The Demics
The Demics were a Canadian punk rock band that formed in 1977 in London.
Biography
Originally formed in London, Ontario in 1977, the band consisted of vocalist Keith Whittaker, guitarist Rob Brent, bassist Iain Atkinson-Staines and drummer J. D. Weatherstone. Through 1978, the band were rising stars in the Canadian punk scene. They recorded their debut EP in the fall of that year, and subsequently moved to Toronto to be closer to the centre of the punk scene. The EP's single, "New York City" released on Ready Records, was the band's breakthrough hit on CFNY in 1979.
Brent left the band and went on to form the post punk/new wave band, "Mettle" as guitarist and synth player. Brent was replaced by Steve Koch in the Demics. The band released a self-titled full-length album in 1980, but subsequently broke up due to internal tensions.
In 1996, a new CD compiling both of the band's original albums titled New York City was released domestically on Huge Records. Also that year, "New York City" was named the greatest Canadian song of all time in a reader poll by the music magazine Chart.
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- New York City released: 1996
- Demics released:
New York City
Released 1996- I Wanna Know
- You Tell Me
- Talk's Cheap
- New York City
- Oh Well
- Cowboys Are Fags
- Factories
- Talk's Cheap (version 2)
- Oh Well (version 2)
- Talk Talk (live)
- All Gone Wrong (live)
- The Gift (live)
- Lost Woman Blues (live)
- Blue Boy (live)
- Mercy Killer (live)
- Public Opinion (live)
- Nervous Breakdown (live)
- Lucy (live)
- Neutron Bomb (live)
- Seven and 7 Is (live)
- Grey and Black (live)
- 400 Blows (live)
- I Got a Right (live)
- The News (live)
- Possibilities (live)
- Get Me Out to the World on Time (live)
- (I Wanna Go to) New York City (live)
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