Throwback Thursdays Retro Zines; "Rear Garde Magazine" ( June 1986)

"Rear Garde" was a Montreal based music magazine (mostly punk & post punk) from the late 1980's. Started by Paul Gott of the Ripcordz originally as a program guide for campus/community radio station CRSG out of Concordia University, the zine later evolved into a national music mag. This issue is from 1986 when it was still doubling as a program guide.

This issue is 20 pages in length and is subtitled the "Not a Cow-Punk" issue. The guide features in depth pieces on rockabilly guy Ray Condo, Montreal punk band The Asexuals, 8th Route Army, New York Garage Band the Fleshtones, Toronto Bluesman The Paul James Band, and California Garage-Psyche band The Three O'Clock Train and avant garde classical composer Wolfgang Bottenberg.

THE FLESHTONES ~ "SOUL CITY";


Reviews include Hasil Adkins, Nihilist Spasm Band, Chris Houston, Condition, Nurse With Wound, Current 93, Controlled Bleeding, Bowser & Blue. Concert reviews include Siouxsie & The Banshees, Lords Of The New Church & American Girls, Burning Spear and the 1986 Electro-Acoustic Festival with Pierre Henry.

Along with the CSRG top thirty charts there are listings for Montreal shows that month which included The Gruesomes, 10,000 Maniacs, The Shadowy Men, Green On Red, Donovan, Monty Cantsin, Killdozer, Three O'clock Train, 39 Steps, The A-Bones, Anne Clark, Depeche Mode, Julian Lennon, Deja Voodoo, Slickee Boys, The Darned, Sonny Okuson, Kool & The Gang, Buddy Guy & Junior Wells, Beach Boys, Archie Shepp, Public Image Limited (Hey! I saw that tour!), Tangerine Dream (saw them too).



THE THREE O'CLOCK TRAIN ~ "TAIN OF DREAMS";


CRSG Top 30 Charts;

This Week ~ Last Week ~ Artist ~ Album ~ Label ~ Weeks On ~ Cancon;

1. ~ 1 ~ Three O'Clock Train ~ Wig Wam Beach ~ Pipeline ~ 11 ~ cc

2. ~ 2 ~ Ray Condo ~ Greenback Dollar ~ s/r ~ 6 ~ cc

3. ~ 4 ~ S.C.U.M. ~ Born Too Soon ~ Psyche ~ 12 ~ cc

4. ~ 8 ~ The Gruesomes ~ Jack The Ripper ~ s/r ~ 6 ~ cc

5. ~ 27 ~ The Cucumbers ~ All Shook Up ~ Fake Doome ~ 2

6. ~ 3 ~ The Paul James Band ~ Almost Crazy ~ Lick n' Stick ~ 4 ~ cc

7. ~ n.a ~ The Ramones ~ Something To Believe In ~ Beggars Banquet ~ n.a.

8. ~ 6 ~ The Nils ~ Sell Out Young ~ Psyche ~ 24 ~ cc

9. ~ n.a ~ Chris Houston ~ Hate Filled Man ~ Zulu ~ n.a ~ cc

10. ~ 7 ~ The Ripcordz ~ Circular Motion ~ s/r ~ 10 ~ cc

11. ~ 10 ~ Siouxsie & The Banshees ~ Tinderbox ~ Polygram ~ 3

12. ~ 12 ~ The March Violets ~ Electric Shades ~ Relativity ~ 3

13. ~ n.a ~ Nihilist Spasm Band ~ 1 x X = X ~ United Dairies ~ n.a ~ cc

14. ~ 15 ~ The Pandoras ~ It's About Time ~ Closer ~ 2

15. ~ n.a ~ Condition ~ Ghost Train ~ s/r ~ n.a ~ cc

16. ~ 14 ~ The Violent Femmes ~ The Blind Leading The Naked ~ Slash ~ 11

17. ~ n.a ~ Smudgeman ~ Changing My Name ~ s/r ~ n.a ~ cc

18. ~ 19 ~ Teenage Head ~ Trouble In The Jungle ~ Warpt ~ 13 ~ cc

19. ~ 9 ~ The Asexuals ~ Contemporary World ~ Psyche ~ 13 ~ cc

20. ~ 22 ~ My Dog Popper ~ Gino ~ s/r ~ 3 ~ cc

21. ~ 23 ~ Dayglow Abortions ~ Dayglow Abortions ~ Fringe ~ 2 ~ cc

22. ~ 25 ~ Johnathan Richman ~ It's Time For ~ Rough Trade ~ 3

23. ~ 28 ~ Sturm Group ~ Century Ho! ~ Green Fuse ~ 10 ~ cc

24. ~ 25 ~ Various Artists ~ It Came From Canada ~ OG! ~ 24 ~ cc

25. ~ 16 ~ The U.K.Subs ~ In Action ~ RFB ~ 6 ~ cc

26. ~ 24 ~ Mind Altering Device ~ To Touch The Face Of God ~ s/r ~ 3 ~ cc

27. ~ 24 ~ Rhythm Activism ~ Rhythm Activism ~ s/r ~ 3 ~ cc

28. ~ n.a ~ Test Dept. ~ Unacceptable Face Of Freedom ~ Some Bizarre ~ n.a

29. ~ n.a ~ Hasil Adkins ~ Out To Hunch ~ Norton ~ n.a

30. ~ n.a ~ Ludwig Von 88 ~ Houlala ~ Bondage ~ n.a

RAY CONDO & HIS HARD ROCK GONERS ~ "WAY OUT THERE";


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Jazz Blues Top 5;

This Week ~ Last Week ~ Artist ~ Album ~ Label ~ Weeks On ~ Cancon;

1. ~ 1 ~ Skywalk ~ The Bohemians ~ Zebra ~ 3 ~ cc

2. ~ 2 ~ Larry Carlton ~ Alone But Never Alone ~ MCA ~ 3

3. ~ n.a ~ UZEB ~ Between The Lines ~ A&M ~ n.a ~ cc

4. ~ 3 ~ David Grisman ~ Acousticity ~ MCA ~ 7

5. ~ 4 ~ Jackie Washington ~ Is You Is Or Is You Ain't ~ Roto-Noto ~ 12 ~ cc

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Reggae/Afropop Top 5;

This Week ~ Last Week ~ Artist ~ Album ~ Label ~ Weeks On ~ Cancon;

1. ~ 2 ~ J.R.Express ~ She's A Dancer ~ s/r ~ 3 ~ cc

2. ~ 3 ~ Black Uhuru ~ Brutal ~ Attic ~ 3

3. ~ 4 ~ Becket ~ Stranger Man ~ Cocoa ~ 3

4. ~ 1 ~ Linton Kwesi Johnson ~ In Concert With The Dub Band ~ Rough Trade ~ 4

5. ~ n.a ~ Youssou N'Dour ~ The Rubberband Man ~ Magnetic ~ n.a

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SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES ~ "RED OVER WHITE";