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band from

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, formed in the early 1980s.

History

The band took the name ''Fifth Column'' from their interpretation of an alleged military manoeuvre by fascist

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, in which

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insurrectionists within

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, called the

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, aided the four columns (north, south, east and west) outside the city's perimeters. Soon after forming, the group became involved in the

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of the 1980s. Their first release was a selection of songs on the cassette compilation ''Urban Scorch'' released by Some Product in 1981. GB Jones, Caroline Azar and Candy Parker released an underground xerox art/social commentary

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named ''Hide'', of which they published five issues. After its first issue, they came out with audio cassettes that were compilations of music by their punk, post-punk and experimental contemporaries, like

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, The Party's Over,

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, Rongwrong, and

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, as well as Fifth Column. It is important to note that mainstream local media/middle-of-the-road maligners of the group, were a mix of music reporters/columnists who were both female and male, uncomfortable with the sound and performance, not considered palatable at the time. The trend behind the attacks were based on the band's approach to their genderific sketch of themselves as Second Wave feminists, disrupting populist ideas of being, songwriting, language and image. The commercial and careerist alternative scenes made of hetero-normative and gay assimilationists were also most threatened. The few Canadians in the media championing were: Radio Hosts/Journalists; CKLN's Denise Benson, The Eye's Chris O'Connor, The Sun's John Sakamoto, The Globe and Mail's Liam Lacey, CBC Brave New Wave's hosts Brent Banbury and Kevin Komoda. The Fifth Column sound forged on Vinyl, would not be, without the deftness of Producers/Engineers: Peter D. Hudson (Dundrells), Walter Sobczak (Sturm Group), MP Wojewoda and the elusive Jack Freimanis. The aforementioned actualized the sound that Jones and Azar were aiming for. There were no female producers available or interested at that innate time in Toronto history and culture. There were many girls close to the group who were inspiring friends/muses, and many of them appeared in the music video "Donna", like Jena Von Brucker, Mic Hell, Norma Jean LeFebvre and Ottilie Mason. Their first vinyl release was the 7" ''Boy-Girl'' EP produced in 1983 by Voicepondence Records. The name of their first full-length recording '' To Sir With Hate'' was a play on the theme song from the British school film, ''

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'', performed by

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. Produced by Michael Phillip Wojewoda, it is now considered a classic of Canadian music; at the

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scene. Their video for the song, directed by indie feature film director

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, involved 50's images of men cruising in their new cars, shopping malls, and car crashes, was intercut with the band and go-go dancer

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. A video for the song "Where Are they Now?" was also made, directed by Marc de Guerre. Their live shows often included films played overtop of the band and a 'go-go' boy dancing. They were frequently accompanied by guest musicians who played instruments as varied as saxophone, trumpet, flute, or violin. Independent-minded, they released their recordings, including their second full-length recording ''All-Time Queen Of The World'', themselves. A video for the song "Like This" from the album was directed by Bruce LaBruce with the band. The band also appeared on a number of compilations. In 1992 they released a single, "

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", on the

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. "

" was produced by Walter Sobczak and Fifth Column. Despite being controversial and receiving little airplay, the recording was reviewed by

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and voted "Single Of The Week" in the UK music publication

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. This song was included as well on their last full-length recording, '' 36C'', released in 1994. That same year a video for the song ''Donna'' was also released. It was the flipside of the 1992 single and was also on the album. The band's last recording was released in 2002, on the

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compilation, '' Fields And Streams''. Caroline Azar again teamed up with G.B. Jones to create the installation/performance ''The Bruised Garden'' in 2013 at

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in Toronto, Ontario, which included music composed by the pair and credited to Fifth Column, making this their last song written together. Band members have performed with other groups as well. Caroline Azar has recorded with Kickstand from New York, and

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and

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from Toronto. Since the breakup of the band: Azar produces her librettos/compositions for her dramatic musicals MAN-O-REXIC and D.I.N.K and other musical commissions. In 2015, Azar combined

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's anti-war poem ''

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'' with original music she composed for Peter Hinton's play ''The End'' at Theatre 20. Azar surprised audiences with her (2018 and 2019) two-part one-woman comedy stand up walking tour/lecture on the absurdity of civics, expressly written for actress-comedienne Jamillah Ross as PEO Rita Mae Nelson entitled "St. Peon Of The People and St. Peon of Parkdale. The third installment was entitled St. Peon Of The Planet and was slated to go to The Edinburgh Festival, also starring GB Jones and Joel Gibb. Beverly Breckenridge toured with The Spinnanes and was also a member of

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. Prior to her involvement with Fifth Column, Jones was part of the

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band Bunny and the Lakers. She has collaborated with the Italian dark ambient group Mariae Nascenti and appeared on the single "Party With The Devil" by Agnoema. Jones now performs with Opera Arcana. In 2015, Caroline Azar teamed up with Opera Arcana to create a theatrical performance called ''The Bruised Spirits of Southern Ontario'', an adult gothic folk musical experience based on the music of Opera Arcana, featuring Jones and Minus Smile (formerly of

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). Azar wrote the story (inspired by Jones' and Kerr's trance-based meditations) and directed and produced the experimental multi media event for Opera Arcana at Videofag (run by

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and William Ellis). Opera Arcana appeared as guest musicians on UK artist Nick Hudson's 2016 release ''Ganymede In A State of War''. In 2017, Opera Arcana recorded an original soundtrack for the film ''Downroad'' by Kelly Wydryk, released on CD in 2019. Fifth Column have been nominated for a

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in the Heritage section for the

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In popular culture

In 2004 the song "

