- Hot Nasties
The Hot Nasties were a punk rock band from
Calgary ,Alberta ,Canada . They were of the first wave of Canadian punk rock and notably featured futureLiberal Party of Canada strategist and lawyerWarren Kinsella on bass and vocals.History
In 1976, high-school friends
Warren Kinsella , Alan McDonald and Pierre Schenk decided to form a punk rock band called the Social Blemishes. [cite web| url =http://www.punkhistorycanada.ca/noise/view.php?cat_id=31&id=115 | title = Hot Nasties page at Punk History Canada| ] In 1977, they changed their name to the Hot Nasties.In 1980, they released their first 7" EP, the
Invasion of the Tribbles EP on Kinsella's own Social Blemish Records. [cite web| url =http://www.punkhistorycanada.ca/noise/view.php?cat_id=31&id=115 | title = Hot Nasties page at Punk History Canada| ] . Later that year, they produced an album length collection of their songs on cassette, now almost unfindable.Fact|date=February 2007The band split in 1981, but were featured on the 1994 "Smash the State" Volume 1 compilation released by Frank Manley, who also released a Canadian punk rock discography book bearing the same name. [cite book
last =Manley | first =Frank | year =1993 | title =Smash the State: A Discography of Canadian Punk, 1977-92 | publisher = No Exit | location =Westmount, Quebec | id = ISBN 0-9696631-0-2 ]Back to his punk rock roots in 2005,
Warren Kinsella formed the bandShit From Hell and released a self-titled album which featured two Hot Nasties covers: "Barney Rubble (is my double)" and "Happy Song".In 2005,
The Evaporators also covered "Barney Rubble is My Double" on their "Ripple Rock" album.Line-up
Warren Kinsella "a.k.a. Nuclear Age" - Bass, VocalsRas Pierre Schenk - Lead Guitar
Sane Wayne Ahern - Rhythm Guitar
Just Plain Tom Edwards - Drums
Former Members
Alan "Flesh" McDonald - Vocals "(later played in The Sturgeons)"
Discography
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The Invasion of the Tribbles " E.P. (1980) "Social Blemish Records"Compilations
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Smash the State " 7" (1992), No Exit Records"
Smash the State " Volume 1 LP (1994), No Exit Records (No Exit 002)"Only In Canada, Eh 77-81, Volume One" (2005) "Punk History Canada" [http://www.punkhistorycanada.ca/CONTENT/index.php?cat_id=79]
References
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