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.	Royal Police	Disco Sucks (EP) (1st press) (White Noise Tour picture sleeve)	02:14
Modern Minds	It's Gone	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:50
Diefenbakers	No Fun	unreleased cassettes	07:13
Pointed Sticks	Marching Song	Perfect Youth	02:32
Psyche	Children Carry Knives	Insomnia Theatre	04:46
Herald Nix	Funny Funny Feelin'	One Night Only (EP)	02:31
Darkroom	In Dim light	San Paku	03:34
Bopcats	Buddy This is It (The Stand)	ST	03:06
Pointed Sticks	True Love	Perfect Youth	03:31
Pursuit of Happiness	I'm an Adult Now	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	04:24
Thieves	I See Red	I See Red	04:27
Compilation	The Standards - Break Out	It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation	02:52
Office	Physical	Matricide/ Physical/ King's Road	03:01
Darkroom	Proven Guilty	San Paku	03:32
Bopcats	Don't Say Sorry	ST	04:27
Office	Matricide	Matricide/ Physical/ King's Road	04:49
Bopcats	Rainbow Girl	ST	02:18
Nomeansno	We Are the Chopped	Mama	05:25
k.d. lang	There You Go	A Truly Western Experience	02:23
Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra	Judgement Date	Road Gore: The Band that Drank Too Much	04:57
Modern Minds	All Day & All of the Night	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:18
Modern Minds	Happy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:11
Nomeansno	Living is Free	Mama	04:28
Subhumans	Death to the Sickoids	Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh	01:59
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald	Red to Black	03:52
Pursuit of Happiness	She's So Young	I'm an Adult Now b/w She's So Young	03:43
Diefenbakers	Loved by You	unreleased cassettes	01:53
Darkroom	It's Cold Out Here	San Paku	03:44
Modern Minds	Theresa's World	Theresa's World (EP)	01:56
Subhumans	Model of Stupidity	Incorrect Thoughts	02:31
Pointed Sticks	American Song	Perfect Youth	04:02
Compilation	Down Syndrome - Bums	It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation	02:46
Diefenbakers	I'm Going Crazy	unreleased cassettes	02:04
Pointed Sticks	What Do You Want Me To Do?	What Do You Want Me To Do? b/w Somebody's Mom	02:27
Modern Minds	The End of a Dream	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	03:40
Bopcats	Kiss Goodbye	ST	02:18
Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra	Hell and Back	Road Gore: The Band that Drank Too Much	03:16
Blank Generation	Reaction	The Last Generation (EP)	03:49
Pointed Sticks	Real Thing	Perfect Youth	02:32
B-Sides	Underground Radio Stars (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	02:40
Malibu Kens	Wednesday Morning at 5 O'Clock (As The Day Begins...)	Be My Barbie	04:16
Modern Minds	Twenty Years Old	Go	02:41
Jr. Gone Wild	Why I Hate the Sixties	Less Art More Pop	03:34
Blank Generation	Anguish	The Last Generation (EP)	02:15
Nomeansno	Red Devil	Mama	05:48
Jr. Gone Wild	I Fell Dumb	Less Art More Pop	02:48
Herald Nix	One Night Only	One Night Only (EP)	03:10
SNFU	The Ceiling	If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish	03:20
Rock and Roll Bitches	Wild West	Wild West (EP)	02:46
B-Sides	Much Too Serious	Invasion Of The Money Snatchers b/w Much Too Serious	02:44
Payola$	China Boys	China Boys	03:26
Compilation	The Touch - Family Tree	It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation	02:55
Blank Generation	Dew Line	The Last Generation (EP)	04:08
Subhumans	No Productivity	Firing Squad b/w No Productivity	03:08
Diefenbakers	Do the Pop	unreleased cassettes	02:31
Blank Generation	Last Generation	The Last Generation (EP)	03:59
SNFU	Where's My Legs	If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish	03:23
Modern Minds	Go	Go	02:13
B-Sides	State of Emergency	Red to Black	04:22
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald (45 rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	03:18
Compilation	Down Syndrome - You're A Punk	It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation	01:36
Modern Minds	Substitute	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:46
Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra	Rancher King	Road Gore: The Band that Drank Too Much	02:05
Enigmas	Teenage Barnacle	ST	03:52
Psyche	The Brain Collapses (Original Concept)	Insomnia Theatre	04:07
Subhumans	Refugee	Incorrect Thoughts	03:29
Rock and Roll Bitches	Welders Song	Wild West (EP)	02:34
SNFU	The Devils Voice	If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish	02:09
Pointed Sticks	Out of Luck	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:32
Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra	Dumb Love	Road Gore: The Band that Drank Too Much	03:15
Modern Minds	Book Of Life	Go	03:09
Modern Minds	Wasted Lives	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	03:01
Modern Minds	Bungalow Rock	Theresa's World (EP)	01:42
Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra	Gospel Surfer	Road Gore: The Band that Drank Too Much	02:14
Malibu Kens	Crude City	Be My Barbie	02:27
Pointed Sticks	Part of the Noise	Perfect Youth	03:07
SNFU	Welcome to My Humble Life of Disarray	If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish	02:43
Sturgeons	Punk Rock Virgins	Punk Rock Virgins b/w Forward Disorder	02:59
Nomeansno	No Sex	Mama	03:48
Jr. Gone Wild	Cosmos	Less Art More Pop	03:09
Compilation	Facecrime - Did I Hear You Right?	It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation	02:30
Nomeansno	No Rest for the Wicked	Mama	05:11
Diefenbakers	Nothing to Do	unreleased cassettes	01:58
Psyche	The Brain Collapses	Insomnia Theatre	04:09
Modern Minds	Girl Crazy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:22
Compilation	Malibu Kens - Party's Over	It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation	03:57
Pointed Sticks	The Real Thing	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:31
Subhumans	We're Alive	Incorrect Thoughts	01:28
Diefenbakers	Jerry Slag	unreleased cassettes	01:20
Pointed Sticks	Out of Luck	Perfect Youth	02:35
Compilation	Route 66 - Where Is She During The Week?	It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation	02:01
Diefenbakers	Junkie for Your Love	unreleased cassettes	01:30
Pointed Sticks	No Use for You	Perfect Youth	03:06
Pointed Sticks	I'm Numb	Lies b/w I'm Numb	02:11
Diefenbakers	Substitute	unreleased cassettes	02:53
Diefenbakers	Goofy	unreleased cassettes	01:09
SNFU	I Forget	If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish	03:13
SNFU	Scarecrow	If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish	04:32
Diefenbakers	Do the Pop	unreleased cassettes	02:44
Facecrime	She Will	Sex And Revolution (EP)	04:22

