The Scenics

Top Five Last Pogo II Moments

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By Cameron Gordon (CHARTattack) December 1, 2008 5:09 pm
It's been 30 years since the Horseshoe Tavern attempted to deep six the Toronto punk community vis-a-vis The Last Pogo — at the time billed as the venue's final punk showcase. Instead, the Pogo somehow galvanized GTA punks, and while there wasn't a single household name on the bill, the murky entrails of that evening continue to blotch Queen...
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The Forgotten Rebels (photo by David Leyes)
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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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The Scenics — How Does It Feel To Be Loved? The Scenics Play The Velvet Underground

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By Dan "The Mouth" Lovranski (CHARTattack) January 15, 2008 7:54 pm
There's really only two ways to go about assessing recordings that were lost in their own time, only to be rediscovered 20 years later. First off, is there any real historical significance behind a Toronto band unearthing an album full of Velvet Underground covers? For The Scenics, you can definitely say yes. They were part of the thriving punk...
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The Scenics' How Does It Feel To Be Loved? The Scenics Play The Velvet Underground

The Scenics — Sunshine World

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By Cameron Gordon (CHARTattack) November 10, 2009 5:11 pm
The late 1970s punk era in Toronto was pretty obscure by and large, and even within that scene, The Scenics weren't exactly a household name. Thus, the fact that The Scenics' original studio recordings are now unearthed on compact disc is pretty remarkable. And luckily, there is some decent enough tunage in the collection to make it worth the...
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The Scenics' Sunshine World

The Scenics Return, New Album Coming

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) September 9, 2009 3:02 pm
The Scenics, the Toronto band who were part of the 1978 Last Pogo punk concert at Toronto's Horseshoe Tavern, will release a collection of unearthed studio recordings, Sunshine World, on Oct. 13. The disc features 13 of the band's tunes and two covers of songs by Tommy James And The Shondells and The Kinks. The Scenics recorded the songs in 1977...
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The Last Pogo: 30th Anniversary Show

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Photographer: 
David Leyes
Venue: 
Horseshoe Tavern
City: 
Toronto, ON
Date: 
November 29, 2008
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