SAM SUTHERLAND: ON TOUR
SAM SUTHERLAND, author of PERFECT YOUTH: The Birth of Canadian Punk (ECW Press | 9781770410657) is going on tour this March!
March 29th in Hamilton
- 9pm, 19+, free
- Casbah Lounge
- 306 King St. W
In conversation with George Pettit (Alexisonfire) plus live music from Arson
March 30th in Montreal
- 3pm, all ages, free
- BBAM! Gallery
- 3255 Saint-Jacques
In conversation with Ralph Alfonso (Manager, the Diodes / Crash 'n' Burn)
March 30th in Montreal
- 9pm, 19+, $5
- L'escogriffe
- 4467 Saint-Denis
Live music from the Normals and Electric Vomit, plus Chris Barry (222s) spinning classic punk all night
"Perfect Youth is a valuable and accessible addition to the study of punk in general, and to Canada's place within it." - Stephanie Hart, Quill & Quire
"Sutherland has brought the movement together with a clarity and intimacy never achieved before, and for its moments of guilelessness and raw delight, reveals the value of a scene that self-deprecates as often as it’s been dismissed." - Natalie Zina Walschots, The National Post
"Perfect Youth documents the undocumented, the unloved, the unwashed, and the foul-smelling glory of Canadian punk in its embryonic years." - Gillian McCain, co-author of Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk
"Sam Sutherland's loving tribute to the True North Strong and Free punk daze explodes through the pages with a riveting blend of old-school insight and 21st Century analysis. Perfect Youth indeed!" - Steven Blush, author/filmmaker, American Hardcore
"A fascinating, necessary story written buoyantly and well, and with a whole lotta vomit." - Dave Bidini, musician and author of Writing Gordon Lightfoot