Captured by Roszay, the Edmonton 1980s Scene

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
Diefenbakers Colour TV unreleased cassettes
D.O.A. Woke Up Screaming Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
D.O.A. Nazi Training Camp Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Compilation Facecrime - I Know Some People It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation
Diefenbakers studio track 01 unreleased cassettes
Modern Minds Book Of Life Go
Pointed Sticks American Song Perfect Youth
Darkroom Don't Talk San Paku
k.d. lang Tickled Pink A Truly Western Experience
Compilation Route 66 - Had Enough Of This It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation
Modern Minds Theresa's World Theresa's World (EP)
Modern Minds Wasted Lives Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97
Diefenbakers Nothing to Do unreleased cassettes
k.d. lang Hooked on Junk A Truly Western Experience
Psyche Psychic Vampire Insomnia Theatre
Pointed Sticks Out of Luck The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck
B-Sides No Can Do Red to Black
Facecrime Mystery to Me Sex And Revolution (EP)
Diefenbakers Color TV unreleased cassettes
Modern Minds Someone Like You Go
Diefenbakers Goofy unreleased cassettes
Nomeansno We Are the Chopped Mama
Compilation The Thieves - What's Old Is What's New It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation
Jr. Gone Wild She'll Never Know Less Art More Pop
Diefenbakers I'm Going Crazy unreleased cassettes
Compilation The Standards - Break Out It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation
Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra Livin' On Top Road Gore: The Band that Drank Too Much
Thieves Screams I See Red
SNFU The Devils Voice If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish
Modern Minds It's Gone Theresa's World (EP)
Payola$ China Boys China Boys
Nomeansno Rich Guns Mama
Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra You Make Me Blue Road Gore: The Band that Drank Too Much
Subhumans Lets Go Down to Hollywood (And Shoot People) Incorrect Thoughts
Herald Nix Everybody's Movin' One Night Only (EP)
Rock and Roll Bitches Broad Daylight Wild West (EP)
Modern Minds Dirty Movies Go
Jr. Gone Wild It Never Changes Less Art More Pop
Herald Nix One Night Only One Night Only (EP)
Darkroom Some Stories Never Change San Paku
Compilation Down Syndrome - You're A Punk It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation
Modern Minds Slap in the Face Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97
Modern Minds It's Gone Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97
Enigmas Pancho Villa ST
Nomeansno Living is Free Mama
Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra Happy Nun Road Gore: The Band that Drank Too Much
Modern Minds The End of a Dream Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97
Diefenbakers No Fun unreleased cassettes
Subhumans Slave To My Dick Incorrect Thoughts
Jr. Gone Wild Hey Hey Paula Less Art More Pop
D.O.A. Disco Sucks Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)
Diefenbakers Loved by You unreleased cassettes
Pointed Sticks The Witch Perfect Youth
Bopcats Down the Line ST
Diefenbakers Do the Pop unreleased cassettes
Modern Minds It's Gone Go
Jr. Gone Wild Fine Scotch Less Art More Pop
Jr. Gone Wild Cosmos Less Art More Pop
Modern Minds Confidential (Modernettes) Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97
Modern Minds Love to Me Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97
Nomeansno No Rest for the Wicked Mama
Malibu Kens Wednesday Morning at 5 O'Clock (As The Day Begins...) Be My Barbie
Blank Generation Last Generation The Last Generation (EP)
Modern Minds Girl Crazy Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97
Bopcats Crash Landing ST
Modern Minds Where I Live Go
Compilation Down Syndrome - Bums It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation
Herald Nix I Don't Love Nobody One Night Only (EP)
Modern Minds Happy Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97
Jr. Gone Wild I Fell Dumb Less Art More Pop
Modern Minds All Day & All of the Night Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97
Subhumans Fuck You Death Was Too Kind (EP)
Diefenbakers Assembly Line unreleased cassettes
SNFU Welcome to My Humble Life of Disarray If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish
Subhumans The Scheme Incorrect Thoughts
Diefenbakers Assembly Line unreleased cassettes
SNFU Electric Chair If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish
Darkroom Leave it to Heaven San Paku
Bopcats Buddy This is It (The Stand) ST
B-Sides Bedtime for Ronald (33⅓ rpm) Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)
Psyche The Brain Collapses (Original Concept) Insomnia Theatre
Subhumans Big Picture Incorrect Thoughts
Jr. Gone Wild Day of the First Snow Less Art More Pop
Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra Judgement Date Road Gore: The Band that Drank Too Much
Diefenbakers Hit Her in the Head unreleased cassettes
Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra Gospel Surfer Road Gore: The Band that Drank Too Much
B-Sides Underground Radio Stars (33⅓ rpm) Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)
B-Sides Run and Hide Red to Black
Enigmas Greenstreet ST
Pointed Sticks Perfect Youth Perfect Youth
Subhumans Inquisition Day Death Was Too Kind (EP)
Modern Minds The Mess Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97
Modern Minds Go Go
Darkroom It's Cold Out Here San Paku
Nomeansno My Roomate is Turning Into a Monster Mama
Thieves Kopper & Iron I See Red
Modern Minds Holly Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97
Rock and Roll Bitches Welders Song Wild West (EP)
Psyche Suffocation Insomnia Theatre
B-Sides State of Emergency Red to Black

