The Neos

the Neos were true pioneers of hardcore, critically acclaimed as one of the very first of their kind. In attempt at being the "world's fastest band", the teen trio formed in 1979 in the sleepy suburbs of Victoria, BC on Vancouver Island; their name came from characters in a Woody Allen film. Although they gigged infrequently, they still managed to play with the likes of the Subhumans, Black Flag, and Dead Kennedys (who made a fan out of Jello)...likewise they were regularly corresponding with members of Deep Wound, Ohlo Seco, Terveet Kadet, and many more veterans of the genre. A little known tid-bit is that Nomeansno's debut live show and first tour was infact opening up for the headlining Neos. They self-released two 7" EP's in 1982 on the pseudo-label Alandhiscar; "End All Discrimination" (11 songs - rec. '81, 500 copies) and the "Hassibah Gets The Martian Brain Squeeze" (14 songs - rec. '82, 500 copies). Ratcage records out of NYC repressed the second EP in 1983 thru Southern UK, subsequently pressing 3000+ copies, and essentially cheating the band out of their royalties. They managed to tour the west-coast of N.A. making it all the way to San Francisco, however personality diff... more...