Captured by Roszay, the Edmonton 1980s Scene

Rose Kapp (aka Roszay) is a visual artist, cartoonist, and creative force who got her start documenting the raw energy of Edmonton’s punk scene in the late 1970s and early '80s. 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.

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lang, k.d. - A Truly Western Experience

Consort, Alberta, 🇨🇦

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Subhumans - Death Was Too Kind (EP)

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Subhumans - Firing Squad b/w No Productivity

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Modern Minds - Theresa's World (EP)

St. Albert, Alberta, 🇨🇦

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

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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

Vancouver, British Columbia

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Psyche - Insomnia Theatre

Edmonton, Alberta - Leipzig, Germany

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Blank Generation - The Last Generation (EP)

Edmonton, Alberta, 🇨🇦

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Enigmas - ST

Vancouver, British Columbia

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Nomeansno - Mama

Victoria, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Payola$ - China Boys

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

Subhumans Death to the Sickoids flip

Diefenbakers from left to right: John Gilchrist, George Kelly, Kevin Forbes. Credit: Rose Kapp

Diefenbakrs: Paul Soulodre, Daniel Webster, Dan Webster, John Gilchrist, Kevin Forbes. Credit Rose Kapp

No Means No, 1984. Credit: Rose Kapp

Sturgeons, Feb 7, 1981. Credit: Rose Kapp

Subhumans-Wimpy-Roy (Brian Goble), Feb 14, 1981; courtey Rose Kapp

Diefenbakers, Masonic Hall gig (set-up)

Subhumans - Death Was Too Kind (EP)

Malibu Kens

Rock and Roll Bitches George Wall at Edmonton Library gig Jan 17, 1981. photo courtesy Rose Kapp

Rock and Roll Bitches Kenny MacKay at Edmonton Library gig Jan 17, 1981. photo courtesy Rose Kapp

Rock n Roll Bitches Bob Drysdale Kenny MacKay George Wall at Edmonton Library gig Jan 17 1981

Modern Minds - Theresa's World (EP)

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

Rock and Roll Bitches - Wild West (EP)

Pointed Sticks

Pointed Sticks - Lies b/w I'm Numb

Pointed Sticks - What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom

Theresa's World (EP)

Wild West (EP)

unreleased cassettes

Lies b/w I'm Numb

Death Was Too Kind (EP)

Incorrect Thoughts

Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh

lang, k.d.

Pointed Sticks

Nomeansno

Rock and Roll Bitches

Subhumans

Nomeansno-Mama VINYL 02

Nomeansno-Mama LABEL 02

Nomeansno-Mama INSERT 02

Nomeansno-Mama INSERT 01

Nomeansno-Mama BACK

Mama

45-Payolas-China Boys LABEL 02

45-Payolas-China Boys LABEL 01

Payolas-China Boys

China Boys

45-Sughumans-Firing Squad VINYL 02

45-Subhumans-Firing Squad VINYL 01

45-Subhumans-Firing Squad BACK

Firing Squad b/w No Productivity

snfu Brent Belke and Warren Bidlock (Uncle Warren) of SNFU, 1982

snfu Marc Belke and Ken Chin aka Chi Pig of SNFU, January, 1985

snfu SNFU being interviewed for cable show, 1983. Photo taken by someone else but I own the negs.

subhumans Gary Numan. My brother (Eric the German) might have taken this.

Blank Generation promo shot. Typical punk band shot #1 - an alley. Mark Stordal, Jim McQuarrie, Craig Fenrich (photos), Helmut Sutanow. Credit: Rose Kapp

