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Myspace Backgrounds-Joe and Billy met in 1973 outside a courthouse. Four years later they moved in together and called their band Hard Core Logo. Joe took off in search of stardom finding a friend/mentor in Bucky Haight.-1980: Joe and Bucky met up in LA. Bucky introduced Joe to Pipe and John. They recorded the “Son of a Bitch to the Core” single with Bucky producing.Later that year Joe, Bucky, John and Pipe returned to BC and joined with Billy Tallent to form the complete line up of the band.-April 15, 1980: First official Hard Core Logo show at the Old American Hotel in Vancouver.-June 1980: The band released the Son of a Bitch to the Core EP, produced by Art Bergman.-1981: The band signed to Gilt Lick Records and released Hard Knock High, produced by Bucky.-Later that year, HCL released the U.S. Out of North America EP produced by Frankie Venom of Teenage Head.-December, 1981: the Bucky Haight produced Blue Guitar EP.-1983: Think Global Act Stoopid was released in Canada and the U.S. produced by Peter Moore and Bucky.-1984: The AEH? album was released and would go on to be their most commercially successful album.-In 1985 Joe flew to Glasgow, Scotland to work on Bucky’s first solo record.-In 1986 Daniel Rey produced the Something’s Gonna Die Tonight EP.-1987: Bucky moved to a farm in Saskatchewan. He invited the “original” band to back him up on his new record and tour. They did while Billy sat in with the Hard Rock Miners.-1988: The band conducted sessions for their new record. Ian Blurton and Joe “Shithead” Keithly helped produce. Adult Comics was released, June 1988.-Summer, 1988: The band opened for the Ramones on their European tour.-November, 1989: Rock n Roll is Fat and Ugly was released.-January 15, 1991: Hard Core Logo officially called it quits.-Billy joined Jenifur in July, 1995.-August 1995: Bucky Haight was allegedly shot on his farm. Joe organized a benefit show.-October 29, 1995: Hard Core Logo broke the years of silence and reunited at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver, BC.-Bruce McDonald followed the band on their tour of Canada.-Sunday, November 5 at 3 a.m. Joe Dick shot himself in the head on camera.-The film Hard Core Logo was released in October, 1996.

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Member Since: 12/26/2007
Band Members: Joe Dick - Vocals/Gui-tar
Billy Tallent - gutter
John Oxenberger - bass/songwriter/back-up vocals
Pipefitter - drums/vocals!
Influences: Bucky Haight, DOA, Dead Boys, Ramones, cigarettes
Sounds Like: "if i want your cigarette i will take it from you"
we sound like the hard core logo.

Record Label: Formerly Gilt Lick in US & Ed Festus in Canada
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

john and the stream of consciousness ...

it has been a while. a time. a decade of nothing happening. a wait. a moment. a whisper. a wonder. a child. a star is born. a star is porn. porn star. star 80 starring eric roberts. emma roberts (am i...
Posted by on Sat, 16 May 2009 23:36:00 GMT

new stuff on the page

well friends of friends, things are looking good on our myspace site! myspace now lets you add ten songs so i put up a bunch more for your ears to enjoy. there's our hit single (in europe) foot in the...
Posted by on Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:17:00 GMT

an open letter to an awful band

so these guys leave a bitchy little comment on our page after we leave a pretty funny comment on their page and then they remove us - not giving us a chance to retort. they said we need 'more solos an...
Posted by on Sat, 28 Mar 2009 10:16:00 GMT

check out Grant Mazzy

A good friend of mine and radio personality, Grant Mazzy is the king of shock jock radio schlock. Check out www.mazzyinthemorning.com for all the sleaze you can squeeze?He does his show out of the bas...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:45:00 GMT

an update from me, BILLY TALLENT

HEY FUCKERS!Billy Tallent here, letting you ALL KNOW that business is BOOMING!We have plans for a new Billy Talent (band) record to come out in the summer (June 9 to be EXACT) produced by me and Mr Br...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:38:00 GMT

discovered covered - check out the frostbacks!

many bands have covered us over the years ... many indeed. odds, headstones, doughboys, super friendz, the list goes on and on. a new generation of punkers are at it too - check out myspace.com/frostb...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Feb 2009 15:01:00 GMT

the decline of the printed word

my dear friend CLINT FLICK from the band MERCH TABLE DELITE (check them out in our top friends list) wrote a pretty topical blog the other night and i think everyone should give it a read. i have take...
Posted by on Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:06:00 GMT

12:51 is haunting me.

i've heard things ... terrible things ... but tomorrow is a new day. tomorrow we will have CHANGE. despite what some people say about my friend, he is a good man, a good leader, a good voice for a ...
Posted by on Mon, 19 Jan 2009 12:57:00 GMT

Hugh Dillon and Callum Keith Rennie on TV TONIGHT!?

MURDER ON HER MIND is a tv movie and it stars our favourite HCL friends, Hugh, Callum and even MAURY FUCKING CHAYKIN (who has nothing to do with HCL but he's kind of amazing). It is on CTV TONIGHT at ...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:42:00 GMT

some words from billy

been a bit of a while, kids and kiddos. lots of stuff getting unearthed, driven around, banged out.been working on some new demos with this producer, lew ashby. also got some demos done with harv stev...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Dec 2008 22:33:00 GMT