Goddo: There Goes The Neighbourhood!

February 9, 2015February 9, 2015 Keith Sharp

When Goddo front man Greg Godovitz announced he was moving from Toronto to Calgary eight years ago, local promoter Randy Charlton decided to mark the departure by organizing a `Good Riddance’ concert. Eight years later, Godovitz has decided to mark his 50th year in the music biz by returning to Toronto so Charlton has obliged by staging a `There Goes... Read More

GODDO: The Pretty Bad Boys Return

December 10, 2013December 11, 2013 Keith Sharp

35th Anniversary Reunion Concert – DVD/CD Recorded March 28th 2010 at Toronto’s Sound Academy as a segment of a forthcoming Goddo Documentary, “In Goddo We Trust”, this concert DVD/CD demonstrates what all music concert DVD’s should look like. Thanks to John Power and his All ACCESS Productions team, he has captured a superb performance delivered by one of Canada’s classic... Read More

Goddo at Rockpile East

October 7, 2013October 8, 2013 Keith Sharp

The Pretty Bad Boys are back in the house, reliving past glories formerly generated at their Scarborough home base of The Knob Hill Tavern. Now reconstructed as Rockpile East and reopened the previous evening with The Killer Dwarfs doing the honours Friday October 4th, lead vocalist/bassist Greg Godovitz, guitarist Gino Scarpelli and drummer Doug Inglis made a poignant return to... Read More

Keeping The Faith – Power Executes Goddo Rejuvenation

October 1, 2013October 4, 2013 Keith Sharp

John Power is determined to set the record straight. Thirty Four years ago he was recruited to be the tour manager of Goddo, hired by the band’s management to help execute two major national tours in support of their “Act Of Goddo” (1990) record release “Goddo was at the peak of their popularity at that time,” noted Power, head of... Read More

Bathroom Window Still Intact!

September 30, 2013October 7, 2013 Keith Sharp

When Steve Hoeg learned that his boss, Domenic Chiaromonte was expanding their Rockpile West nightclub to also take over the old Knob Hill Tavern and rename it Rockpile East, he had to go looking for the window! The same bathroom window at the Knob Hill Tavern that Hoeg used to climb through as a youngster to catch the likes of... Read More

What’s In A Name?

June 4, 2013June 6, 2013 Keith Sharp

It was photographer Ted Van Boort who inadvertently came up with this Rockpiles’ column idea when he called me one day to inform me The Bay City Rollers were playing Hamilton Place and was I interested in covering the show. First off, we don’t cover non-Canadian artists, and secondly, who the hell is still playing in the Bay City Rollers???... Read More

Return of the Pretty Bad Boy

February 28, 2013February 28, 2013 Keith Sharp

It all started with Greg Godovitz’s Beatles’ collection. In a conversation with Dan Owen, owner of Calgary’s OCL studios, Greg Godovitz mentioned he had amassed a substantial collection of Beatles’ memorabilia. As a theme motif of Owen’s studio is the Beatles, he negotiated purchase of Godovitz’s collection – and at the same time offered the Goddo frontman a position as... Read More

Here Comes Loverboy

February 20, 2013February 21, 2013 Keith Sharp

It was at a meeting with Fosterchild when I first bumped into Paul Dean, lead guitarist for Streetheart. I had just conducted a phone interview with the band’s keyboardist Daryl Guthiel but I hadn’t extracted much of an insight from him so I welcomed the opportunity to do an in person with Paul. He proved to be a very cordial... Read More

Canada Rocks!

December 12, 2012December 13, 2012 Keith Sharp

Domestically, the music industry was exploding. New albums and new bands were arriving daily with growth evident right across Canada. Toronto lead the way with the likes of hard rock bands Rush, Triumph, Max Webster, Goddo and Moxy, the versatility of Lighthouse plus the True North folk scene powered by Bruce Cockburn, Dan Hill and Murray McLauchlan. Not to mention... Read More

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