‘The band thinks what we’re doing is important’: Popular punk rockers to play at Machine Shop this Saturday in support of CMHA Algoma
One of Canada’s most legendary punk bands is coming to Sault Ste. Marie this weekend in an effort to raise some big bucks for mental health and addictions services in town.
A documentary on the band called Picture My Face came out in 2020 that detailed the mental health struggles the group has endured over the years, with a particular focus on their long-time guitarist Gord Lewis. He battled through a crippling depression after the band’s popular frontman Frankie Venom lost his battle to throat cancer in 2008.
An avid fan of theirs since the late 1970s, Lofstrom finally got to see Teenage Head live in London, Ont. last year. He was the first in line at their merch table and was prepared to ask the group if they’d be willing to pay the Sault a visit. According to Lofstrom, the members of Teenage Head are so excited to perform in the Sault that they’ve actually placed this Saturday’s benefit concert at number ten in the top ten of their most important events of their career — and they haven’t even performed yet.Having witnessed several of his own family members and close friends suffer through mental health-related illnesses, Lofstrom noted this concert is personal for him.
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