As that whole movement became commercialized, some of those bands got record deals. Throwing their own shows, creating their own record labels. We had a cottage industry of bands - like DOA, the Diodes, Teenage Head - that were creating their own idea of the music business. Then we had our legendary stalwarts, the people who had become successful based on their own merit, like Gordon Lightfoot or Rush, and then there was this era when the punk rock/new wave era happened. That wasn’t everybody but it was some people. Before that, there was an idea of Canadian music which was, ‘Let’s try to copy what’s successful in Europe or in America.’ A lot of bands had commercial ideas of music that would hopefully get them played on the radio. Q: The Canadian music scene in the ’80s sounds like it was a fertile time. This is what you dream about when you’re a young musician. And then we got a pretty good record deal so it was an exciting time.
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So we sort of generated some success that spilled over to the U.S., and we got a manager and a publishing deal. So we pressed a single, and then we sold out and then this company called the Record Peddler took it over and distributed it for us, and then Warner Brothers distributed it for us. People were coming in to record stores asking for the Pursuit of Happiness record, and we didn’t have a record. We were a young band and we’d been able to generate a bit of success on our own because we did an independent release of I’m An Adult Now, and had a video that became very popular. What was going on around you when you made that album?Ī: It was a pretty exciting time for us. Here’s a condensed version of the interview: In this interview, TPOH co-founder Moe Berg reflects on the Canadian music scene of the late 80s, and what it’s like for a guy in his 50s to hear I’m An Adult Now. Produced by Todd Rundgren, it came out after the Toronto-based band notched a hit with the catchy pop rocker, I’m An Adult Now, a song that still gets plenty of airplay. The Pursuit of Happiness is back in the spotlight this year, celebrating the 30th anniversary of their debut album, Love Junk. Saturday, Westfest, Tom Brown Arena grounds.
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