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Voice - Anno Di Voce

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Office - Matricide/ Physical/ King's Road

Edmonton, Alberta, 🇨🇦

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

Edmonton, Alberta - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

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Compilation - It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation

Edmonton, Alberta, 🇨🇦

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Blank Generation - The Last Generation (EP)

Edmonton, Alberta, 🇨🇦

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Payola$ - China Boys

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Malibu Kens - Be My Barbie

Edmonton, Alberta, 🇨🇦

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

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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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

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Subhumans - Incorrect Thoughts

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Subhumans - Firing Squad b/w No Productivity

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Subhumans - Death Was Too Kind (EP)

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Subhumans - Death to the Sickoids b/w Oh Canaduh

Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦

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Facecrime - Sex And Revolution (EP)

St. Albert, Alberta, 🇨🇦

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Modern Minds - Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97

St. Albert, Alberta, 🇨🇦

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Modern Minds - Theresa's World (EP)

St. Albert, Alberta, 🇨🇦

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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

St. Albert, Alberta, 🇨🇦

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k.d. lang - A Truly Western Experience

Consort, Alberta, 🇨🇦

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Rock and Roll Bitches - Wild West (EP)

Edmonton, Alberta, 🇨🇦

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

Edmonton, Alberta, 🇨🇦

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Sturgeons - Punk Rock Virgins b/w Forward Disorder

Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

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Jr. Gone Wild - Less Art More Pop

Edmonton, Alberta, 🇨🇦

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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

Vancouver, British Columbia

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Nomeansno - Mama

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Thieves - I See Red

Edmonton, Alberta

Anno Di Voce

Matricide/ Physical/ King's Road

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Malcolm Swann of Voice

Malcolm Swann of Office - Rose Kapp

Malcolm Swann of Office, Ambassador

Jeff Sawatzky and Malcolm Swann of Office

Malcolm Swann of Office, Krieg

Road Gore: The Band that Drank Too Much

Compilation

It Came from Inner Space: The Edmonton Compilation

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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

Voice

Voice - Anno Di Voce LABEL 02

Voice - Anno Di Voce LABEL 01

Voice - Anno Di Voce BACK

Office

45-Office - Matricide VINYL 02

45-Office - Matricide VINYL 01

45-Office - Matricide INSIDE

45-Office - Matricide BACK

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

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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

Facecrime

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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

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Dimwit

A Truly Western Experience

Pschye2

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pointedSticks

MoeBergJasper

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Malibu Kens

Wild West (EP)

Rock and Roll Bitches

If You Swear, You'll Catch No Fish

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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

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Less Art More Pop

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Jr. Gone Wild

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One Night Only (EP)

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Bopcats

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