By sheer coincidence we ran into Hamiltonian, and current lead singer of the legendary Teenage Head, Dave Rave, in Halifax and managed to convince him to put together a trio to bash through a few sets of punk and rockabilly tunes at The Carleton on Saturday, August 9th. On such short notice, we decided to make it a FREE show (you’re welcome). Live music gets underway at 8 PM and did I mention it was FREE!?!

Three years after the break-up of his own band, The Shakers, in 1982, Dave took over as lead singer of the punk rock band Teenage Head. He had grown up with the members of the band and had played as a backing musician on their Frantic City LP, and The Shakers had often opened for their fellow Hamiltonians. Dave replaced Frankie Venom who had worked with Dave on several other projects. He continued to aid Teenage Head with hits like Can’t Stop Shakin and in November 2016, Teenage Head announced the return of Dave “Rave” Desroches as lead singer.

Many also know him as a session player who has played with such notables as Daniel Lanois, Andrew Loog Oldham and Alex Chilton.