FEATURED

Compilation - It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation

Edmonton, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Blank Generation - The Last Generation (EP)

Edmonton, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Payola$ - China Boys

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Malibu Kens - Be My Barbie

Edmonton, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

B-Sides - Red to Black

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Subhumans - Incorrect Thoughts

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Subhumans - Firing Squad b/w No Productivity

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Subhumans - Death Was Too Kind (EP)

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Subhumans - Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Facecrime - Sex And Revolution (EP)

St. Albert, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Modern Minds - Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97

St. Albert, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Modern Minds - Theresa's World (EP)

St. Albert, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

St. Albert, Alberta, 🇨🇦 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Modern Minds - Go

St. Albert, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

k.d. lang - A Truly Western Experience

Consort, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Rock and Roll Bitches - Wild West (EP)

Edmonton, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Edmonton, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Sturgeons - Punk Rock Virgins b/w Forward Disorder

Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Jr. Gone Wild - Less Art More Pop

Edmonton, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Herald Nix - One Night Only (EP)

Salmon Arm, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Bopcats - ST

Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

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

Vancouver, British Columbia

FEATURED

Nomeansno - Mama

FEATURED

Thieves - I See Red

Edmonton, Alberta

FEATURED

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

FEATURED

Psyche - Insomnia Theatre

FEATURED

Darkroom - San Paku

Edmonton, Alberta

Compilation

It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation

1980-07_DOA_Toronto_flyer

1983-01-03_DOA_Pier (Raleigh, NC)_flyer_+

1984-09-28_DOA + Abrasive Wheels + Battalion Of Saints + Killroy_Olympic Audit (LA, CA)_flyer_+

Modern Minds

The Last Generation (EP)

Blank Generation

Blank Generation - The Last Generation LABEL 02

Blank Generation - The Last Generation LABEL 01

Blank Generation - The Last Generation BACK

China Boys

Payola$

payolas

Payolas - China Boys VINYL 02

Payolas - China Boys VINYL 01

Payolas-China Boys

Be My Barbie

45-B-Sides-Bedtime for Ronald INSERT SIDE 01 showing Regan with a future young president

Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)

Red to Black

Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious

B-Sides

45-B-Sides-Bedtime for Ronald VINYL 02

45-B-Sides-Bedtime for Ronald VINYL 01

45-B-Sides-Bedtime for Ronald BACK

The B-Sides – Invasion Of The Money Snatchers (1)

Sturgeons

Sturgeons, Feb 7, 1981. Credit: Rose Kapp

45-Sturgeons-Punk Rock Virgins VINYL 02

45-Sturgeons-Punk Rock Virgins VINYL 01

45-Sturgeons-Punk Rock Virgins BACK2 FOLDOVER

Sturgeons - Punk Rock Virgins b/w Forward Disorder BACK

Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)

Subhumans

Incorrect Thoughts

Firing Squad b/w No Productivity

Death Was Too Kind (EP)

Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh

Subhumans - Death To the Sickoids bw Oh Canaduh (1)

Subhumans - Death To the Sickoids bw Oh Canaduh (2)

