Rock My World Canada, Chapter 15: Art Bergmann

[Mike Carr has put together a massive volume on Canadian music history entitled Canadian Alternative & Indie Reference and Collector’s Guide. It’s an incredible discography of hundreds of bands. This is the latest excerpt from his book. – AC]

Arthur Frank “Art” Bergmann (born February 8, 1953, in Vancouver BC) is a rock singer-songwriter who was one of the key figures in Canadian punk rock in the late 1970s. In the 80s, Bergman played with Vancouver independent bands Los Popularos and Poisoned before the latter signed to Duke Street Records in 1988. His released his debut solo album, the John Cale-produced Crawl with Me, that year. He garnered a Juno Award nomination for Most Promising Male Vocalist in 1989 and James O’Mara and Kate Ryan were nominated for Best Music Video for Bergman’s “Our Little Secret.”

Find out more about this artist and hundreds of other Canadian artists in the softcover edition of Canadian Alternative & Indie Reference and Collector’s Guide. Get your copy here.

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