#modernettes

[urbanenemy]

Modernettes - Confidential

[spilladabalia]

MODERNETTES-"Barbra" HD restored

[aeolianblues]

The Pointed Sticks, one of the first punks in Vancouver. I guess from the sound you'd be surprised that they got grouped together with the harder sounds of punk, given the punk sound that BC became better known for: hardcore in the 80s, bands like DOA, but this was back in the mid-late 70s, and Pointed Sticks would serve as the inspiration for a number of other rock and blues influenced 70s Vancouver punks who defined that era of punk rock for bands, fans and musicians in Vancouver, by making the first records, doing those first out-of-town shows first to places like Edmonton and Calgary, Regina and Saskatoon; places that nobody else, not American nor Canadian touring bands had previously stopped by regularly, but set in motion the kind of rugged, slogged punk tour that DOA would make their own. They also showed Vancouver artists that they too could start as they did, and then play shows across the border in the US. They were the Modernettes and the K-Tels (later renamed the Young Canadians). And they all took their first inspirations from The Pointed Sticks.

[renerox]

MODERNETTES - Get It Straight (80's Power Pop/Punk)

MODERNETTES – Get It Straight (80’s Power Pop/Punk)

. A comprehensive compilation of studio and live tracks by this band hailing from Vancouver, Canada, ‘Get It Straight’ highlights the evolution of Modernettes’ music from the short, anthemic punk nuggets of their first EP, ‘Teen City’, to the more ambitious rock of their ‘Viewed From the Bottom’ EP which was remixed for the occasion and included a cover version of The Velvet Underground’s ‘Femme…

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[dagwolf]

Modernettes Teen City 1980

[50thirdand3rd]

WASTED LIVES - Long Lost Canadian Punk Treasure - Interview with Phil Smith

WASTED LIVES – Long Lost Canadian Punk Treasure – Interview with Phil Smith

WE LIVE IN amazing and fascinating times. Here we are in 2018 featuring a release from Wasted Lives, a punk band from Vancouver that with a couple of different incarnations, and together for less than a year recorded some songs in 1979 and broke up. The story doesn’t end there as the various members moved on to play in some of the most influential punk bands to come out of Canada: DOA, the…

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[radiophd]

modernettes -- barbra

[poptones1]

Modernettes Teen City Vinyl EP 1979 cool Canadian punk.