NFG/63 Monroe, Record Release

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Our friend Dave O'Halloran (aka What Wave Dave on CHRW) has been sharing on Facebook, with our grateful permission, photos that we had taken of various bands back in the 1980's. Today Dave writes in 1980's Punk Rockers in London, Ontario:

"Here's some Reg Quinton pics of 63 Monroe playing live at Records On Wheels circa 81/82.

Records On Wheels would have been on the north side of Dundas between Clarence and Richmond at the time. It was the first chain record store to actually have a punk/new wave section, a great import section with lots of punk/new wave records and they sold singles on the counter. And you could get your local releases here and they had some great window displays. (anyone have pictures of the window displays?)."

I'm pretty sure it was the record release of the NFG/63 Monroe EP on a Saturday morning. There was a good crowd. They played a short set from the elevated area at the back of the store. The store was very near to Nash Jewellers which is now the London Music Hall of Fame. I think the show was cut short because it was very loud and nearby merchants weren't too happy with that.

Members of the band at that time were Scott Bentley (aka Steven R. Stunning) on voice, Markii Burnaway (guitar), Pete Dekoker (bass) and Jeff Roth (aka Rooster) on the drums. Rooster isn't visible in any of these photos. Clearly they're on their transition from snotty nosed punks to the alt-punk glam of "First Date". We loved every incarnation and even had them play at our 25th Anniversary.

I'm not sure if these photos have been shared before, I suspect they have. But, in any case, many thanks to Dave for his work organizing these old photos and figuring out the location and time for many of them. I've spent a bit of time enhancing these photos — they were very dark. 

Rather than a "See also" section, I invite you to search the blog for other photos of this and other bands from that era.