Club David’s New Years Eve 1977

 

Our first real gig was at gay disco-tech Club David’s on Halloween night 1977. This gig was at Club David’s on New Years Eve 1977, supporting The Ugly and The Viletones. The line up was Paul O’Connell on bass, Vince Carlucci on guitar, Richard Miller on Drums and yours truly John Paul Young on vocals.

That night David’s burned to the ground including our P.A.

I wonder why Liz Worth excluded us from her otherwise great book on the Toronto punk scene 1977-1983. (Treat Me Like Dirt).

Maybe because I was in jail or in seclusion. Hee hee.

THE BOULEVARDS OF HOPE (1980)

 

THIS is a great track from The Life of Ermie Scub (1980). 

I wrote it with the apocalypse in mind, as is most of the album. You should listen with headphones. Maybe SCUB is semi-autobiographical but the coming apocalypse is the main theme. On “Surrender To the Void” you hear a sound bite stating “The horses are on the track…”. 

That’s a not so subtle reference to the four horseman of the apocalypse.

If you don’t have a copy of my 1980 LP, you can get one on Discogs currently for about $CDN30.00 plus shipping. I don’t make any money off of it, but I like to spread the word.

Here is the entire album on YouTube:

Someday I would like to release new material and a sequel to this Life of Ermie Scub. If I win the lottery I will do just that.