Fifth Column, from left to right: Caroline Azar, G.B. Jones, Beverly Breckenridge. (Photo: Jena von Brücker)

Fifth Column is an all-women experimental post punk band from Toronto, which came about during the early 1980s. Originally the group had been known as Second Unit, but they took the name Fifth Column after a military manoeuvre by Francisco Franco during the Spanish Civil War, in which nationalist insurrectionists within besieged Republican Madrid, called 'the fifth column', would aid the four columns (north, south, east and west) outside the perimeters. Image File history File links FifthColumn. ... Image File history File links FifthColumn. ... Caroline Azar is an actor, playwright and the lead singer, keyboardist and co-lyricist of the band Fifth Column. ... G.B. Jones is an influential artist, filmmaker, and musician from Toronto. ... Beverly Breckenridge is a noted musician from Toronto, best known as the bass player for the bands Fifth Column and Phono-Comb. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... For experimental rock music, see experimental rock. ... Post-punk was a popular musical movement beginning at the end of the 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock explosion of the mid 1970s. ... The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ... “Franco” redirects here. ... Not to be confused with the Spanish Civil War of 1820-1823. ... Nationalism is an ideology that creates and sustains a nation as a concept of a common identity for groups of humans. ... The Siege of Madrid was a three year siege of the Spanish capital Madrid, during the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939. ... Anthem El Himno de Riego Capital Madrid Language(s) Spanish Government Republic President  - 1931–1936 Niceto Alcalá-Zamora  - 1936–1939 Manuel Azaña Legislature Congress of Deputies Historical era Interwar period  - Monarchy abolished April 14, 1931  - Spanish Civil War 1936–1939  - Surrender to Franco April 1, 1939 Currency Spanish peseta... This article is about the Spanish capital. ...

The name of their first full-length recording To Sir With Hate was a play on the theme song from the British school film, To Sir With Love, performed by Lulu. A song from this LP, "The Fairview Mall Story" was based on true events concerning media publication of the names of men arrested after being entrapped by police and was instrumental in paving the way for the emergence of the queercore scene. To Sir, with Love (1967) is a British film which deals with social issues in an inner city school, written and directed by James Clavell and based on a novel of the same name by E.R. Braithwaite. ... Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie, OBE, (born 3 November 1948 in Lennoxtown, Stirlingshire), best known by her stage name Lulu, is a Scottish singer, songwriter, actor, model, and television personality who has been successful in the entertainment business from the 1960s through the 2000s. ... Queercore is a cultural and social movement that began in the mid 1980s as an offshoot of punk. ...

Their live shows often included films played overtop of the band and a 'go-go' boy dancing. They were frequently accompanied by guest musicians who played instruments as varied as saxophone, trumpet, flute, or violin.

Independent-minded, they released their recordings, including their second full length recording All-Time Queen Of The World, themselves. The band also appeared on a number of compilations. In 1992 they released a single, "All Women Are Bitches", on the independent record label K Records. Despite being controversial and receiving little airplay, the recording was voted "Single Of The Week" in the UK music publication Melody Maker. This song was included as well on their last full-length recording, 36-C, also released by K Records. The band's latest release was in 2002, on the Kill Rock Stars compilation, Fields And Streams. Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... The concept of an independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of one of the major record labels, which are generally defined to be the handful of media corporations which have recently dominated the recorded music industry in the West. ... K Records is an independent record label in Olympia, Washington, co-founded, owned, and operated by Calvin Johnson, formerly of the bands Cool Rays, Beat Happening, The Go Team, The Halo Benders and, at present, in the band Dub Narcotic Sound System. ... Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was (until its closure) the worlds oldest weekly music newspaper. ... 36-C is an album by Fifth Column released in 1994 on K Records. ... Kill Rock Stars is an independent record label founded in 1991 by Slim Moon and based in Olympia, Washington, United States, though it will be moving some of its operations to New York City and Portland, Oregon in 2007. ...

The band performs live in the film named for them, Fifth Column at the Funnel, directed by Toronto experimental filmmaker John Porter, and in She's Real, Worse Than Queer by Lucy Thane. All of the members of the most recent line-up, and some previous members, appear in the G.B. Jones' movie The Yo-Yo Gang for which the band recorded the theme song. Experimental film, or experimental cinema, is a term that describes a range of filmmaking styles that are generally quite different from, and often opposed to, the practices of mainstream commercial and documentary filmmaking. ... Shes Real, Worse Than Queer is a seminal documentary film of the mid 1990s period of the queerpunk movement. ... Lucy Thane is a documentary filmmaker. ... G.B. Jones is an influential artist, filmmaker, and musician from Toronto. ... The Yo-Yo Gang is a thirty minute exploitation movie about girl gangs released in 1992 that has become a cult film. ...

