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Armed with taste, energy and a powerful disdain for convention, Gary Topp took Toronto's moribund culture by storm. Offering Canada its first taste of The Ramones, The Police, The B52's, Sun Ra, Slayer, Dixie Chicks and countless others - if it was new, vital and considered somewhat threatening by the mainstream, Gary booked it.
From taverns to concert halls, cinemas to circuses, the city's most daring and visionary promoter transformed Toronto's cultural landscape over five decades. Packed with first hand accounts and rare photographs, HE HIJACKED MY BRAIN vividly celebrates the revolutionary events that countered Toronto's culture.
Perfect-bound | 320 Pages | 12" x 9"
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Armed with taste, energy and a powerful disdain for convention, Gary Topp took Toronto's moribund culture by storm. Offering Canada its first taste of The Ramones, The Police, The B52's, Sun Ra, Slayer, Dixie Chicks and countless others - if it was new, vital and considered somewhat threatening by the mainstream, Gary booked it.
From taverns to concert halls, cinemas to circuses, the city's most daring and visionary promoter transformed Toronto's cultural landscape over five decades. Packed with first hand accounts and rare photographs, HE HIJACKED MY BRAIN vividly celebrates the revolutionary events that countered Toronto's culture.
Perfect-bound | 320 Pages | 12" x 9"
