? '82 - Aug. '83
Mike Hillis - vocals
Chris McLellan - guitar
Bruce Stevenson - bass
Ian Seabrook - drums

Aug '83 - ?. '85
Mike Hillis - vocals
Chris McLellan - guitar
Bruce Stevenson - bass
Geordie Allen- drums

original, high-energy punk

To quote from the insert from the "Frog Boy Lives" LP:
"Our band is angry, sometimes my lyrics may seem unfocussed, but that's just a reflection of anger."

July 16, 1983 opening for M.D.C. [NCFC review]

"Yes Campaign" benefit concert [NCFC review]

Y.C.P. presentation "Santa's Hardcore X-mas Party" [NCFC review]

Y.C.P. presentation with Honest Injun, D-Ploy and Unwarranted Trust ?/84 [NCFC review]

Palladium, Montreal, April 23, 1985, opening for the
Dead Kennedys (link to some pix of the show here). An amazing show.

Feb 12, 1983 at the Fyfe and Drum

Last gig with Ian Seabrook was at the Roxy on Elgin in Aug '83.

They played their final show in Montreal at the Palladium, April 23, 1985 opening for the Dead Kennedys.

1983 - Two tracks on the Blender Mix compilation - a project featuring Ottawa and Quebec City bands co-produced by Youth Culture Promotions (Ottawa) and Productions sans nom (Quebec City)

[click on the speaker to hear a short sample]

• The Gameshow Riff
• Keepsake

For a large article (en français) on the Blender Mix compilation, click here.

"Will Amerika" on the legendary 1984 "P.E.A.C.E." compilation put out by R-Radical Records

Download it free here.

(read a review here)

"Right Now the World Needs a Clear Head" six-song e.p. [NCFC review]
[and an even better review on afterbirthofthecool.com here and another in-depth article here at Canukistanmusic.com]

• That Number Again Folks
• Q
• How High
• Human Torch
• Unfinished Porch
• Gleaning Ground

Cover:	Insert (part):	Back cover:

E.P. re-release, 2010 (the 1982 e.p. plus 2 extra tracks recorded in 2010):

Available here from Alternative Tentatcles.

Cassettera: A compilation cassette put out by CKCU 93.1 in 1985.
Song: "Mary Tie Your Mutant Down"

Ontario: Yours to Discover cassette put out by Stephen Perry.
Songs: "The Gameshow Riff", "Gnawin' On", and "The Viewing".

UPDATE: I have now heard a lot about the Frog Boy Lives l.p.!

"Frog Boy Lives" was put out by Frank Manley (author of Smash the State) in 1993 from material recorded in 1985. Geordie did the cover art, Mike Hillis did the insert.

(band photo from the album back)

YouTube video of 2 songs recorded in 1982 in Quebec City at the Blender Mix compilation launch. [link]

Here's a new one: http://www.chartattack.com/top50/sing100.html - they're number 87 on their list of "TOP 100 CANADIAN SINGLES OF ALL TIME"... (but then again, they also list this one: 92) The Tragically Hip - "Blowing High Dough")

[The link is broken now, but I might as well keep the reference up in memorium.]

Porcelain Forehead at the Dominion Tavern, Ottawa. March 20, 2010.

(Photo above by Andrew Carver.)

They followed that with 2 shows opening for Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine - nearly 25 years to the day since they opened for Jello when he was still with the Dead Kennedys for their final show in Montreal.

Porcelain Forehead at Maverick's, Ottawa. April 4, 2010.
Photo by Andrew Carver.

May 22, 2011, at Katacombes in Montreal as part of Pouzza FEST.

Photo by Shiho Kawasaki.

Chris and Ian were in Forbidden Fruit (with Brian Bunt) before joining with Mike and Bruce to form Porcelain Forehead.

Mike Hillis was the lead singer for Tainted Meat and Angry Raisins until they disbanded.

Drummer Ian Seabrook went on to form Snuff Maximus and later Deep Six with Dave Champion from Civil Terror

Porcelain Forehead on Facebook

Reunion show flyer