" was covered and re-imagined by the band

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on their self-titled debut album, ''

'', as "Bitchsy". in 2005, it was remixed and

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along with "Bitchsy" by

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for the compilation album ''Giggles In The Dark''. In 2012, a documentary film by Kevin Hegge, called ''She Said Boom: The Story of Fifth Column'' was released featuring interviews with band members Caroline Azar, G.B. Jones, and Beverly Breckenridge, with commentary on the influence of Fifth Column by Toronto artist John Brown,

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and

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Discography

Albums

* '' To Sir With Hate'' (1985) Hide Records * ''All-Time Queen of the World'' (1990) Hide Records * '' 36C'' (1994)

EPs

*''Fifth Column EP'' (also known as ''Boy, Girl EP'' - contains tracks "Monsieur Beauchamps" / "Boy, Girl" / "Legionnaires") (1983) Voicespondence Record

Singles

* "

/Donna" 7" on

(1992) * "Don't" 7" split single with God Is My Co-Pilot (band), God Is My Co-Pilot on

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(1994) * "I Love You, But" 7" split single with Trailer Queen on Dark Beloved Cloud Records (1995)

Soundtracks

* ''Work'' (1989) Hide Records & Tapes; soundtrack for the video by Paulette Phillips and Geoffrey Shea, cassette only release

Compilation appearances

* "Hit The Dirt","Lapsed State", "Dry Goods", "Pick Ups", "Trojans", Boy/Girl" on ''Urban Scorch'', Some Products (cassette only) (1981) * "Incident Prone", on ''Urban Renewal'', Hide Tape 4 (cassette only) (1984) * "Right Hook", on ''Dementia 5'', Hide Tape 5 (cassette only) (1985) * "The Fairview Mall Story" on ''J.D.s Top Ten Hit Parade Tape'', Hide Records & Tapes (cassette only) (1990) * "Like This" on ''

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'',

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(1991) * "Yo-Yo" on ''The Yo-Yo Gang'', Bitch Nation Records & Tapes; soundtrack for the film by

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(cassette only) (1992) * "Chewing Gum" on ''Keep On The Sunny Side: A Tribute to the Carter Family'', Amoeba Records (1993) * "Bad Madelaine" on ''Wired For Sound'',

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(1993) * "All Women Are Bitches" on ''

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'',

(1993) * "Detox Killer/Erotic Thriller" on ''

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'',

(1994) * "Don't" on '' Free to Fight'',

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and

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co-release (1995) * "Imbecile" on '' Fields And Streams'',

, (2002)

Soundtrack appearances

*''Fifth Column at the Funnel'', directed by John Porter (1982) *''Work'', directed by Paulette Phillips and Geoffrey Shea (1987) *''

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'', directed by G.B. Jones (1990) *''

The Yo-Yo Gang G. B. Jones (born 1965) is a Canadian artist, filmmaker, musician, and publisher of zines born in Bowmanville, Canada. She is known for producing J.D.s with her acclaimed''Tom Girls'' drawings before going on to create more musically, cinematic ...

'', directed by G.B. Jones (1992) *''My Niagara'', directed by Helen Lee (1992) *''A Gun For Jennifer'', directed by Todd Morris (1996) *'' She's Real'', directed by

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(1997) *''Queercore: A Punk-u-mentary'', directed by

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(1997) *''

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'', directed by

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(2000) *'' She Said Boom: The Story of Fifth Column'', directed by Kevin Hegge (2012)

Videography

*''Donna'', directed by Friday Myers (1994) *''Like This'', directed by Bruce LaBruce (1990)

Most recent line-up

(drums, guitar, vocals)McDonnell, Evelyn
''Girls + Guitars''
''Out Magazine''. ''Vol. 8, No. 10''. Published by Here Publishing. April 2000. *

Caroline Azar Caroline Azar is a director and playwright. She was the lead singer, keyboardist and co-lyricist/composer of the band Fifth Column. Career The all-women punk band Fifth Column began in the mid-1980s in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The band self-rele ...

(vocals, organ, guitar) *

Beverly Breckenridge Beverly Breckenridge is a musician, composer, and actress from Toronto, Ontario. She played bass for the bands Fifth Column and Phono-Comb. In 1986, Beverly Breckenridge joined the post-punk band Fifth Column. Beverly's first appearance on film w ...

(bass; 1986 -) (also of

)

Previous members

*Kathleen Pirrie Adams (bass; 1980–1982) *Janet Martin (guitar; 1980–1985) *Anita Smith (bass; 1982–1986) *Charlotte Briede (guitar; 1985–1990) *David Keyes (of The Polkaholics) (drums; 1989) *Joel Wasson (drums; 1990–1992) *Chaz Salmon (guitar; 1990–1992) *Michelle Breslin (of Karaoke and Sadoceanspacebear) (guitar; 1992–1996) * Don Pyle (of

and

) (drums; 1992–1993) *

Donna Dresch Donna Dresch is an American punk rock musician, perhaps best known as founder, guitarist and bass guitarist of Team Dresch. Dresch has been actively involved in the queercore scene since the 1980s, as the creator of the fanzine ''Chainsaw'' an ...

(of

Team Dresch Team Dresch is an American punk rock band originally formed in 1993 in Olympia, Washington. The band made a significant impression on the DIY punk movement queercore, which gave voice through zines and music to the passions and concerns of LGBT p ...

) (guitar; 1993) *Torry Colichio (drums; 1993–1994) *Luc Menard (drums; 1995–1996) *Anne McLean (bass; unknown years)

References

Cassette culture 1970s–1990s

External links

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