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The Last Pogo

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By Dan "The Mouth" Lovranski (CHARTattack) October 15, 2008 5:43 pm
The Last Pogo is a great piece of original Canadian punk history from the '70s. It deals with an event at Toronto's Horseshoe Tavern that ended a nine-month run of spectacular punk and new wave bands from around the world gracing the venue's stage. When the club owners had had enough, the promoters, the infamous Garys, decided to have one final...
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Teenage Head With Marky Ramone

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By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) April 22, 2008 3:55 pm
Hamilton's Teenage Head and New York City's Ramones were fans of each other's work and played together a few times over the years, so this fortuitous collaboration makes a lot of sense. It was recorded quickly five years ago with the former Ramones drummer sitting behind the kit and that group's frequent producer, Daniel Rey, sitting behind the...
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Magic Christian Follow-Up

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By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) January 21, 2009 5:50 pm
I wrote yesterday about Magic Christian's impressive Monday night performance at Toronto's Horseshoe Tavern. Well, Tuesday night's show at Hamilton's Club Absinthe sounds like it might have been even better, according to Sonic Unyon's Sean Palmerston. More than 200 people turned out to see Teenage Head's Gord Lewis and Dave "Rave"...
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Sons Of The Hammer Overcome Tragedy

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By James Tennant (CHARTattack) December 15, 2008 3:58 pm
With the success of Teenage Head With Marky Ramone, Teenage Head were having their best year in ages. This made the tragic death of frontman Frankie Venom even harder to comprehend. Someone upstairs has a sick sense of humour. Blackie And The Rodeo Kings member Tom Wilson replaced Venom at Teenage Head's "Tigertown" performance at...
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Teenage Head, Tom Wilson Are Hammered

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By CHARTattack Staff November 28, 2008 11:55 am
Florida Razors, Junkhouse and Blackie And The Rodeo Kings member Tom Wilson has a new gig with some old friends. Wilson and the surviving members of Teenage Head — guitarist Gord Lewis, bassist Steve Marshall and drummer Jack Pedler — have formed Sons Of The Hammer. The group, named in honour of their hometown of Hamilton, played a sold-out show...
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Teenage Head Win Hamilton Music Awards

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) November 18, 2008 12:35 pm
Teenage Head won seven Hamilton Music Awards on Sunday night. The punk band's Teenage Head With Marky Ramone album won prizes for best record, punk record and engineer, while it also garnered late frontman Frankie Venom honours for male vocalist of the year. Teenage Head also picked up awards for best website and were given a lifetime achievement...
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I'll pay tribute to Frankie Venom's music, but that's all

Submitted by Steve McLean on Fri, 11/14/2008 - 11:18am
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By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) November 14, 2008 11:18 am
A tribute will be held in honour of late Teenage Head frontman Frankie Venom tonight (Nov. 14), with his former bandmates welcoming a number of guest vocalists to the stage to sing songs from the group's catalogue. I was a big Teenage Head fan in my youth, and their Teenage Head With Marky Ramone album received a vote from me for this year's...
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Guest Singers Salute Venom

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By CHARTattack Staff November 14, 2008 11:08 am
Friends of late Teenage Head frontman Frankie Venom will take the stage with his former bandmates as a tribute at the Studio Theatre in Hamilton on Friday night as part of the Hamilton Music Awards weekend. Guitarist Gord Lewis, bassist Steve Marshall and drummer Jack Pedler will be joined in a set of Teenage Head songs by Tom Wilson, Tim Gibbons...
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The Last Pogo Back In The Pit

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By Dan "The Mouth" Lovranski (CHARTattack) October 17, 2008 9:51 am
Long-time Canadian filmmaker Colin Brunton has been at the helm of such films as Rude, Cube and Hedwig And The Angry Inch. He's now working on CBC's Little Mosque On The Prairie. But it all started with The Last Pogo, a short film that documented the last punk show ever booked by The Garys (Toronto promoters Gary Topp and Gary Cormier) at the...
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Teenage Head Frontman Dies

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) October 15, 2008 4:01 pm
Teenage Head frontman Frankie Venom has died. According to a press release, Venom (real name Frank Kerr) died on Wednesday of natural causes. Venom was 51 years old. Venom formed Teenage Head with guitarist Gord Lewis, bassist Steve Mahon and drummer Nick Stipanitz in Hamilton in 1975. The four went to Westdale High School together, but weren't...
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A Ramone Picks His Teenage Head

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By Keith Carman (CHARTattack) May 14, 2008 4:30 pm
It was a long time in the making, but two of punk rock's most notorious names have finally united. Any self-respecting Canadian punk rock 'n' roller knows Teenage Head. Responsible for anthems like "Let's Shake" and "Teenage Beer Drinkin' Party," the quartet's upbeat musical tomfoolery has been the soundtrack for three...
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Teenage Head Without Marky Ramone In Concert

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By Deidra Lunardon (CHARTattack) April 14, 2008 4:30 pm
Hamilton punk rock veterans Teenage Head have scheduled a number of shows in support of Sonic Unyon's April 22 release of Teenage Head With Marky Ramone. The former Ramones drummer (born Marc Steven Bell) won't accompany the group on their adventures, however. Jack Pedler will keep the beat behind singer Frankie Venom, guitarist Gord Lewis and...
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Teenage Head Songs Recorded With Marky Ramone Finally Being Released

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By CHARTattack Staff February 4, 2008 6:00 pm
Teenage Head haven't released new material in 12 years and, as of April, they still won't. But the Canadian punk veterans will have a new album, which they recorded with Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame inductee Marky Ramone five years ago. The former Ramones drummer joined singer Frankie Venom, guitarist Gord Lewis and bassist Steve Marshall at...
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Teenage Head In Hamilton

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By Adam Grant (CHARTattack) October 24, 2002 4:00 pm
Punk rock anniversary concerts are an unpredictable endeavor to say the least. Around 9 p.m. Teenage Head left the stage following a brief but extensive sound check in preparation for their 27th anniversary bash. The band's punk rock proteges, The Vapids, were set to open for the steeltown veterans, in a show that was supposed to celebrate...
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