Aging Youth Gang

Formed in 1992 from the ashes of two seminal Vancouver punk bands, The Spores and Curious George. AYG started playing small clubs and boozecans around town and soon garnered a small but loyal following. After releasing an excellent four song demo tape. They went into the studio and recorded a full length album that was eventually titled "Not Dead Yet". While still remaining very active on the live stage. It was six years before those studio labours bore fruit. Unfortunately by that time, two founding members had left the band. Vocalist Bob Loblaw and Guitarist Wayne Abstain had careers that took them away from the Vancouver music scene. When they left in 1996 the band was near folding. Remaining members, Sandy Beach, Boom Boom Benson and Youngblood decided to play on and enlisted the services of a guitarist from the defunct East Vancouver drunk rock band The Insipids. We'll just call him Zero Tolerance for now. With the nucleus intact, the "New" Aging Youth Gang hit the stage with a distinctly different sound. Sandy Beach had assumed the mantle of vocalist and Zero Tolerance added his throat from time to time. While still playing a generous helping of original AYG ... more...