Saw this line up in '78 (- ish- that was a while ago) with Rush and UFO in Garden City KS, no less. No disrespect to either of those bands ,( they were both great) but Max Webster had the element of surprise going for them and completely blew my mind. Still love everything about them.
This was recorded on Dec 5, 1990 at Superstars in Brampton for Q107's live broadcast of the Toronto Music Awards. The audio was recorded by Comfort Sound Mobile on analog 24 track.
Thanks for adding this. Being from the UK, i wasn't aware that a 1991 re-union took place. One of their best songs along with The party and Research (At beach Resourts).
@MrChungli - Yeah that's Gary alright. Never got a chance to meet him, however I did see him play with Tres hombres a few years after Max broke up, and I got a chance to play on his kit at Klaatu's studio. That was SWEET!!
Wow indeed! This amazing! Thanks again Bigben! Can anyone out there steer me towards any place that sells Max related stuff? I'd give up some serious cash to own a Max t-shirt...better yet..I want that shirt Kim is wearing here!!! I sure miss the kind of professional fun these guys could dish out is serious amounts!!What players!!
Subsequent "Reunion Tours" featured Peter F. London and Kitchener were a blast! However, Mike is STILL the man! (sorry Dave) It doesn't get ANY better than THIS!!! (Gary would like to order the King Crab and Terry will have French Onion Soup and a Scotch! ;) )
Please tell me that's Gary McCracken on the drums. They were the 2nd band that my brother introduced me to when I was 11. The 1st was KISS (love them both)
these guys should have been so much bigger. problem was that radio at that time period was going through a huge disco outfreakage and you could only get air time if the music you played sucked.
i disagree. it's tough to break through when you stay in canada. for every Rush, there's a thousand other bands who never got their due. you may be partly right about the disco wave burying some acts, but there was still a ton of arena rock driving the industry back then.
And now it's playing all angry music and teenybopper crap, so any band that makes decent music doesn't get played now either. If it weren't for a mistake at the old CD store, I'd never have known about Max Webster.