Comments on: Then & Now: The Edge

By: Suzanne Naughton

Suzanne Naughton — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 02:11:27 +0000

I spent many exciting nights at The Edge seeing fabulous bands, plus one of the hilights of my life was our band: the Dead Bunnies, opening for Zero 4 and Jayne County on New Year’s Eve

By: Stephen Retallick

Stephen Retallick — Sun, 25 Feb 2024 10:32:05 +0000

Hi say Hi th Gary Cormier if you see him
thanks

By: Bill Ross

Bill Ross — Sat, 23 Dec 2023 01:59:49 +0000

I saw Magazine at the edge touring their second album. John McGeoch was amazing, and I feel fortunate to have seen him onstage. My wife will never forget that night: Howard Devoto stumbled when coming offstage on his way back to the dressing room and accidentally hit her on the head with a beer bottle.

By: Deborah young

Deborah young — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 04:11:39 +0000

All I experienced in 1979 was drug exchange was with my ex and his hippie friend did not feel safe was never offered a menu

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 22 Apr 2022 13:41:09 +0000

Me and the wife were supposed be there when the Police played at The Edge, but something went wrong and we didnt make it.

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 22 Apr 2022 13:38:14 +0000

I remember the Zodiac, my ex liked it more than me.

By: Robbie Stewart

Robbie Stewart — Fri, 04 Mar 2022 00:33:08 +0000

Sat with Michael Ironside before he went to Hollywood and his actor studio friend there one summer night (1970?) on the patio. I was going to George Brown for Commercials Arts and had a mandolin with me (just in case he reads this). The punk band that night were wearing Nazi Uniforms but we never went in to see them. Michael tried to get me to join his friends acting studio, in hindsight, I should have.

By: Allen shechtman

Allen shechtman — Tue, 17 Aug 2021 03:25:53 +0000

I have to agree with gord, a name from the long lost parts of my mind. After the original booking agency’s contract was terminated, I became the entertainment director for the three zodiac-style clubs that ramada had opened, the Scorpio in London ON and a zodiac in Montreal. The plan had been to open 12 clubs across Canada named by the 12 zodiac signs. Sadly the disco and inconcert night club scene died after about two years, but during that period I had a budget of well over a million dollars annually to buy talent, hiring an assortment of disco’y type America. Recording artists like Shirley and Co. The miracles but with Bill and not smoky, Isis, and for a change Stan Getz , Canadians Gary and Dave , Swiss movement out of Detroit (?), and many others. The club was packed during the weekends with duded up party-goers who would stay for both concert sets and dance on the disco lighted floor before and a after the sets.
Each club had sound and lighting technicians as well a a DJ who all operated out of a central glassed in control room/studio. In addition to buying the entertainment I also trained the technical staff. All in all we had a great run until the international president came to the room one busy night and heard Get The Funk Out a my Face and said there would be no more cursing and vile music in his hotels. With his limited command of English he had mistaken funk for a similar sounding word and within a short time afterwards the clubs were shut down.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 28 Jul 2021 04:12:18 +0000

New Years Eve 1979 I had chartered a short bus myself & a dozen others rode 3 hrs. one way to see Jayne County & the Rock& Roll Resurrection what a CRAZEE night. The Edge was a great venue. I also have a copy of the record that was recorded that night

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Fri, 23 Apr 2021 18:20:11 +0000

[…] out of high school in 1979 at the age of 16. Right around the same time, we hired him at The Edge (The Garys’ infamous Gerrard St. new-wave club from 1979-1981). Because he was too […]