Captured by Roszay, the Edmonton 1980s Scene

Rose Kapp (aka Roszay) documented Edmonton’s late '70's punk scene.
Armed with her camera, Roszay captured the grit, spirit, and DIY ethos of a scene in full swing.
A lot of the individuals were amalgamations of different bands, especially JC & the Believers - Moe Berg, Bob Drysdale (Modern Minds), Jerry Jerry, etc. A number of other bands from Vancouver and Edmonton. This is a hodgepodge of assorted musicians from Western Canada/Edmonton and we welcome comments or clarifications.

Now based in Coquitlam, B.C., Rose brings that same creative spark to her whimsical watercolour illustrations of homes, businesses, and festivals, as well as her popular Wednesday Smile bird cartoons. A champion of local art, she’s the founder of Creative People Talking and plays an active role in the Tri-Cities art community through initiatives like Art Shuffle Port Moody and ArtsConnect.

Roszay may have traded pogo pits for paintbrushes, but her punk roots still shape the bold, playful heart of everything she creates.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra	You Make Me Blue	Road Gore: The Band that Drank Too Much	03:25
Psyche	The Brain Collapses	Insomnia Theatre	04:09
B-Sides	Regular Guy	Red to Black	02:35
k.d. lang	Busy Being Blue	A Truly Western Experience	04:00
k.d. lang	There You Go	A Truly Western Experience	02:23
Diefenbakers	Chinese Rocks	unreleased cassettes	01:51
Payola$	China Boys	China Boys	03:26
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra	Hell and Back	Road Gore: The Band that Drank Too Much	03:16
Bopcats	Please Gimme Somethin'	ST	04:09
Modern Minds	Confidential (Modernettes)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:58
Bopcats	Rockin' a Dream	ST	04:00
B-Sides	Late at Night	Red to Black	03:28
Modern Minds	Love to Me	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:32
Diefenbakers	Goofy	unreleased cassettes	01:09
B-Sides	State of Emergency	Red to Black	04:22
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Diefenbakers	Loose	unreleased cassettes	03:22
SNFU	Electric Chair	If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish	02:36
Psyche	Psychic Vampire	Insomnia Theatre	02:55
k.d. lang	Pine and Stew	A Truly Western Experience	03:25
Modern Minds	Someone Like You	Go	02:52
Compilation	The Touch - Family Tree	It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation	02:55
Bopcats	Let's Go	ST	04:41
SNFU	Black Cloud	If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish	01:51
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Compilation	The Standards - Break Out	It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation	02:52
Nomeansno	Rich Guns	Mama	03:55
Compilation	Down Syndrome - You're A Punk	It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation	01:36
Darkroom	It's Cold Out Here	San Paku	03:44
Modern Minds	Holly	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	01:59
Diefenbakers	track 2	unreleased cassettes	01:55
Compilation	Facecrime - Did I Hear You Right?	It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation	02:30
Thieves	Police Squad	I See Red	03:27
Pointed Sticks	True Love	Perfect Youth	03:31
Modern Minds	Girl Crazy	Go	01:39
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Diefenbakers	Substitute	unreleased cassettes	02:53
Subhumans	Death Was Too Kind	Death Was Too Kind (EP)	01:51
B-Sides	Red to Black	Red to Black	03:20
Subhumans	Big Picture	Incorrect Thoughts	02:11
Blank Generation	Shoot to Kill	The Last Generation (EP)	02:56
Darkroom	Pressure	San Paku	04:09
Modern Minds	The Fear Begins	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:48
Modern Minds	Dirty Movies	Go	03:02
Nomeansno	Mama's Little Boy	Mama	06:01
Voice	Wake Up Dreaming	Anno Di Voce	04:05
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Diefenbakers	Personality Crisis	unreleased cassettes	03:23
Jr. Gone Wild	Fine Scotch	Less Art More Pop	04:22
Bopcats	Dial Red	ST	03:51
Thieves	I See Red	I See Red	04:27
B-Sides	Invasion of the Money Snatchers	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	03:19
SNFU	Scarecrow	If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish	04:32
Enigmas	Teenage Barnacle	ST	03:52
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Diefenbakers	Kiss or Kill	unreleased cassettes	02:36
Nomeansno	No Sex	Mama	03:48
Modern Minds	Go	Go	02:13
B-Sides	Run and Hide	Red to Black	03:40
Herald Nix	Funny Funny Feelin'	One Night Only (EP)	02:31
SNFU	Welcome to My Humble Life of Disarray	If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish	02:43
Subhumans	Lets Go Down to Hollywood (And Shoot People)	Incorrect Thoughts	03:58
Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra	Bad Idea	Road Gore: The Band that Drank Too Much	02:19
B-Sides	Underground Radio Stars (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:59
Herald Nix	Crawdad Song	One Night Only (EP)	02:53
Modern Minds	Out of Luck (Pointed Sticks)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:55
Jr. Gone Wild	Hey Hey Paula	Less Art More Pop	02:43
Jr. Gone Wild	I Fell Dumb	Less Art More Pop	02:48
Pointed Sticks	Part of the Noise	Perfect Youth	03:07
Subhumans	The Scheme	Incorrect Thoughts	03:14
k.d. lang	Tickled Pink	A Truly Western Experience	03:22
Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra	Gospel Surfer	Road Gore: The Band that Drank Too Much	02:14
Malibu Kens	Wednesday Morning at 5 O'Clock (As The Day Begins...)	Be My Barbie	04:16
SNFU	He's Not Getting Older. He's Getting Bitter	If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish	04:06
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Jr. Gone Wild	Day of the First Snow	Less Art More Pop	03:53
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Diefenbakers	Terminal Ecstacy	unreleased cassettes	02:24
Modern Minds	Slap in the Face	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:46
Modern Minds	Teresa's World	Go	01:56
Blank Generation	Reaction	The Last Generation (EP)	03:49
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Subhumans	Dead at Birth	Incorrect Thoughts	03:04
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Incorrect Thoughts	03:05
Enigmas	Daymare	ST	04:17
Modern Minds	Happy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:11
Darkroom	Tears Hold No Cure	San Paku	03:46
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Go	01:42
Pointed Sticks	Out of Luck	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:32
Darkroom	Some Stories Never Change	San Paku	05:24
Diefenbakers	That New Girl	unreleased cassettes	01:45
Compilation	Route 66 - Where Is She During The Week?	It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation	02:01
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Go	02:03
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Modern Minds	All Day & All of the Night	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:18
Pointed Sticks	American Song	Perfect Youth	04:02
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Modern Minds	Wasted Lives	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	03:01
Office	Physical	Matricide/ Physical/ King's Road	03:01

