (1990)
• The Hammer (1994)
• Buried Alive (1994)
• The American in Me (2002) Never released
• No Place to Hide (2002) Never released

External links

• Official Home Page