Go Four 3

Go Four 3 (1984-90) Roxanne Heichert (vocals) Steve Quinn (guitar) Gord Badanic (bass, piano, organ) plus a rotating door of drummers, including: Rob Tomkow (left music to become a pilot) Ian Noble (now a concert promoter in New York) Ike (Hard Rock Miners, Be Good Tanyas, Waterwalk) Matt Johnson (now in 54-40) Daryll Neudorf (now a producer) Joel Anderson (now a Toronto-based session drummer) A Vancouver based powerpop group that emerged from the underground/punk scene, and very briefly enjoyed wide and near-instant success during the mid 80’s. Luckily, this did not prevent them from plowing-on in near-total obscurity for years to come afterwards. The group formed in 1984, from a desire to play fast, intense guitar pop/punk with a heavy influence of mod-ish sixties melodies and styles. Despite having a stable vocal/guitar/bass line-up, the band went through over 15 drummers during its short career, making the Spinal Tap drummer-seat look like a safe bet. Almost before even performing live, the group recorded a six song EP that was released by Zulu Records in Vancouver, and shot a video for the main track “Just Another Day”. Within a few months, ... more...