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
k.d. lang	Tickled Pink	A Truly Western Experience	03:22
Subhumans	Inquisition Day	Death Was Too Kind (EP)	01:53
Diefenbakers	Start of Something New	unreleased cassettes	02:05
Pointed Sticks	No Use for You	Perfect Youth	03:06
SNFU	Mind Like a Door	If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish	01:54
Subhumans	We're Alive	Incorrect Thoughts	01:28
Pointed Sticks	The Witch	Perfect Youth	02:44
Blank Generation	Anguish	The Last Generation (EP)	02:15
Subhumans	Death Was Too Kind	Death Was Too Kind (EP)	01:51
Diefenbakers	No Fun	unreleased cassettes	07:13
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Thieves	I See Red	I See Red	04:27
Darkroom	Tears Hold No Cure	San Paku	03:46
Subhumans	Lets Go Down to Hollywood (And Shoot People)	Incorrect Thoughts	03:58
Diefenbakers	Chinese Rocks	unreleased cassettes	01:51
Modern Minds	Girl Crazy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:22
Modern Minds	20 Years Old	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:59
Blank Generation	Reaction	The Last Generation (EP)	03:49
Compilation	Malibu Kens - Party's Over	It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation	03:57
Subhumans	Slave To My Dick	Incorrect Thoughts	02:38
Psyche	Maggots	Insomnia Theatre	04:27
Thieves	Screams	I See Red	04:40
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Diefenbakers	Terminal Ecstacy	unreleased cassettes	02:24
Darkroom	San Paku	San Paku	05:06
Subhumans	New Order	Incorrect Thoughts	02:43
Bopcats	Let's Go	ST	04:41
B-Sides	Regular Guy	Red to Black	02:35
B-Sides	Underground Radio Stars (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	02:40
Modern Minds	All Day & All of the Night	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:18
B-Sides	No Can Do	Red to Black	03:00
Diefenbakers	track 2	unreleased cassettes	01:55
SNFU	Black Cloud	If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish	01:51
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Nomeansno	No Rest for the Wicked	Mama	05:11
Facecrime	Walking	Sex And Revolution (EP)	03:42
Herald Nix	Evil Hearted Me	One Night Only (EP)	01:57
Bopcats	Kiss Goodbye	ST	02:18
Diefenbakers	Junkie for Your Love	unreleased cassettes	01:30
Pointed Sticks	American Song	Perfect Youth	04:02
Modern Minds	Substitute	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:46
Compilation	The Touch - Family Tree	It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation	02:55
Pointed Sticks	When She's Alone	Perfect Youth	03:20
D.O.A.	Woke Up Screaming	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:52
Compilation	Down Syndrome - Bums	It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation	02:46
Bopcats	One Hand Loose	ST	02:23
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	03:18
B-Sides	Red to Black	Red to Black	03:20
Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra	Hell and Back	Road Gore: The Band that Drank Too Much	03:16
Subhumans	Firing Squad	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:07
Bopcats	Please Gimme Somethin'	ST	04:09
Diefenbakers	That New Girl	unreleased cassettes	01:45
Modern Minds	Love to Me	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:32
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Pointed Sticks	True Love	Perfect Youth	03:31
Jr. Gone Wild	Fine Scotch	Less Art More Pop	04:22
Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra	Color TV	Road Gore: The Band that Drank Too Much	02:21
SNFU	Scarecrow	If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish	04:32
Diefenbakers	Do the Pop	unreleased cassettes	02:31
Pointed Sticks	Somebody's Mom	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	01:38
Psyche	Psychic Vampire	Insomnia Theatre	02:55
Modern Minds	Teresa's World	Go	01:56
Subhumans	Model of Stupidity	Incorrect Thoughts	02:31
k.d. lang	There You Go	A Truly Western Experience	02:23
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
k.d. lang	Pine and Stew	A Truly Western Experience	03:25
Voice	I Am the Walrus	Anno Di Voce	03:24
Modern Minds	Punk Violence	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:16
B-Sides	Invasion of the Money Snatchers	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	03:19
Modern Minds	Where I Live	Go	03:13
Malibu Kens	Wednesday Morning at 5 O'Clock (As The Day Begins...)	Be My Barbie	04:16
Subhumans	Refugee	Incorrect Thoughts	03:29
B-Sides	Late at Night	Red to Black	03:28
Pointed Sticks	Out of Luck	Perfect Youth	02:35
Diefenbakers	Nothing to Do	unreleased cassettes	01:58
Modern Minds	Confidential (Modernettes)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:58
Thieves	Police Squad	I See Red	03:27
Diefenbakers	Start of Something New	unreleased cassettes	02:40
Modern Minds	The Fear Begins	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:48
Jr. Gone Wild	Goodness	Less Art More Pop	01:28
Voice	Lime	Anno Di Voce	02:58
Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra	Judgement Date	Road Gore: The Band that Drank Too Much	04:57
Blank Generation	World Situation '80's	The Last Generation (EP)	03:21
Nomeansno	Red Devil	Mama	05:48
Sturgeons	Forward Disorder	Punk Rock Virgins b/w Forward Disorder	02:43
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Jr. Gone Wild	She'll Never Know	Less Art More Pop	02:39
Diefenbakers	Assembly Line	unreleased cassettes	01:34
Modern Minds	Someone Like You	Go	02:52
Facecrime	Mystery to Me	Sex And Revolution (EP)	03:35
D.O.A.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Diefenbakers	studio track 01	unreleased cassettes	02:45
Pointed Sticks	Real Thing	Perfect Youth	02:32
Diefenbakers	Kiss or Kill	unreleased cassettes	02:36
Jr. Gone Wild	Slept All Afternoon	Less Art More Pop	02:32
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	04:27
Darkroom	Leave it to Heaven	San Paku	03:45
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Go	01:42
Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra	Rancher King	Road Gore: The Band that Drank Too Much	02:05

Captured by Roszay, the Edmonton 1980s Scene

Tracks

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Voice - Anno Di Voce

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Office - Matricide/ Physical/ King's Road

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

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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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