In 2004 the song "All Women Are Bitches" was covered and sampled by the band Lesbians On Ecstasy on their self-titled debut album, Lesbians On Ecstasy, retitled as "Bitchsy", and, in 2005, by Kids on TV for the compilation album Giggles In The Dark. This article is about reusing existing sound recordings in creating new works. ... Lesbians On Ecstasy is an electroclash band from Montréal, Québec. ... Lesbians On Ecstasy is the self-titled debut album of Montréal based group Lesbians On Ecstasy. ... Kids on TV are a punk-house queercore band based in Toronto. ...

Band members have performed with other groups as well. Caroline Azar has recorded with Kickstand from New York, Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Greek Buck and Hidden Cameras from Toronto. Beverly Breckenridge was also a member of Phono-Comb. G.B. Jones has recorded with the Italian dark ambient group Mariae Nascenti. Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet was a Canadian instrumental rock band, formed in 1984. ... Greek Buck are a Canadian musical duo, consisting of Don Pyle and Andrew Zealley. ... Hidden cameras are still or video cameras that film people without their knowledge. ... The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. ... Dark ambient is a subgenre of ambient music which emerged in the 1980s and 1990s with the introduction of new synthesizer and sampling technology in the electronic music genre and other technical advances in music. ... Mariae Nascentiis a one-man industrial music project from Milan, Italy. ...

Albums

• To Sir With Hate (1985) Hide Records
• All-Time Queen Of The World (1990) Hide Records
• 36-C (1994) K Records

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Singles

• "All Women are Bitches/Donna" 7" on K Records (1992)
• "Don't" 7" split single with God Is My Co-Pilot on Outpunk Records (1994)
• "I Love You, But" 7" split single with Trailer Queen on Dark Beloved Cloud Records (1995)

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Cassettes

• Work (1989) Hide Records & Tapes; soundtrack for the video by Paulette Philips, cassette only release

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Compilations

• "The Fairview Mall Story" on J.D.s Top Ten Homocore Hit Parade Tape, Hide Records & Tapes (cassette only) (1990)
• "Like This" on Brave New Waves, CBC Records (1991)
• "Yo-Yo" on The Yo-Yo Gang, Bitch Nation Records & Tapes; soundtrack for the film by G.B. Jones (cassette only) (1992)
• "Chewing Gum" on Keep On The Sunny Side: A Tribute to the Carter Family, Amoeba Records (1993)
• "All Women Are Bitches" on International Hip Swing, K Records (1994)
• "Don't" on Free to Fight, Chainsaw Records and Candy Ass Records co-release (1995)
• "Erotic Thriller" on Rock Stars Kill, Kill Rock Stars (1996)
• "Imbecile" on Fields And Streams, Kill Rock Stars, (2002)

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Soundtracks

• Fifth Column at the Funnel, directed by John Porter (1985)
• Work, directed by Paulette Philips and Geoffrey Shea (1989)
• The Troublemakers, directed by G.B. Jones (1990)
• The Yo-Yo Gang, directed by G.B. Jones (1992)
• A Gun For Jennifer, directed by Todd Morris (1996)
• She's Real, Worse Than Queer, directed by Lucy Thane (1997)
• Queercore: A Punk-u-mentary, directed by Scott Treleaven (1997)
• The Law of Enclosures, directed by John Greyson (2000)

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Most recent line-up

• G.B. Jones (drums, guitar, vocals)
• Caroline Azar (vocals, organ, guitar)
• Beverly Breckenridge (bass; 1987 -) (also of Phono-Comb)

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Previous members

• Anita Smith (bass; 1985-1987)
• Charlotte Briede (guitar; 1985-1990)
• David Keyes (of The Polkaholics) (drums; 1989)
• Joel Wasson (drums; 1990-1992)
• Michelle Breslin (of Sadoceanspacebear) (guitar; 1992-1995)
• Don Pyle (of Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet and Phono-Comb) (drums; 1992-1993)
• Donna Dresch (of Team Dresch) (guitar; 1994)
• Torry Colichio (drums; 1993-1995)

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See also

• List of all-women bands
• List of bands from Canada

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External links

• Fifth Column Tribute on MySpace
• Interview with Fifth Column
• Fifth Column Factsheet
• Fifth Column at K Records
• Fifth Column Fan Page (in Portuguese)