Acrpost: A Project of the Pacific Association of Artist Run Centres

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Upstairs Live Presents: The Grapes of Wrath http://grapesofwrath.ca/ Tickets at: Lyles Place / Ditch Records / Ticketzone.com/thegrapesofwrath BIO: Brothers Tom and Chris Hooper met Kevin Kane in 1977 during their teens in Kelowna, British Columbia. Their first band was a punk combo called Kill Pigs which played faster than the singer could sing. From there, Kane and the Hoopers went on separate musical paths; Kane to art-rock group Empty Set and the Hoopers forming the hardcore punk band Gentlemen Of Horror. The Gentlemen were popular playing in and around Vancouver and released a now highly sought after 7″ single in 1980. During this time, Tom Hooper edited a local punk ‘zine called ‘Indecent Exposure’, to which Kane and Chris Hooper contributed. In April of 198... more...