Young Canadians (originally The K-Tels ) were a Canadian punk rock band formed in Vancouver in 1978 and active for just under two years. The YC's were influenced not only by the other punk bands in town at that time such as D.O.A. and the Pointed Sticks, but also by the New York Dolls , the Stooges , and 1960s garage rock . Although the band only released a small amount of material before breaking up, their single "Hawaii" is one of the classic Canadian punk anthems.
14-595: The band's leader, songwriter and guitarist was Art Bergmann , who went on to become one of the key figures in Canadian alternative rock in the 1980s and 1990s. The other band members were bassist Jim Bescott and drummer Barry Taylor. Their first-ever recording was the song "I Hate Music", for the Vancouver Complication punk compilation album. Just before the release of "Hawaii", they were forced to change their name when threatened with legal action by
28-492: A compilation of unreleased demo recordings from the early 1980s, in 2000, with liner notes from Pointed Sticks front man Nick Jones. Following Vultura Freeway , however, Bergmann withdrew from the music business for several years, due to health difficulties with degenerative arthritis . In 2009 Bergmann's bassist Ray Fulber compiled the CD Lost Art Bergmann , which featured early demo versions of most of
42-527: A cover of Neil Young 's "Prisoners of Rock and Roll" for the tribute album Borrowed Tunes , leading to a new deal with Sony Records for 1995's What Fresh Hell Is This? . That album won the Juno Award for Best Alternative Rock Album at the Juno Awards of 1996 , but the album was not a strong performer on the charts and he was then dropped from the label. Bergmann quit the music business for
56-494: A period following his release by Sony, performing sporadically between 1995 and 1998. The 1998 Design Flaw , produced by Peter J. Moore and released on the independent label Other People's Music , was a reworking of tracks from his first three albums, plus a cover of Gram Parsons ' "Sin City". The songs featured Bergmann on acoustic guitar, with backing by Chris Spedding on electric. Bergmann then released Vultura Freeway ,
70-515: A remastered edition of his self-titled 1991 album. On 30 December 2020, Bergmann was made a Member of the Order of Canada, for his "indelible contributions to the Canadian punk music scene, and for his thought-provoking discourse on social, gender and racial inequalities." On 21 May 2021, Bergmann released Late Stage Empire Dementia on ( weewerk ) Recordings. On 29 September 2023, he followed up with ShadowWalk: Legacy of Love , an album inspired by
84-451: Is one of the classic Canadian punk anthems. Although long out of print, the EPs, along with some unreleased live material, were reissued in 1995 as the album No Escape . In the 1980s, Bergmann played with Vancouver independent bands Los Popularos and Poisoned before the latter band signed to Duke Street Records in 1988. Due to confusion with the popular American band Poison which had marred
98-711: The K-Tel corporation. The K-Tels supported the Boomtown Rats on a tour across Canada. Following their breakup, their two EPs and single, plus unreleased live tracks, were re-released in 1995 on the album No Escape , with liner notes written by Buck Cherry. Joyride on the Western Front , a live album documenting a 1980 concert at Mabuhay Gardens , was released in 2001. Founding member and bassist Jim Bescott died in an accident in Vancouver on August 31, 2005 at
112-669: The Mount Lehman Grease Band. After Mount Lehman folded, he founded his own band called the Notorious Smorg Brothers, which he stocked with a myriad of different support artists. Bergmann was later the lead singer and songwriter for Vancouver punk stalwarts Young Canadians (formerly The K-Tels). Although the Young Canadians only recorded two independent EPs and a single before breaking up, their song "Hawaii" (co-written with Ross Carpenter)
126-585: The age of 52. This article about a Canadian rock band is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Art Bergmann Arthur Frank Bergmann CM (born February 8, 1953, in Vancouver , British Columbia) is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter who was one of the key figures in Canadian punk rock in the late 1970s. Bergmann was made a member of the Order of Canada in 2021. Art Bergmann began his musical career with an Abbotsford band called
140-583: The band's most recent tour, however, the label decided to bill the band's releases as solo albums by Bergmann. He released his debut solo album, the John Cale -produced Crawl with Me , that year. He garnered a Juno Award nomination for Most Promising Male Vocalist at the Juno Awards of 1989 , and James O'Mara and Kate Ryan were nominated for Best Music Video for Bergmann's "Our Little Secret". 1990's Sexual Roulette , produced by Chris Wardman , became Bergmann's mainstream breakthrough, spawning
154-557: The death in 2022 of his wife Sherri Decembrini. Art Bergmann has appeared in two Bruce McDonald films, Highway 61 as Otto and Hard Core Logo as himself, and as a musician in Conjurer of Monikers . Additionally, he was featured in Bloodied but Unbowed , a film featured at the 2010 Vancouver Documentary Film Festival . Borrowed Tunes Borrowed Tunes is a tribute album to Neil Young , released in 1994. The album
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#1732793606509168-556: The rock radio hit "Bound for Vegas" and garnering him a deal with Polygram Records . He followed up with a self-titled album on Polygram in 1991, again garnering significant radio airplay for the singles "Faithlessly Yours", "If She Could Sing" and "Message From Paul". Bergmann continued to tour extensively during this era. This included Big, Bad & Groovy, a package tour of Canadian artists that included Bergmann, Sons of Freedom (band) , Pure (Canadian band) and headliners Bootsauce . In 1994 he collaborated with One Free Fall on
182-558: The songs that appeared on the 1988 John Cale produced album. These demo recordings served as a tonic to many fans as they have a more guitar driven sound than the keyboard heavy Cale produced sessions. On 26 August 2014, Bergmann released Songs for the Underclass on the independent label ( weewerk ). On 13 May 2016, Bergmann released The Apostate , his first full-length album of new material since 1995, on weewerk Records. On 12 May 2017, Bergmann released Remember Her Name ,
196-472: Was released as a two- CD set, one compiling acoustic songs and one compiling rock -oriented ones, although the two discs were also each sold individually. The album features a variety of Canadian musicians covering songs written by Neil Young. All profits from the album were donated to The Bridge School, which develops and uses advanced technologies to aid in the instruction of handicapped children. A second album called Borrowed Tunes II: A Tribute to Neil Young
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