Teenage Head is a Canadian rock group from Hamilton, Ontario and was one of the most popular Canadian new wave/punk rock bands during the early 1980s. They were sometimes referred to as the "Canadian Ramones", despite the fact that their sound was closer to rockabilly than to some of the Ramones' 60s pop influences. Nevertheless, they shared with the Ramones a love of goofy lyrics and a ferocious live show. Although the band are still recording and touring as a unit, they have never succeeded in recapturing their early audience. Motto: Together Aspire - Together Achieve Motto: Steel City Area: 1,117. ... New Wave is a term that has been used to describe many developments in music, but is most commonly associated with a movement in American, Australian, British, Canadian and European popular music, in the late 1970s and early 1980s born out of the punk rock movement. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... MacGyver - 1980s hero The 1980s decade refers to the years from 1980 to 1989, inclusive. ... The Ramones were an American rock band and are widely considered to be the first major punk rock group of note. ...

Originally from Hamilton, Ontario, the group consisted of Frankie Venom (real name Frank Kerr), Gord Lewis, Steve Mahon (though he later changed his last name to Marshall) and Nick Stipanitz, and took their name from a song by The Flamin' Groovies. Motto: Together Aspire - Together Achieve Motto: Steel City Area: 1,117. ... The Flamin Groovies were an American rock music band of the 1960s and 70s. ...

They released their first album, Teenage Head, in 1979, and it's generally agreed that the recording and production were pretty crude. Although their first record label folded, and the album consequently never really took off in sales, it garnered significant airplay for the singles "Top Down" and "Picture My Face", and made the band a popular draw on the live music circuit. This page refers to the year 1979. ...

1980's Frantic City was the band's breakthrough, making them stars across Canada with the hit singles "Let's Shake" and "Somethin' On My Mind". They toured to support that album, and in 1981 their performance at Toronto's Ontario Place sparked a riot. The incident made headlines across the country, and led Ontario Place to ban rock concerts for several years afterward. 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Template:Hide = Motto: Template:Unhide = Diversity Our Strength Image:Toronto, Ontario Location. ... Ontario Place is an agency of the Government of Ontario, an entertainment attraction, located approximately 4 km west of downtown Toronto on the shore of Lake Ontario, just south of Exhibition Place. ...

In September 1980, riding high on the success of Frantic City and the band's unintended notoriety, Attic Records, their Canadian label, set up a series of showcase gigs in New York City, hoping to attract a US record deal. Only a few days before their scheduled departure, Lewis was seriously injured in a car accident and the showcase was cancelled. Lewis was temporarily replaced by the legendary David Bendeth, although he was able to return in time to play on the 1982 album Some Kinda Fun, which was the band's last hit album. The biggest hit from that album was the catchy "Let's Go To Hawaii", and they retained their sense of humour with songs like "Teenage Beer-Drinking Party" and "Shag Shack". Attic Records was a Canadian independent record label, founded in 1974 by Alexander Mair and Tom Williams. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Their 1983 record Tornado was marked by controversy, with the band's American distributor demanding that they change their name to Teenage Heads to placate the more conservative American audience. The title track proved to be the band's last big hit in Canada 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1984, Venom was replaced by Dave Desroches, who led the band for several years before departing to form his own band, The Dave Rave Conspiracy. Three quarters of the band's original lineup (minus Stipanitz, who was replaced by Mark Lockerbie) have since reunited, and continue to tour to this day. 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dave Rave Desroches is a Canadian rock musician. ... Dave Rave Desroches is a Canadian rock musician. ...

Discography

• 1979 - Teenage Head
• 1980 - Frantic City
• 1982 - Some Kinda Fun
• 1983 - Tornado
• 1984 - Endless Party
• 1986 - Trouble in the Jungle
• 1987 - Can't Stop Shakin'
• 1988 - Electric Guitars
• 1990 - Frantic City / Some Kinda Fun (double album reissue)
• 1996 - Teenage Head (reissue)
• 1998 - Head Disorder