Gerry Hannah

Gerry Hannah

Gerald Richard Hannah (also known as Gerry Useless) is the bass player for the punk rock group The Subhumans and was also a member of the militant environmental group "Direct Action", also known as the Squamish Five (in the mainstream press) and the Vancouver Five (in the alternative press).

Squamish Five carried out a political campaign of "direct actions", including the bombing of Litton Industries which produced guidance systems for American nuclear cruise missiles. Hannah was convicted of conspiracy to rob an armoured car and possession of a stolen weapon, for which he received a ten year jail sentence. He was released after serving five years of his sentence. While in jail, he recorded two records of folk music, "Songs from the Underground" and "Whereabouts Unknown", now very hard to find.

Hannah was also a member of the Vancouver punk band, the Subhumans, from 1978 to 1981, and has reunited with his ex-bandmates for a few shows and the '90's and for the official reunion in 2005. Gerry penned at least two classics of the genre, "Slave To My Dick" and "Fuck You".

In 2004 Vancouver filmmaker Glen Sanford made a documentary movie about Gerry Hannah, called "Useless".

External links

* [http://www.brokenpencil.com/features/feature.php?featureid=47 Article with interviews about "Useless" and the Vancouver Five]


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