The Enemas, Cedar Lounge

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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. This morning Dave writes in The Cedar Lounge - Blue Boot group:

"Some more Reg Quinton pics, this time it's the Enemas at the Cedar Lounge circa 1980. Looks like it's at least 2 different shows.

[The Enemas] were from Guelph and played the Cedar, Polish Hall and possibly other London locations.

The band consisted of Brian Lambert, Oliver Kellhammer, Derek Graham, Blaine White and Greg Jarvie.

They didn't release anything during their tenure, but did appear on 3 compilations; Animals Fight Back (cassette from London put out by Chris Richards), Hide #3 (artzine and cassette from Guelph) and Slippery's Club Hits (cassette from London put out by What Wave)."

I've gone through the photos Dave posted, eliminated duplicates and sorted them to show the two events. I also commented that I've blogged a bit about the Enemas (2015) and again Enemas (2020) so most of the pictures here will have been shared before. I believe the band scattered after they graduated from University; Brian remains an acquaintance of ours. I suspect the last time they played together might have been at the Graphic Underground London (2012) event celebrating Brian's book which helped to document that time.

An interesting comment was posted on Facebook by Henry Martinuk where he shares a Vimeo posting:

"The Dogs, The Anemics (my band), and The Enemas at The Woodshed in beautiful downtown Guelph, March 8 1980. The sound is extremely lo-fi"

Many thanks to Dave for sorting through these old photos of ours. He's a much appreciated archivist of the music scene we so much enjoyed.