For an even briefer moment then their fellow eighties CanCon radio stars, The Payola$ (see HERE), Doug and the Slugs were a part of the Vancouver punk scene documented in Bloodied but Unbowed (see HERE). The band rate passing mention in the movie because of this 1980 independent single, "Too Bad" which would later be re-recorded and find them swept away as Canada's part of the new wave that inundated radio in the late seventies and early eighties. (The B-side, "The Move", has never been re-issued)
Before the MoFo's at MF locked my files, MRML had posted EVERY (out-of-print) Doug & The Slugs albums and you can see them here!
These new D & S rips and scans were generously provided by ace archivist BristolBoy from My Life's A Jigsaw, who deserves a flurry of thanks!
Hey Sluggers, let us know what you think of this rare version of the band's debut single in the COMMENTS section(which is where you'll find the single link)
SLUG-TIME!
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Hey Jeffen
ReplyDeleteGot this at Quintessence Records back in the day!
Doug
Cool purchase!
DeleteGood ol' Doug and the Slugs.....one of 1000 I had forgotten ever existed, but can't wait to hear how is sounds 30 years later!
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Deletecheers. this song has always been a little like kryptonite.
ReplyDeleteThanks,
ReplyDeletecan you repost the albums of Doug And The Slugs?
The links are dead.
Best Regards
Efstathiou Stathis
Thankee BristolBoy & Jeffen!
ReplyDeleteI like me some Doug & The Slugs but I don't think you'll convert me to loving them ala' Mega City Four or T.V. Smith.
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