Jul 192015
Jul 152015
A classic!
Rock Scene Feb 1978 Canadian Rock Section Part 1
Jul 152015
The Globe & Mail October 12 1977. All good fun and games until someone loses an eye!!
Jul 152015
This is a photo taken at Tate Modern in London during a talk on Punk art and design. Carol Starr’s cover is an international classic! This was the first album jacket to use Polaroid SX70 snaps on a record sleeve.
Jul 152015
This is a photo of a reconstruction/installation of the CBGB toilet at The Metropolitan Museum in New York. It was was based on a snapshot from 1977 and yep DIODES are indeed present and correct.
Jul 152015
This was taken by our good friend Ken Steacy who designed the Diodes Logo seen on this website.
Jul 132015
Diodes John Hamilton and Paul Robinson with Blondie’s Debbie Harry, The Curse and Sam from The Ugly/Viletones Taken in 1977
Jul 122015
POP Montreal Event
The Diodes
with Don Pyle’s Out-of-Focus Talking Slideshow
Phi Centre
Thursday, September 17th 2015
Doors: 7:00 PM
Show: 8:00 PM
Tickets: $20.00 + s.c. in advance / $25 + s.c. day of show.
Tickets also available at Phi Centre and Cheap Thrills.
The Diodes were the ground zero of the 1977 Toronto punk explosion, running Canada’s first punk club, The Crash’n’Burn and the first Canadian punk band signed to a major label, CBS, with their debut album released worldwide in the fall of 1977, ahead of the Sex Pistols and many of their UK and US peers. After two albums on CBS and two hits (Red Rubber Ball and Tired Of Waking Up Tired), The Diodes re-emerged in 1980 with a harder, gigantic guitar-driven rock groove that took their pop sensibilities from AM to AOR radio with the instantly infectious hit, Catwalker.
The original band re-united in 2010 and have headlined shows in Canada (NXNE, Horseshoe, etc), UK (Cavern Club), and Italy (Road to Ruins Festival). This is the Diodes first Montreal appearance in almost 30 years.
Jul 122015
Chicago Jan 20th 1978 supporting The Ramones & Runaways at least they spelled our name right!!!
Photo: Ralph Alfonso
Jul 122015
Ian Mackay with Wendy O. Williams before The Plasmatics. She was one of the sweetest persons I ever met! Photo: Ralph Alfonso 1977
