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NEWS:
Posted January 8, 2012
The Nils will be playing at The Montgomery Legion (330 Kent St.) Saturday, January 28th. Facebook event here.
2012's installment of Montreal's premier punk festival Pouzzafest is shaping up to have some pretty interesting bands in the line-up. The Meatmen, Less Than Jake, Poison Idea, and the Dwarves are on the list, and Porcelain Forehead is also set to make another appearance.
Posted August 16, 2011
Former Raw Sewage guitarist Dave Coulson and former Angry Raisins/Target21/Raw Sewage drummer Drew Hedrick will be at O'Heaphys' Irish Pub,
27 Clothier Street East Kemptville, with their new band King Shit Ontario, on Saturday September 3rd.
Posted August 11, 2011
Interview installment #3: Jo Capitalicide of Germ Attak. (Germ Attak will be playing their final gig Friday, August 13, 2011, at the Montgomery Legion (330 Kent Street, Ottawa, ON).
Posted July, 2011
D.O.A. is touring - again! Or is that "still"? Either way, they'll be hitting Ottawa on October 14th, at Mavericks (more info here).
New York hardcore band Agnostioc Front will be making its way to this part of the continent later in October, hitting Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and London. Ottawa show info here.
Past headlines:
Posted June 12, 2011
PouzzaFEST in Montreal May 20, 21 and 22, was a huge success. A few bands from 'back in the day' played: Zero Boys, Channel 3, The Queers, Porcelain Forehead, The Unruled, The Action... along with a whole load of current bands. For a review (in French) and a bunch of pics, check out this blog.
Posted January 31, 2011
Installment #2 of the new N.C.F.C. interviews:
Dave "Tufty" Clough + Vess Ruhtenberg of Zero Boys (scheduled to play Pouzzafest in Montreal May 20, 2011). They were interviewed October 10, 2010, in Chicago before their set at Riot Fest.
Posted December 19, 2010
Steve Gelling, guitar player and founding member of the Restless Virgins, was found dead in his apartment. Steve's parents are planning a visitation (no ceremony), likely this Thursday, December 23, 2010, at Mount Pleasant in Toronto. His ashes will then be brought home to Ottawa for internment. Details for the visitation will be published in the Sun, the Star and the Ottawa Citizen this week.
Roch Parisien's Rocon Communications on Facebook did a 'facebook interview' with Jeb Bond, former bandmate of Steve's, December 20th, 2010. You can (hopefully) read it here. Below the post with the interview, there's a thread with a lot of nice comments about Steve. Worth reading.
Posted December 7, 2010
Installment #1 of the new N.C.F.C. interviews:
John Stabb of Government Issue (1980–1989).
John Stabb was interviewed by N.C.F.C. in December 1983 [read it here] and it seemed appropriate to talk to him again nearly 27 years later on the eve of his band's reunion taking place December 11 in D.C.
Posted September 19, 2010
D.O.A. will be hitting Ottawa October 9th at Maverick's. Opening will be the Action, It's Asshole Time, and ??? If you've never seen D.O.A., you gotta. It's just a given.
Posted September 11,, 2010
Ottawa's Suppositories played their final show downstairs at Ritual last night (Sept 10) Fucking awesome. Check out this amazing Ottawa blog by Andrew Carver: natcaprock.blogspot.com and check out the pix on his flickr page.
Posted August 15, 2010
The Asexuals, a Montreal punk band from the '80s, are planning a reunion show in Montreal October 1, 2010, at the Caberet Juste Pour Rire along with the 222s. I also hear the Asexuals will be playing a show in Ottawa but no details yet.
[Update: The Asexuals show in MTL was packed, and got excellent reviews. There's been no more talk of an Ottawa show.]
Posted August 7, 2010
One of my favourite bands, Articles of Faith is planning a reunion show in Chicago in October as part of Riot Fest along with a slew of other great bands including Jello Biafra and the GSM, Circle Jerks, Bad Religion, the Zero Boys, and the Meatmen. If you're anywhere in the vicinity, GO!
Posted September 11, 2010
Canada's Subhumans will be playing in Ottawa at Maverick's on September 17th as well as some other Canadian cities.
Posted August 7, 2010
The Unruled, a reunited Montreal hardcore band from the '80s, will be playing at the Avant Garde bar (135 Besserer, Ottawa) on September 18th, 9 p.m.
Posted August 7, 2010
N.C.F.C. has a MySpace page.
Posted May 20, 2010
GBH - "CELEBRATING 30 YEARS OF GLORIOUS PUNK ROCKING" - will be playing at Mavercks on Friday July 16th, 2010. (fb event here). Also on the bill are Outer National, The Class Assassins, Andy Snap and the Loose Cannons, and The Rookers.
