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Larry Goddard (vocals)
John Androvics (guitar)
Ed Rabold (drums)
Martin Deemar (keyboards, vocals)
Bill Simmons (bass)
John Humphrey (bass; replaced Simmons)
"Gumbo" Jim Burton (drums; replaced Rabold)
Errol "Star" Francis (lead vocals, guitar; replaced Goddard)
Larry "Spatch" Mulhall (bass guitar,vocals; replaced Humphrey)
Al Walker (guitar; replaced Androvics)
Mike Chen (drums; replaced Burton)
Mark Desjardins (guitar, vocals; replaced Walker)
Dan Laurin (drums)

Drawn together in 1974 by a mutual appreciation of British Progressive Rock, Goddard, Androvics, Rabold and soundman Mark "Bailey" Baniuk formed a pick-up band. By 1975 they had added Deemar and Simmons who named the band Harbinger.

They began rehearsing in an abandoned house owned by Androvics' father to learn cover tunes. It wasn't long before Harbinger moved onto writing their own songs and by 1978 John Humphrey had replaced Simmons as they began hitting their stride.

After several more line-up changes Harbinger was playing large venues regularly but, the long road trips and lack of revenue saw Goddard leave the music business and Androvics head to Toronto to be in two Q107-FM Homegrown contest hopefuls ICU and Rex Chainbelt. In the meantime the band began to develop a new direction, new sound and a new repertoire with yet more changes in 1981.

In 1982, they had finally settled on a permanent line-up with Francis, Mulhall, Desjardin, Lauren and the only original member, Deemar. They started working up demos in Halifax rehearsals and headed into PSM Studio, in Quebec City, to lay down their songs. The results were unsatisfactory to the band and a proposed album was never released.

By 1984 the band went its separate ways.

The abandoned album was finally issued digitally in 2008.


Singles


Albums
2008 The Quebec Album: 1982

Video


Compilation Tracks