''The Last Pogo'' is a short film made by

Colin Brunton Colin Brunton (born 1955) is a Canadian producer and director. Brunton was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. After creating the short films ''The Last Pogo'' (1978), '' A Trip Around Lake Ontario'' (1988) and '' The Mysterious Moon Men of Cana ...

in 1978. Shot in Toronto, at the

Horseshoe Tavern The Horseshoe Tavern (known as ''The Horseshoe'', ''The 'Shoe'', The 'Toronto Tavern' and The 'Triple T' to Toronto locals) is a concert venue at 370 Queen Street West (northeast corner of Queen at Spadina) in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and ...

, ''The Last Pogo'' concert on December 1 was billed as "the last punk rock concert" in Toronto—at least for that original wave of punkers circa 1977/1978. Named as ironic tribute to "

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", the concert film of the final concert by The Band directed by

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. Featuring performances by

The Scenics The Scenics are a band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, active from 1976 to 1982, and from 2008 to the present. Their style incorporates punk rock, post-punk, and art punk. The Scenics appeared both in the 1979 Colin Brunton documentary film '' The ...

, The Cardboard Brains, The Secrets, The Mods, The Ugly,

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and Teenage Head, the event also spawned a live recording called ''And Now Live From Toronto -- The Last Pogo''. Apart from the performances, the highlight of the film was probably the shots of the aftermath, because during the show, a bit of a riot occurred. Brunton's crew was ushered outside by police and firefighters, but the sound recordist stuck it out. The film itself was available only in bootleg copies and occasional airings until its release on DVD in 2008. The DVD was released as a tribute to Teenage Head frontman Frankie Venom.

Cast

* Teenage Head as Themselves *

as Themselves *The Ugly as Themselves * The Mods as Themselves * The Secrets as Themselves * The Cardboard Brains as Themselves *

as Themselves *Margaret Barnes-DelColle as Herself *Gary Courmier as Himself *Mickey DeSadist (of the Forgotten Rebels) as Himself *Gary Topp as Himself *Members of The Curse as Themselves

Soundtrack

The soundtrack album was entitled "And Now Live From Toronto -- The Last Pogo" on Bomb Records and contained some performances that were not included in the film. Track listing; 1. The Secrets - Teenage Rampage 2. Drastic Measures - Flowers 3. Cardboard Brains - Babies Run My World 4. The Scenics - In The Summer 5. The Scenics - Sunshine World 6. The Mods - Between Four Walls 7. The Everglades - Rock & Roll Cliche 8. The Secrets - Shout (

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cover) 9. The Ugly - All Because Of You 10. Ishan Band - Egzebier ( Peter Tosh cover) 11. Cardboard Brains - Jungles 12. Drastic Measures - Mr. America 13. The Everglades - I'm In A Coma 14. The Mods - Step Out Tonight

Second film

In 2013 Brunton released ''The Last Pogo Jumps Again'', which was a full-length documentary (200 minutes) about the first wave of punk in Toronto, Hamilton and London, Ontario in the late 1970s and early 1980s.Norman Wilner
"Seminal Toronto punk scene doc The Last Pogo turns 40"
''

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'', November 27, 2018. The film, co-directed by Brunton and Kire Paputts, contained footage from the original film along with other archival footage of the era as well as contemporary interview footage. Besides the above mentioned bands the film included footage and interviews with B-Girls,

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, Johnny and the G-Rays, The Sidhes,

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Cleave Anderson Cleave Anderson is a Canadian punk rock, alt. country, rock, pop, etc drummer. Anderson has played and recorded with several well-known groups, including Blue Rodeo, Battered Wives,Tyranna, Viletones, Sherry Kean, Forgotten Rebels, and the Beat Cl ...

(of Blue Rodeo),

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, Rough Trade, The Diodes,

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and Simply Saucer among others.

References

*Worth, Liz. Treat Me Like Dirt Bongo Beat, 2010 *Sutherland, Sam. Perfect Youth, The Birth Of Canadian Punk ECW Press, 2012

External links

* *http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808447 (IMDB entry for second film) *http://www.thelastpogo.net (official website) {{DEFAULTSORT:Last Pogo Concert films Documentary films about punk music and musicians Documentary films about Toronto 1978 films 1978 documentary films Canadian short documentary films Canadian musical films 1970s English-language films 1970s Canadian films Punk films