Craig Quasar (Fenrich) of Blank Generation. Credit: Rose Kapp

diefenbakers john gilchrist george kelly kevin forbes

diefenbakers 001

Diefenbakers

It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation

It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation

It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation

VA It Came From Inner Space BACK

VA It Came From Inner Space LABEL 01

VA It Came From Inner Space LABEL 02

It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation

It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation

Pointed Sticks - Perfect Youth BACK

Pointed Sticks - Perfect Youth LABEL 01

Pointed Sticks - Perfect Youth LABEL 02

Perfect Youth

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Artist	Track	Title	Length
lang, k.d.	Bopalena	A Truly Western Experience	02:30
Modern Minds	Holly	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	01:59
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
SNFU	Mind Like a Door	If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish	01:54
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	03:18
lang, k.d.	Pine and Stew	A Truly Western Experience	03:25
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
Payola$	China Boys	China Boys	03:26
B-Sides	State of Emergency	Red to Black	04:22
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	04:27
Darkroom	Tears Hold No Cure	San Paku	03:46
SNFU	Better Homes and Gardens	If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish	02:20
SNFU	The Devils Voice	If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish	02:09
Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra	Rancher King	Road Gore: The Band that Drank Too Much	02:05
Malibu Kens	Crude City	Be My Barbie	02:27
Jr. Gone Wild	Day of the First Snow	Less Art More Pop	03:53
Modern Minds	Girl Crazy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:22
Diefenbakers	Kiss or Kill	unreleased cassettes	02:36
Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra	Happy Nun	Road Gore: The Band that Drank Too Much	02:38
B-Sides	Much Too Serious	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	02:44
Nomeansno	Living in Détente	Mama	03:28
Pointed Sticks	American Song	Perfect Youth	04:02
Diefenbakers	Loved by You	unreleased cassettes	01:53
Pointed Sticks	The Real Thing	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:31
Modern Minds	Twenty Years Old	Go	02:41
Sturgeons	Forward Disorder	Punk Rock Virgins b/w Forward Disorder	02:43
Compilation	Down Syndrome - You're A Punk	It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation	01:36
Nix, Herald	Funny Funny Feelin'	One Night Only (EP)	02:31
Modern Minds	The End of a Dream	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	03:40
Jr. Gone Wild	Goodness	Less Art More Pop	01:28
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Nix, Herald	Everybody's Movin'	One Night Only (EP)	02:45
Diefenbakers	Hit Her in the Head	unreleased cassettes	01:13
lang, k.d.	Hanky Panky	A Truly Western Experience	01:59
Modern Minds	Wasted Lives	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	03:01
Modern Minds	Substitute	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:46
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Theresa's World (EP)	02:03
Diefenbakers	Junkie for Your Love	unreleased cassettes	01:30
Compilation	Malibu Kens - 421-1111	It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation	02:45
B-Sides	She's a Raver	Red to Black	02:36
Bopcats	Let's Go	ST	04:41
SNFU	I Forget	If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish	03:13
Blank Generation	J.W.G.	The Last Generation (EP)	02:19
Subhumans	Lets Go Down to Hollywood (And Shoot People)	Incorrect Thoughts	03:58
Enigmas	Teenage Barnacle	ST	03:52
Diefenbakers	Personality Crisis	unreleased cassettes	03:23
Modern Minds	Where I Live	Go	03:13
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Darkroom	Don't Talk	San Paku	03:32
Rock and Roll Bitches	Broad Daylight	Wild West (EP)	01:27
Subhumans	Greaser Boy	Incorrect Thoughts	03:15
Enigmas	Roll with the Punches	ST	02:49
Jr. Gone Wild	She'll Never Know	Less Art More Pop	02:39
Thieves	Police Squad	I See Red	03:27
D.O.A.	Disco Sucks	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	01:39
Compilation	The Thieves - What's Old Is What's New	It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation	02:38
Jr. Gone Wild	Old Blue	Less Art More Pop	02:55
Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra	Daddy Was a Peacock	Road Gore: The Band that Drank Too Much	02:40
Bopcats	Don't Say Sorry	ST	04:27
Pointed Sticks	True Love	Perfect Youth	03:31
Diefenbakers	Start of Something New	unreleased cassettes	02:05
Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra	Rhythm Crazy	Road Gore: The Band that Drank Too Much	02:10
Psyche	Suffocation	Insomnia Theatre	03:10
Compilation	The Standards - Break Out	It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation	02:52
Compilation	Route 66 - Had Enough Of This	It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation	02:20
B-Sides	Regular Guy	Red to Black	02:35
SNFU	The Ceiling	If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish	03:20
Subhumans	Inquisition Day	Death Was Too Kind (EP)	01:53
Modern Minds	Go	Go	02:13
Nix, Herald	Evil Hearted Me	One Night Only (EP)	01:57
Diefenbakers	Terminal Ecstacy	unreleased cassettes	02:24
Subhumans	Death Was Too Kind	Death Was Too Kind (EP)	01:51
SNFU	Electric Chair	If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish	02:36
Enigmas	Daymare	ST	04:17
Sturgeons	Punk Rock Virgins	Punk Rock Virgins b/w Forward Disorder	02:59
Subhumans	Slave To My Dick	Incorrect Thoughts	02:38
Compilation	Facecrime - I Know Some People	It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation	04:42
Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra	Bad Idea	Road Gore: The Band that Drank Too Much	02:19
Compilation	The Touch - Family Tree	It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation	02:55
B-Sides	Emotions	Red to Black	04:11
Modern Minds	Someone Like You	Go	02:52
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Facecrime	Mystery to Me	Sex And Revolution (EP)	03:35
Pointed Sticks	Out of Luck	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:32
Facecrime	Cable TV	Sex And Revolution (EP)	03:02
Modern Minds	Slap in the Face	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:46
Bopcats	Rainbow Girl	ST	02:18
Modern Minds	Dirty Movies	Go	03:02
B-Sides	Underground Radio Stars (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	01:59
Bopcats	Down the Line	ST	02:08
Enigmas	Pancho Villa	ST	03:06
Darkroom	In Dim light	San Paku	03:34
Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra	Dumb Love	Road Gore: The Band that Drank Too Much	03:15
Nomeansno	No Sex	Mama	03:48
Diefenbakers	Color TV	unreleased cassettes	02:21
Modern Minds	All Day & All of the Night	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:18
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
Nomeansno	Mama's Little Boy	Mama	06:01
Psyche	The Brain Collapses	Insomnia Theatre	04:09
Diefenbakers	That New Girl	unreleased cassettes	01:45

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