Captured by Roszay, the Edmonton 1980s Scene

Tracks

FEATURED

Voice - Anno Di Voce

FEATURED

Office - Matricide/ Physical/ King's Road

FEATURED

Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra - Road Gore: The Band that Drank Too Much

FEATURED

Compilation - It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation

FEATURED

Blank Generation - The Last Generation (EP)

FEATURED

Payola$ - China Boys

FEATURED

Malibu Kens - Be My Barbie

FEATURED

B-Sides - Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)

FEATURED

B-Sides - Red to Black

FEATURED

B-Sides - Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious

FEATURED

D.O.A. - Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)

FEATURED

Subhumans - Incorrect Thoughts

FEATURED

Subhumans - Firing Squad b/w No Productivity

FEATURED

Subhumans - Death Was Too Kind (EP)

FEATURED

Subhumans - Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh

FEATURED

Facecrime - Sex And Revolution (EP)

FEATURED

Modern Minds - Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97

FEATURED

Modern Minds - Theresa's World (EP)

FEATURED

Pursuit of Happiness - I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young

FEATURED

Modern Minds - Go

FEATURED

k.d. lang - A Truly Western Experience

FEATURED

Rock and Roll Bitches - Wild West (EP)

FEATURED

SNFU - If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish

FEATURED

Sturgeons - Punk Rock Virgins b/w Forward Disorder

FEATURED

Jr. Gone Wild - Less Art More Pop

FEATURED

Herald Nix - One Night Only (EP)

FEATURED

Bopcats - ST

FEATURED

Pointed Sticks - The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck

FEATURED

Nomeansno - Mama

FEATURED

Thieves - I See Red

Comments