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
B-Sides	She's a Raver	Red to Black	02:36
Diefenbakers	That New Girl	unreleased cassettes	01:45
Pointed Sticks	When She's Alone	Perfect Youth	03:20
Enigmas	Roll with the Punches	ST	02:49
Diefenbakers	Start of Something New	unreleased cassettes	02:40
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	01:57
Bopcats	Crash Landing	ST	03:13
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
SNFU	Black Cloud	If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish	01:51
Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra	Gospel Surfer	Road Gore: The Band that Drank Too Much	02:14
Compilation	Route 66 - Where Is She During The Week?	It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation	02:01
k.d. lang	Tickled Pink	A Truly Western Experience	03:22
Bopcats	Buddy This is It (The Stand)	ST	03:06
Compilation	Down Syndrome - Bums	It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation	02:46
Enigmas	Greenstreet	ST	03:23
Jr. Gone Wild	Cosmos	Less Art More Pop	03:09
Herald Nix	Evil Hearted Me	One Night Only (EP)	01:57
Blank Generation	Anguish	The Last Generation (EP)	02:15
Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra	You Make Me Blue	Road Gore: The Band that Drank Too Much	03:25
Subhumans	We're Alive	Incorrect Thoughts	01:28
Compilation	Facecrime - Did I Hear You Right?	It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation	02:30
Psyche	Psychic Vampire	Insomnia Theatre	02:55
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	04:27
Modern Minds	Confidential (Modernettes)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:58
Diefenbakers	Goofy	unreleased cassettes	01:09
Modern Minds	The Mess	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:09
Darkroom	San Paku	San Paku	05:06
Diefenbakers	Assembly Line	unreleased cassettes	01:40
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
Diefenbakers	Colour TV	unreleased cassettes	02:14
Jr. Gone Wild	Old Blue	Less Art More Pop	02:55
Subhumans	The Scheme	Incorrect Thoughts	03:14
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald	Red to Black	03:52
SNFU	Mind Like a Door	If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish	01:54
Diefenbakers	track 2	unreleased cassettes	01:55
Compilation	S.N.F.U. - (Real Men Don't Watch) Quincy	It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation	01:51
Jr. Gone Wild	It Never Changes	Less Art More Pop	01:18
Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra	Hell and Back	Road Gore: The Band that Drank Too Much	03:16
SNFU	Electric Chair	If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish	02:36
Subhumans	Greaser Boy	Incorrect Thoughts	03:15
Facecrime	Cable TV	Sex And Revolution (EP)	03:02
Darkroom	It's Cold Out Here	San Paku	03:44
B-Sides	Regular Guy	Red to Black	02:35
Pointed Sticks	Part of the Noise	Perfect Youth	03:07
Diefenbakers	Jerry Slag	unreleased cassettes	01:20
Thieves	Color	I See Red	04:09
Jr. Gone Wild	Slept All Afternoon	Less Art More Pop	02:32
Pointed Sticks	No Use for You	Perfect Youth	03:06
Subhumans	Refugee	Incorrect Thoughts	03:29
Psyche	Maggots	Insomnia Theatre	04:27
Modern Minds	The End of a Dream	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	03:40
Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra	Livin' On Top	Road Gore: The Band that Drank Too Much	03:59
Pointed Sticks	Real Thing	Perfect Youth	02:32
Darkroom	Tears Hold No Cure	San Paku	03:46
B-Sides	Run and Hide	Red to Black	03:40
B-Sides	No Can Do	Red to Black	03:00
Jr. Gone Wild	I Fell Dumb	Less Art More Pop	02:48
SNFU	Better Homes and Gardens	If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish	02:20
Psyche	Wink of an Eye	Insomnia Theatre	05:37
Jr. Gone Wild	Why I Hate the Sixties	Less Art More Pop	03:34
Darkroom	Leave it to Heaven	San Paku	03:45
Pointed Sticks	American Song	Perfect Youth	04:02
Diefenbakers	Do the Pop	unreleased cassettes	02:31
Bopcats	One Hand Loose	ST	02:23
Bopcats	Don't Say Sorry	ST	04:27
Modern Minds	Another World	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:15
Facecrime	Walking	Sex And Revolution (EP)	03:42
B-Sides	Emotions	Red to Black	04:11
SNFU	Scarecrow	If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish	04:32
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	03:18
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Facecrime	Mystery to Me	Sex And Revolution (EP)	03:35
Nomeansno	Rich Guns	Mama	03:55
Modern Minds	Tonight In My Room	Go	03:04
Herald Nix	One Night Only	One Night Only (EP)	03:10
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Bopcats	Let's Go	ST	04:41
Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra	Judgement Date	Road Gore: The Band that Drank Too Much	04:57
Subhumans	Slave To My Dick	Incorrect Thoughts	02:38
Pointed Sticks	Out of Luck	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:32
Compilation	Route 66 - Had Enough Of This	It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation	02:20
Psyche	Children Carry Knives	Insomnia Theatre	04:46
Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra	Rancher King	Road Gore: The Band that Drank Too Much	02:05
Subhumans	Inquisition Day	Death Was Too Kind (EP)	01:53
Compilation	Malibu Kens - 421-1111	It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation	02:45
Compilation	The Touch - Family Tree	It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation	02:55
Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra	Daddy Was a Peacock	Road Gore: The Band that Drank Too Much	02:40
Rock and Roll Bitches	Someone Could Lose an Eye	Wild West (EP)	02:24
Herald Nix	Crawdad Song	One Night Only (EP)	02:53
Diefenbakers	Start of Something New	unreleased cassettes	02:05
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
SNFU	Snapping Turtle	If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish	03:38
Facecrime	She Will	Sex And Revolution (EP)	04:22
Pointed Sticks	True Love	Perfect Youth	03:31
Sturgeons	Punk Rock Virgins	Punk Rock Virgins b/w Forward Disorder	02:59
Malibu Kens	Crude City	Be My Barbie	02:27
k.d. lang	There You Go	A Truly Western Experience	02:23
Compilation	Facecrime - I Know Some People	It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation	04:42
Compilation	Malibu Kens - Party's Over	It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation	03:57

Captured by Roszay, the Edmonton 1980s Scene

Tracks

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Compilation - It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation

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Blank Generation - The Last Generation (EP)

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Payola$ - China Boys

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Malibu Kens - Be My Barbie

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

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B-Sides - Red to Black

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

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

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Subhumans - Incorrect Thoughts

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Subhumans - Firing Squad b/w No Productivity

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Subhumans - Death Was Too Kind (EP)

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Subhumans - Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh

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Facecrime - Sex And Revolution (EP)

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Modern Minds - Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97

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Modern Minds - Theresa's World (EP)

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

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Modern Minds - Go

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k.d. lang - A Truly Western Experience

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Rock and Roll Bitches - Wild West (EP)

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

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Sturgeons - Punk Rock Virgins b/w Forward Disorder

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Jr. Gone Wild - Less Art More Pop

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Herald Nix - One Night Only (EP)

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Bopcats - ST

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

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Nomeansno - Mama

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Thieves - I See Red

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

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Psyche - Insomnia Theatre

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Darkroom - San Paku

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