Mickey Skin
Trixie Danger
Dr. Bourque
Patsy Poison

Arguably one of the first all-girl punk bands to emerge in North America. Toronto's The Curse debuted as an opening act for the legendary Viletones in 1977.

Controversy soon became the norm especially on the heels of 1978's 7" single release "Shoeshine Boy" which recounted, in song, the freshly sensationalized homosexual murder of 11 year-old shoeshine boy Emmanual Jacques.

The media soon took sides on whether to dislike their distasteful behaviour (which included a record release party featuring a bathtub full of alcohol containing tampons) or hail them as innovators.


Singles
1977 War/["Raw" by THE DIODES] (Crash 'N' Burn)
1978 Shoeshine Boy/Killer Bees (Hi-Fi) HF-001
1979 Killer Bees/Shoeshine Boy [re-issue] (Hi-Fi)
1997 Shoeshine Boy/Something You Can't Tell Your Mother (Man In Run/OPM) MR-090

Albums
1996 Teenage Meat (Other Peoples Music) OPM-2110
1997 Live: London, Ontario, 11/25/77 (Other People's Music)

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