Subhumans Death to the Sickoids flip

Subhumans-Incorrect Thoughts LABEL 02

Subhumans-Incorrect Thoughts LABEL 01

Subhumans-Incorrect Thoughts INSERT SIDE 02

Subhumans-Incorrect Thoughts INSERT SIDE 01

Subhumans-Incorrect Thoughts BACK

subhumans1

PS#7Dimwit

PS#6

PS#5Dimwit

PS#4

PS#3

PS#2

PS#1

joey-SUB_M&D

joey-SUB_Ed

joey-Scott2

joey-scott1

joey-mike3

joey-Mike2

joey-Mike1

joey-JimA3

joey-JimA2

joey-JimA1

joey-ED1

joey-Dinwoodie_scott

joey-Dinwoodie_M&J

JoeyDid-04

JoeyDid-03

JoeyDid-02Spartens

JoeyDid-01

joey-basement_M&S

joey-1981_spntns_kens

joey-1981_smr_Sptns_ed

joey-1980Borden_stage

joey-1980Borden_scott

joey-1980Borden_Ed

Joey-1980Borden_band

Gene_facecrime

Facecrime

Sex And Revolution (EP)

The-Cave

Rock-Your-Brains-Out

MM-Ponted-Sticks

Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97

Pursuit of Happiness

Theresa's World (EP)

I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young

Go

Facecrime

Facecrime

Facecrime

facecrime_Moe1

facecrime_Blaine

Facecrime - Sex and Revolution LABEL 02

Facecrime - Sex and Revolution LABEL 01

Facecrime - Sex and Revolution INSERT SIDE 02

Facecrime - Sex and Revolution INSERT SIDE 01

Facecrime - Sex and Revolution BACK

ZaZa2

ZaZa1

ZaZa_keyboard

unknown_sax1

TheNot2

TheNot1

themEssentials_drmr

themEssentials_bass

StingRays_Roland

StingRays_JerryRing

SteelPulse

ScottPeters_Thieves

Route66_Henry

Route66_EvLaRoi

ReverbAngels_Ken

nostrils

NewValues

Mike_joeyDid

LoveMongers

LoveMngrs-steveSmith

Lincolns_PrakashJohn

jcBelievers18

jcBelievers17

jcBelievers16

jcBelievers15

jcBelievers14

jcBelievers13

jcBelievers12

jcBelievers11

jcBelievers10

JCbelievers9

JCbelievers8

JCbelievers7

JCbelievers6

JCbelievers5

JCbelievers4

JCbelievers3

JCbelievers2

JCbelievers1

JC&theBelievers1

ghostShirt2

GhostShirt1

DennisL_JoeyDid

Draggnetts_Roland

Draggnetts_Drew

backstreet3

backstreet2

backstreet1

Dimwit

A Truly Western Experience

Pschye2

Pschye

pointedSticks

MoeBergJasper

Moe&DaveG

MalibuKens_DaveAlgie

Malibu Kens

Wild West (EP)

Rock and Roll Bitches

If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish

snfu3

snfu2

snfu1

SNFU - If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish NM LABEL 02

SNFU - If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish NM LABEL 01

SNFU - If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish NM INSERT SIDE 02

SNFU - If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish NM INSERT SIDE 01

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

SNFU

Punk Rock Virgins b/w Forward Disorder

Sturgeons

thieves3

thieves2

thieves1

Thieves_

kdLang2

kdLang1

lang, k.d.

Less Art More Pop

JrGoneWild1

Jr. Gone Wild

JerryJerry1

JerryJerry_room

HeraldNix1

HeraldNix

One Night Only (EP)

Nix, Herald

HeraldNix1

HeraldNix

Bopcats

ST

BopCats

Bopcats - ST (2)

darkroom

B-Sides

Enigmas

DOA-DaveGregg

DOAChuckB

DOA1

DOA_rampage2

DOA_rampage1

DOA_DaveGregg2

DOA_daveGregg1

Diefenbakers_Paul

Diefenbakers

BlankGen_promo2

BlankGen_promo1

BlankGen_Helmut

BlankGen_Craig2

BlankGen_Craig1

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