While administering the video lab for A Space (a Toronto government-funded arts centre) through the early 1980s, Michael Brook managed to get his act Flivva to play a gig there.
Brook's brother played bass, his girlfriend at the time played a snare drum and the songs were written and sung by Phil Schreibman. Toronto local video artists Andrew Paterson (and later of the band The Government) and Marien Lewis (the head of A Space) play live with them.
This line-up would record one album - The Name Is Schreibman - on their own indie label in 1977. After being discovered by Steven Davey of The Dishes, Brook would join Davey's next band, The Everglades, who would play over 50 gigs around Toronto and appeared on the 1978 'Last Pogo' soundtrack album.
Brook would go on to record and tour with Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois among others.
