Audio – Sucking Chest Wound

We recently unearthed a long-lost audio recording of the first SCW performance documented in an earlier post. This performance occurred on November 30, 1984 in the Chandelier Room of the Mayfair Hotel in downtown Kitchener, Canada. Along with the four … Continue reading →

After first performing the God Family Country show in 1989, then releasing the 3-cassette package in 1990, it wasn’t until 1992 that GFC was released on that new-fangled recording medium, the compact disc. Up to that point SCW had released … Continue reading →

In 1987 dWM resumed his assault on the airwaves of Toronto with Flag Air Base, broadcast live on CKLN-FM. The premise of FAB was to invite different guests for each episode to create a set of improvised sonic mayhem. Depending … Continue reading →

In 1988 SCW put out their fourth and final cassette-only release, The Band with an International Reputation. Side A of the cassette was titled Crush Grind and Swallow, and contained tracks recorded and overdubbed on multi-track and then mixed down. … Continue reading →

In April 1986 PnrH and dWM wrapped up their weekly Building Balanced Children radio show on the Toronto community radio station CKLN-FM. dWM promptly started a new weekly radio show; the groundbreaking culture-jamming Why Pay More? The premise of Why … Continue reading →

In January 1986 PnrH and dWM began a weekly radio show on CKLN-FM, a Toronto community station. The show was called Building Balanced Children and the premise of the show was to perform a live improvised mixdown using 100% sampled … Continue reading →

SCW’s second release on cassette came out in mid-1985 and was a mixture of new material and live recordings from the Sweet Children of the West show in April that year. The new material continued in the same techno-industrial post-punk style of … Continue reading →

By mid-1984 SCW had established a living, rehearsal and recording space at Willow St. in Waterloo, Ontario, and had access to the electronic music labs at the University of Waterloo. In August of that year they released their first cassette, … Continue reading →

In 1984 the four members of SCW were all students at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada. Jeff-0 and dWM had enrolled in David Huron‘s computer music course, thereby gaining access to the electronic music studio in  the basement … Continue reading →