Ottawa's own all-female punk band

Lifespan

1983 to August 1985

Members

'83 - ?. '83
Mandy Levy - vocals
Mimi - guitar
Corine - bass
Sherry Kees - drums

? '83 - ? '84
Linda - vocals
Melissa Mech - bass
Mimi - guitar
Sherry Kees - drums

early '84 - Dec. '84
Melissa Mech - vocals
Mimi - guitar
Julia - guitar
Sherry Kees - drums

Dec. '84 - ? '85
Melissa Mech - vocals
Mimi - guitar
Julia - guitar
Janine Frenken - bass
Sherry Kees - drums

? '85 - ? '85
Melissa Mech - vocals
Julia - guitar
Janine Frenken - bass
Sherry Kees - drums

 ? '85 - Aug. '85
Melanie Kaye - vocals
Julia - guitar
Janine Frenken - bass
Sherry Kees - drums

Type of music played

punk    

First gig

Private party, Aylmer, Quebec, April 23, 1983

Other gigs worth mentioning

Black Umbrella 'Free the Van Five' Benefit Concert - University of Ottawa, May 1, 1983, with Black Dove, Civil Terror, Zombie X-Terminators and Honest Injun

Third World Benefit - Priests of the Sacred Heart Monastery, Ottawa, June 12, 1983

July 16/83 opening for M.D.C. [NCFC review]

M.D.C. Benefit - The Jungle Club, September 16, 1983, with Tuinols, Reactors, Honest Injun and Raw Sewage

Frigidaire III - at the Roxy, Ottawa, October 6, 1983

Revoltes Magazine Launch Party - Cafe Resistance, March 4th, 1984

Youth Culture Promotions Spring Dance - Glebe Community Centre, Ottawa, March 15, 1984, with Porcelain Forehead, D-Ploy and Honest Injun [NCFC review]

Not Spube Centre, member's party, Ottawa, May 5, 1984 with Soggy Frog and Honest Injun

Confederation Jam - Confederation High School, Nepean, May 11, 1984

Rideauview Hall, Ottawa, June 2nd, 1984, with Raw Sewage and Snuff Maximus

Rock Against Racism and Youth Action for Peace benefit concert - Glebe Community Centre, Ottawa, August 3, 1984, with D-Ploy and Requiem

Frigidaire IV - benefit for CKCU, at The Roxy, Ottawa, October 6, 1984, with Play, Fan Club and Insomniacs

The Underground, Ottawa, December 5, 1984, with Porcelain Forehead

Rock Against Reagan/R.A.J. Contre Reagan Benefit - Montreal, March 8, 1985, with Asexuals, Nils and October Crisis. [bigger show poster]

Zanzibar, Quebec City, March 17, 1985, with D-Ploy

Last gig

Station 10, Montreal, July, 1985 with the amazing Ruggedy Annes, the all-female band from Winnipeg.

Recordings

"Honour's Calling" on the legendary "P.E.A.C.E." 2-disc compilation, from Radical Records, 1984

(check it out here or here )
Hide Dimentia Five Compilation Cassette, 1984
2 tracks on the "MATRAX" Women's Alternative Compilation Cassette, 1985

Claim to fame

Probably Ottawa's longest-running girl band at the time

Band high point

Hurdy-gurdy built into Mimi's guitar to play "Happy Birthday" through pickup  

Band low point

Having something thrown at us by some asshole at a show in Montreal while being calling dykes.   

Press

CKCU (Carleton University radio station) interviews; Quebec City video interview for unremembered purpose; Ottawa Cable music video; Press in Revoltes, Urgl Orp and The Montreal Mirror

Derivatives

Unwarranted Trust went through a number of member changes over its 3-year lifespan but most of them didn't come from or go on to other bands.

Julia, guitarist for the latter part of U.T.'s existance, had previously been the guitarist for Last Prayer and went on to Top Ten

Melanie Kaye had sung with Last Prayer prior to fronting U.T. for their last 2 months. She later moved to Toronto and fronted Smear.

Links to other websites

Melanie Kaye and Smear: The Gazette - Underground Sound article, 1998

Contact information


 

Where are they now

Sherry Kees ?

 Julia: joined a nunnery Melissa: it's so shocking, I can't even write it down...
Mimi was last spotted kicking ass (or something) in Toronto. J.F.: freelance graphic designer

Sources

Julia, N.C.F.C., J.F.  

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