Bob Bryden (vocals, lead guitar)
Ken Blair (bass)
Dave Jones [aka
Michael Allen Guild] (drums)
Rob Fisher (guitar, vocals)
Richard Keelan (1982 - 1983)
Rick Crowley (lead guitar; 1983)
After the destruction of Spirit Of Christmas (aka Christmas), Oshawa's Bob Bryden took the opportunity to run a franchised store of record chain Star Records in Hamilton Ontario starting around 1978.
After successfully releasing a solo album in 1981, Bryden decided to get back into the recording business and formed Benzene Jag in 1982 with Blair, Jones, Fisher and Perth County Conspiracy's Richard Keelan.
They demoed a lot of songs - releasing three indie cassettes that year - and several members fled. They finally released one highly controversial single, "Fuck Off 1984". Due to the poor response to the single and despite incessant touring, a six-song EP called "Catch A Yes Horse" was scrapped. Around this time Bryden also handled the production chores for a number of Canada's most outrageous and dynamic "punk" bands (most notably The Forgotten Rebels).
Benzene Jag's hybrid music seemed too progressive for the punks and too punk for the progressives and in 1985, Benzene Jag gave way to yet another band - the striking "progressive-Euro-pop" group, Age Of Mirrors. Singing and writing under the pseudonym Simon De Beaupre, Bryden and former Jag's drummer Michael Allen Guild released the 'Mirage' LP.
Singles
1983 Fuck Off 1984/Love Recession (Star)
Albums
1983 The January '83 demo [cassette] (Open Heart)
1983 Live At Larry's/Odds... [cassette] (Open Heart)
1983 Catch A Yes Horse [cassette] (Open Heart)
Video
1985 Catch A Yes Horse (Mohawk College)
Compilation Tracks
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