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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History of New Music Daily: Canada vs. America

January 13, 2021January 12, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment Teenage Head

Sometimes, American record labels get kinda funny when it comes to the names of certain Canadian bands.  For example, Teenage

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Movies Music History 

Here’s the trailer for the upcoming Teenage Head documentary

October 22, 2020October 22, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Documentary, Teenage Head, TVO

If you’re not planning to watch the results come in from the US election on November 3, TVO is going

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Music News 

Random music news for Tuesday, October 20, 2020

October 20, 2020October 19, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Adele, Bee Gees, Ed Sheeran, El Mocambo, Electric Circus, Flaming Lips, Fleetwood Mac, Hipignosis, Ice Cream Truck Music, Merck Mercuriadis, New Zealand, SNL, Teenage Head, TikTok

Two weeks until the US presidential election. And wouldn’t you know it, but this could happen the day before. So

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Music News 

Random music news for Tuesday, November 12, 2019

November 12, 2019November 12, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bots, Facebook, Teenage Head

On this day in 1990. Tim Berners-Lee published a proposal for something he called the “world wide web.” Twenty-nine years

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Music News Recommended Music 

Teenage Head releases a long-overdue update to their Tornado EP. We did an unboxing on video.

September 4, 2019September 3, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Reissue, Teenage Head, Tornado

Back in 1983, Teenage Heads–yes, I spelled that right; their label made them add an “s” to make their less

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Recommended Music 

Teenage Head’s Tornado EP is getting a re-release

July 21, 2019July 19, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Reissue, Teenage Head

If Canada has an analogue to the Sex Pistols, the Clash, or the Ramones, it’s Teenage Head. While they didn’t

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Music News 

10 years ago today, Frankie Venom of Teenage Head breathed his last

October 15, 2018October 17, 2018 Alan Cross 1 Comment Frankie Venom, Teenage Head

In their day, Teenage Head was a force of nature. As one of the biggest Canadian bands to emerge of

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Music News 

38 years ago today: The Great Toronto Punk Rock Riot

June 2, 2018June 1, 2018 Alan Cross 2 Comments Forum, Ontario Place, Riot, Teenage Head

You may have seen the story about the dude who got thrown out of Tuesday’s Slayer concert at the Budweiser

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Music News 

Random music news for Saturday, May 26, 2018

May 26, 2018May 25, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments A&R, Broadway, China, Common, GDPR, Hard Rock Daddy, Kanye West, Morgan Freeman, Muzenly, National Anthem, NFL, NOW, Payola, Peex, Playlists, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Seth Rogen, Spotify, Starbucks, Starving Artist, Teenage Head, Whitney Houston, YouTube Music

NO MORE GDPR EMAILS! PLEASE! I don’t even subscribe to 75% of these newsletters! And now, for music news on

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Music History Music News 

Long, Long Overdue Teenage Head Collection Coming This Way

November 14, 2017November 14, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Teenage Head

[Teenage Head is one of Canada’s historical alt-rock treasures, a band which played its first gig before the Sex Pistols.

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Music News 

Random Music News for Tuesday, July 11, 2017

July 11, 2017July 11, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Ariana Grande, Blackstar, Blue Rodeo, David Bowie, Gwen Stefani, Jim Cuddy, Migraines, Music sales, Podcasting, Prince, Radio, Simmons SD2000, Soundscan, Teenage Head

To Kill a Mockingbird was first published on this date in 1960. And with that, here’s the music news for

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Each week, the podcast looks at something from the alt-rock universe, from artist profiles to various thematic explorations. Whatever the episode, you’re definitely going to learn something that you might not find anywhere else. Trust us on this.

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The Backstage Project Podcast

The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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