Tag Archives: 2003 in Vancouver

The “trippy country meets stoner rock” of Vancouver’s Pink Mountaintops may be the brainchild of Stephen McBean, who’s also the singer/songwriter/guitarist for Dark Mountain, that was formerly referred to as Jerk using a Bomb. McBean’s single task was also known by another name, ONE PARTICULAR Skag. He started using Jerk …

Using a lineup that changes from six to nine pieces, Vancouver’s They Shoot Horses Don’t They combine components of punk, circus music, experimental rock and roll, and jazz within their free-form, sometimes riotous instrumental expression. Produced by vocalist/guitarist Nut Dark brown and bassist Julia in 2003, TSHDT quickly added saxophonist …

Pianist and arranger Linton Garner, the sibling of the fantastic pianist Errol Garner, toured and recorded with Fletcher Henderson in the first ’40s. Following military service, he had written arrangements, performed in and documented with Billy Eckstine’s orchestra in 1946 and 1947, Earl Coleman and Excess fat Navarro in 1948, …

Equally inspired simply by classic punk and retro girl group pop, Vancouver’s Vancougar was formed in 2003 simply by vocalist/guitarist Eden Fineday, bassist Becca Stewart, keyboardist Megan Johnson, and drummer CC Rose, also from the Pink Mountaintops. The next 12 months, the group self-released a demonstration CD that finished up …