For the first time in their almost 40 year history, Vancouver punk/pop legends the Pointed Sticks will be bringing their brand of infectious 60's influenced dance music to the Royal City.
Date/Time: Jul 2 2016, 10:00 pm to 0:30 am
New Westminster, The ColumbiaCost: $20.00
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Supported by We Found A LoveBird and Tayt Modern, this promises to be a great evening of music and fun at the beautiful Columbia Theater. Dress for success, and be sure to wear your dancing shoes.
Pointed Sticks are a Canadian punk rock / power pop band from Vancouver.Originally active from 1978 to 1981, then reuniting to perform in July 2006 through to November 2012. After a three year hiatus, Pointed Sticks returned to the stage in June 2015 for shows on Vancouver island as well as the July 11th Khatsahlano street party in Vancouver.
They were the first Canadian band signed to Stiff Records, although the label was going through financial problems and never released an album by the band.[1] The original band consisted of vocalist Nick Jones, guitarist Bill Napier-Hemy,[2] bassist Tony Bardach and drummer Ian Tiles. Keyboard player Gord Nicholl joined soon after. Johnny Ferreira later joined on saxophone, Bardach was replaced by Scott Watson on bass, and Tiles was replaced by drummer Robert Bruce (from Active Dog), and later by Ken "Dimwit" Montgomery (who was also known for stints in the Subhumans and D.O.A.). The band released four singles, (including their only Stiff records release, a 3 song 7") before releasing their first full-length album, Perfect Youth in 1980. Members of the band were featured in Dennis Hopper's 1980 film, Out of the Blue.
The first compilation of their recordings was released in 1995 on Zulu Records. "Part Of The Noise", now out of print, included five songs from the "Perfect Youth" album as well as 45's and rarities. In 2005, the complete Perfect Youth album, with 4 bonus tracks, was reissued by Sudden Death Records, followed the next year by a compilation of singles, outtakes, and other rarities, entitled Waiting for the Real Thingalso on Sudden Death. These two releases do not share or repeat any tracks. The original band members reunited in 2006 for a tour of Japan, and then continued to play sporadic concerts in Canada and the United States. In 2009 the band recorded an album of all new material,"Three Lefts Make A Right", released Nov.1 of that year on Northern Electric records. The band returned to Japan in August 2010 with support from a re-united "Dishrags", their all female contemporaries from the original Vancouver Punk scene. Pointed Sticks participated in a Vancouver benefit concert for Japan earthquake relief May 12, 2011.[3][4] "Three Lefts Make a Right" was mixed by Vancouver's Mike Fraser. The complete "Stiff Sessions" recordings were released on CD in Japan in 2008, on the Base label. A third full length album simply titled "Pointed Sticks" is available (as of June 15, 2015) on the Northern Electric label via Sudden Death Distributio
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