Balieboro b/w Midnight Ride of Red Dog Ray

The Lost Followers were variously described as hillbilly punk gospel and a five-piece party band who presided over the Church of the Open Bottle. Hank's dry wit and Ken's liquid insanity (after all, "Let the Spirits Enter The Body" was the band's rallying cry) made for a combustible partnership but a very entertaining live show, with Matthew's reliable and tasty guitar work driving the band forward through it all. The group's frequent gigs at The Red Dog Tavern cemented a fervent following (their weekly Red Dog Howl featured bum cleavage contests and a baloney snowflake competition, don't ask), especially among the hard partying student crowd, first in Peterborough but soon in many other cities and towns. They were a particularly big hit at The Brunswick House on Bloor Street in Toronto, though perhaps their most notable gig was an entire month playing Expo 86 in Vancouver.