Dim The Lights, Chill The Ham - Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet

Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet was a Canadian instrumental rock band with a strong surf influence, formed in 1984. The band members were: Don Pyle on drums, Brian Connelly on guitar, and Reid Diamond on bass, who died in 2001. They released a string of EPs and singles throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, achieving some success, but remain best-known for the track “Having an Average Weekend”, which was used as the theme song to the TV show The Kids in the Hall.

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Live 80 / 81 - This Heat

This Heat was an experimental British rock band widely considered a link between avant-prog and such later experimental genres as post-punk, post-rock, and noise rock. They were formed in late-1975 in Brixton, London, United Kingdom by multi-instrumentalists Charles Bullen (guitar, clarinet, viola, vocals, tapes), Charles Hayward (percussion, keyboards, vocals, tapes) and Gareth Williams (keyboard, guitar, bass, vocals, tapes). Their music touched on numerous different styles and genres

Barry Hall - Gravikords, Whirlies & Pyrophones

Barry Hall is active in many types of music including medieval, Celtic, jazz, new music and electronic. His performances throughout North America and Europe have ranged from an exhibition of historical English folk music at the Smithsonian Institution to a contemporary electric violin concerto with interactive electronics performed at the World Music Days in Mexico City. Barry plays a variety of instruments including violin, medieval vielle, electric violin

In a Better World - The Screamers

The Screamers were a synthpunk band which formed in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1975. The band emerged in Los Angeles' first wave of punk rock in the 1970s. The label "techno-punk" was applied to the band by the Los Angeles Times in 1978, and they are widely cited as the pioneers of a genre now known as "synthpunk." The Screamers were notable for their use of synthesizers in place of guitars, and for a highly developed theatrical presentation that centered around a manic lead vocalist

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Beverly Frankie & The Butlers - Sound Of Philadelphia: Funk, Soul & Roots Of Disco 1965-1973 Volume 2

Beverly Frankie & The Butlers - Sound Of Philadelphia: Funk, Soul & Roots Of Disco 1965-1973 Volume 2