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
D.O.A.	Nazi Training Camp	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:50
SNFU	I Forget	If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish	03:13
Nomeansno	Red Devil	Mama	05:48
Herald Nix	One Night Only	One Night Only (EP)	03:10
Darkroom	Tears Hold No Cure	San Paku	03:46
Modern Minds	Out of Luck (Pointed Sticks)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:55
Jr. Gone Wild	Fine Scotch	Less Art More Pop	04:22
SNFU	The Devils Voice	If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish	02:09
Subhumans	Urban Guerillas	Incorrect Thoughts	03:08
Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra	Gospel Surfer	Road Gore: The Band that Drank Too Much	02:14
Modern Minds	20 Years Old	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:59
Jr. Gone Wild	Slept All Afternoon	Less Art More Pop	02:32
Psyche	Psychic Vampire	Insomnia Theatre	02:55
Pointed Sticks	Marching Song	Perfect Youth	02:32
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Darkroom	It's Cold Out Here	San Paku	03:44
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Incorrect Thoughts	03:05
B-Sides	Invasion of the Money Snatchers	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	03:19
Nomeansno	We Are the Chopped	Mama	05:25
Diefenbakers	Personality Crisis	unreleased cassettes	03:23
Subhumans	Slave to My Dick	Death Was Too Kind (EP)	02:43
Subhumans	Oh Canaduh	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	02:10
Pointed Sticks	Out of Luck	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:32
Darkroom	In Dim light	San Paku	03:34
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Jr. Gone Wild	Why I Hate the Sixties	Less Art More Pop	03:34
Facecrime	She Will	Sex And Revolution (EP)	04:22
Diefenbakers	Loose	unreleased cassettes	03:22
Modern Minds	Someone Like You	Go	02:52
Modern Minds	Go	Go	02:13
Diefenbakers	Terminal Ecstacy	unreleased cassettes	02:24
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Pointed Sticks	Out of Luck	Perfect Youth	02:35
SNFU	Better Homes and Gardens	If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish	02:20
Modern Minds	The Mess	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:09
Subhumans	Inquisition Day	Death Was Too Kind (EP)	01:53
Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra	Color TV	Road Gore: The Band that Drank Too Much	02:21
Pointed Sticks	True Love	Perfect Youth	03:31
Bopcats	Down the Line	ST	02:08
Compilation	The Touch - Family Tree	It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation	02:55
Modern Minds	Wasted Lives	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	03:01
k.d. lang	Stop, Look and Listen	A Truly Western Experience	02:13
Modern Minds	Confidential (Modernettes)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:58
Herald Nix	I Don't Love Nobody	One Night Only (EP)	03:15
Psyche	Wink of an Eye	Insomnia Theatre	05:37
Nomeansno	Living in Détente	Mama	03:28
B-Sides	No Can Do	Red to Black	03:00
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Enigmas	Greenstreet	ST	03:23
Subhumans	Greaser Boy	Incorrect Thoughts	03:15
B-Sides	Run and Hide	Red to Black	03:40
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
Diefenbakers	I'm Going Crazy	unreleased cassettes	02:04
Subhumans	We're Alive	Incorrect Thoughts	01:28
Diefenbakers	Do the Pop	unreleased cassettes	02:31
Diefenbakers	No Fun	unreleased cassettes	07:13
Compilation	Malibu Kens - Party's Over	It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation	03:57
Darkroom	San Paku	San Paku	05:06
Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra	You Make Me Blue	Road Gore: The Band that Drank Too Much	03:25
Pointed Sticks	The Witch	Perfect Youth	02:44
Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra	Bad Idea	Road Gore: The Band that Drank Too Much	02:19
Darkroom	Proven Guilty	San Paku	03:32
Herald Nix	Everybody's Movin'	One Night Only (EP)	02:45
Subhumans	Slave To My Dick	Incorrect Thoughts	02:38
Nomeansno	No Rest for the Wicked	Mama	05:11
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Pointed Sticks	Real Thing	Perfect Youth	02:32
Facecrime	Walking	Sex And Revolution (EP)	03:42
Diefenbakers	Start of Something New	unreleased cassettes	02:40
Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra	Rhythm Crazy	Road Gore: The Band that Drank Too Much	02:10
Diefenbakers	Junkie for Your Love	unreleased cassettes	01:30
Psyche	Maggots	Insomnia Theatre	04:27
k.d. lang	Hanky Panky	A Truly Western Experience	01:59
Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra	Hell and Back	Road Gore: The Band that Drank Too Much	03:16
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Go	02:03
Nomeansno	Mama's Little Boy	Mama	06:01
Nomeansno	Rich Guns	Mama	03:55
Thieves	Police Squad	I See Red	03:27
Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra	Rancher King	Road Gore: The Band that Drank Too Much	02:05
Modern Minds	All Day & All of the Night	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:18
k.d. lang	Bopalena	A Truly Western Experience	02:30
Modern Minds	Teresa's World	Go	01:56
Bopcats	Buddy This is It (The Stand)	ST	03:06
SNFU	Electric Chair	If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish	02:36
Herald Nix	Crawdad Song	One Night Only (EP)	02:53
Compilation	Down Syndrome - Bums	It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation	02:46
Subhumans	New Order	Incorrect Thoughts	02:43
Herald Nix	Funny Funny Feelin'	One Night Only (EP)	02:31
Darkroom	Don't Talk	San Paku	03:32
Pointed Sticks	When She's Alone	Perfect Youth	03:20
B-Sides	State of Emergency	Red to Black	04:22
Psyche	Eating Violins	Insomnia Theatre	02:45
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Pointed Sticks	No Use for You	Perfect Youth	03:06
Subhumans	Refugee	Incorrect Thoughts	03:29
Pointed Sticks	Perfect Youth	Perfect Youth	02:26
SNFU	Black Cloud	If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish	01:51
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Nomeansno	Living is Free	Mama	04:28
Compilation	The Standards - Break Out	It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation	02:52

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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