[direwolf74]

Not so much an album -- I came across a book on the history of MuchMusic, which is pretty funny and has a lot on 80s and 90s Canadian music. I was a teen/late teen at the time, and one band that was huge on Much and I despised, was The Northern Pikes. Reading about them, went to Spotify and listened to a fair number of tracks. Not sure why they earned such venom from me, catchy pop songs that in terms of production stand the test of time for the most part. I think it as mostly a case of played to death and unavoidable.

The really weird thing is I've been in record stores around the world (UK, Spain, and in the southern States) where a customer has asked the clerk about The Northern Pikes. I don't think they had too much of a career outside of Canada, but for whatever reason when I'm in a store someone one asking about them. I finally asked one guy in the US why we was looking he'd been a fan and I guess there are some copies of Secrets of the Albili on green vinyl.

The Pikes were a great band. Snow in June and Secrets of the Alibi are two of my favorite Canadian albums of all time. I remember recording a live show of theirs from St. John's, Newfoundland on Muchmusic in 1990. I probably watched that thing at least 30 times. Here's the entire show:

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What's the name of the book? I'd love to check that out.