Regulators, Polish Hall

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We're only just back from Australia and the London Punk music archivist has been busy with old band photos. 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 group:

"Here's some more Reg Quinton pics. This time it's from the Polish Hall on Ann St and it's the Regulators in action.

The Regulators consisted of; Jeff Morritt on vocals, Debbie Horowitz on keys, Jay Henderson on drums and Dave Lightfoot on bass. They only released one single in their brief existence but appeared on 3 compilations later; Animals Fight Back, Canada's Pissed Volume 2 and Slippery's Club Hits."

I believe these pictures are from 1979, perhaps early 1980 — definitely before I met Kate. These would have been taken without a flash and are B/W push processed for low light. I believe this was the only time I ever saw this band; I suspect this was an event with the Stoves. There are some very poor quality photos there, some are out of focus, etc., but there are quite a few gems. Jeff Morritt had a Lou Reed vibe that caught my attention and Debbie Horowitz ... well of course. Usually I'd prune an album down to just the few photos I'm especially proud of. Dave is more encyclopedic in his choice of photos to share. But for an historical record here it is, warts and all.

These have been shared before; see Polish Hall entry of 2015 in this blog.

Many thanks to Dave for his work organizing photos and figuring out the location and time for many of these. My 15 minutes should be over soon ....