The Viletones

The Last Pogo

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 Last Pogo: 30th Anniversary Show

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

The Last Pogo Back In The Pit

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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