Posted May 20, 2010
Porcelain Forehead is playing a show at the upcoming NXNE festival in Toronto at the El Mocambo, Saturday June 19th. Check their site for info (MySpace, Facebook).
Posted May 20, 2010
Royal Ottawa (with some former members of Bugs Harvey Oswald) will be playing a show at the Elmdale Saturday, 12 June, 2010, along with Sister Hyde and the Sin Sisters.
Posted May 8, 2010
PUNK ROCK COVER NIGHT vol 4 is happening at Mavericks on Saturday, May 8th, 2010.
The Vibrators are touring again and will be hitting Ottawa (May 11th at Mavericks) and plenty of other Canadian cities.
Posted March 26, 2010
Lineup UPDATE - JELLO BIAFRA and the Guantanamo School Of Medicine – with the CLOVEN HOOFS and PORCELAIN FOREHEAD. Saturday April 3 @ Mavericks, 221 Rideau Street, Ottawa. Jello and his band will be playing new songs as well as Dead Kennedys classics.
Posted March 26, 2010
Porcelain Forehead will also be opening for Jello Biafra & the GSM in Toronto at the Operal House Sunday April 4th, along with the DELINQUINTS. For more info on that show, click here.
Posted March 9, 2010
Jello Biafra & the Guantanamo School Of Medicine – Saturday April 3 @ Mavericks, 221 Rideau Street, Ottawa. This one needs no explaining at all.
Posted January 15, 2010
PORCELAIN FOREHEAD reunion show!!!
With the amazing Suppositories.
Saturday, March 20th at the Dominion Tavern, 33 York Street in the Market. (show flyer)
[mini review: the show was fantastic. A full house and plenty of people there coming from far far away! Ottawa was definitely due for a punk reunion. The bands kicked ass and there are pix on the PF Facebook page.
2009
Posted November 30, 2009
December 19, 2009
Rotter's Club reunion show at the Elmdale Tavern w/ The Action, Target 21 and Destroyer Scene.
10$ at the door.
[mini review: Target 21 were great. Marty Drew and Scotty brought it back with style. Destroyer Scene played an amazing set of current punk that went mostly unappreciated by the older geezers members of the crowd. The Action... quite the spectacle, but man do they ever sound like a Stones cover band. Punk? I'm thinkin'... uhh... nope.] [Want to see a better review?
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August 13, 09
The Action's shows at the Dominion Tavern have been rescheduled: November 28 and 29. Saturday's evening performance will feature local act White Wires. Sunday's afternoon show opener is TBA, possibly the Suppositories?
August 7, 09
Youth Brigade, formed in 1980 and one of North America's punk pioneers and founder of B.Y.O. will be playing in Ottawa on September 24, 2009, at the Ritual with The Bouncing Souls.
Jully 11, 09
The Action, a local (Ottawa) band from the late '70s, and probably Ottawa's first punk band, will be playing two nights at the Dominion (33 York Street, Ottawa), October 3rd and 4th. Something about a reissue of their recordings too... don't know any details.
June 25, 09
The absolutely fabulous newly redesigned N.C.F.C. web site finally goes live. Tell me you love it.
Posted June 18, 09
July 2 - Subhumans UK @ Mavericks - AA/19+, $15 adv
Posted June 18, 09
June 27 - The Business @ Mavericks - 19+, $13 adv
The Vibrators (UK punk!) - Saturday, June 20, at Mavericks // they were fantastic. They did a great set and there were some pretty good opening bands. Not liking the no-seating situation at Mavericks though.
May 18, 09
Screaming Bamboo have set up a MySpace page (link).
May 12, 09
N.C.F.C. finally has a Facebook Group.
March 25, 09
Or maybe this is more a rumour: Porcelain Forehead members are talking reunion gig!
Check back for details.
April 23, 09
NoMeansNo, were excellnt.
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"A fantastic show."
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April 18, 09
NoMeansNo, at the Babylon Club, Ottawa, Tuesday April 21.
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"NOMEANSNO define post-modernist hardcore...intelligent, articulate, studied, thoughtful, violent, passionate, intense, and playful. Acclaimed by peers and adored by fans, this musically adept trio has consistently thrilled sweaty crowds around the world."
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March 25, 09
"What We Do Is Secret" - DVD contest winners:
Congrats to DrewH, GregM and TereseH.
Oct. 25, 08
"
What We Do Is Secret" - a biopic chronicling the life and death of legendary Germs front man Darby Crash - available on DVD November 4th, 2008.
whatwedoissecretthemovie.com * movie poster
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2001–2008
Misc headlines not worth reposting here on the new site.
???, 2001
NoCauseForConcern.com first goes up
1982–1984
No Cause For Concern fanzine published.
