New Wave Outpost Forum

This Canadian band released some fine records in the 80s and early 90s. My personla favorite is their 1987 release 'Big Blue Sky' and this track is from that release. I think this may be the heardest of their releases to still get on CD, but maybe not too too hard.

http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?a ... 3D6BCA810B

A band that I was really forced to re-evaluate.

At the time I wrote them off as an insipid bubblegum band made for video, mostly on the basis of the "Teenland" single which was on heavy rotation on MuchMusic in 1987. I did give them some credit for the novelty single/video "She Ain't Pretty" but that was it.

Later in the mid nineties I heard this live version of "Teenland":

<a href="http://www.cyberus.ca/~cs/Northern Pikes - Teenland (live).mp3">Northern Pikes - Teenland (live)</a>

from their OOP "Gig" CD (1993). Quite a live re-working! It inspired me enough to give them a second chance and I was forced to admit that there was a lot more to them (as performers & song writers) than I had heard first time around.

I'm holding a copy of Big Blue Sky in my hands right now. I love this site because no obscure band seems to get overlooked. WFNX
in Boston played "Things We Do For Money" for about two months that year and I went right out and bought the CD. I always had a great fondness for it even though nobody I know but me has ever heard of it. Way to give it a little belated publicity. Nice catch.