Rock My World Canada, chapter 117: Nomeansno

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Nomeansno (sometimes stylized as NoMeansNo or spelled No Means No) was a punk rock band formed in Victoria, BC and later relocated to Vancouver. They issued 11 albums, including a collaborative album with Jello Biafra, as well as numerous EPs and singles.

Critic Martin Popoff described their music as “the mightiest merger between the hateful aggression of punk and the discipline of heavy metal.” Formed in 1979 by brothers Rob and John Wright, the group began as a two-piece punk band influenced by jazz and progressive rock. They self-released their debut Mama LP in 1982. They were inducted into the Western Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 2015, and announced their retirement the following year.

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