Music – Hated Uncles

The live shows were recorded by David Little (The Mimes), James Pegg (Peggpenn’s Playhouse), Mitch Furry & Rick Barker. Thanks guys!
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1986 – Studio Recordings

At Peace (3:22) Anger (5:04) Name on a Gravestone (4:58)
John Harvey (vocals) Paul Settle (trumpet, guitar) Bill Day (guitar) John Kinsella (bass) Chris Fozard (drums)


1987-12-04 – Teaser’s – Hamilton, ON

I Kissed Society (2:19) At Peace (3:03) Vacuum Cleaner (2:59) I Don’t Want To Die On Heroin (2:40) A Song of Heartache (3:29) Rock’n’Roll Song (3:01) Mary Mary (3:06) Journey to the East (4:43) Grateful Dead (4:53) Carnival Song (3:36) Lost in the Jungle (4:17) Alone in the City (4:11)…tape dies out.
John Harvey (vocals) Paul Settle (trumpet, guitar) Bill Day (guitar) John Kinsella (bass) Bruce Black (drums)


1987-12-10 – Teaser’s – Hamilton, ON (CFMU Benefit)

Anger (soundcheck) (2:46) Introduction: Jamie Problem (0:40) Youth Has Flown (4:31) Carnival Song (3:15) I Don’t Wanna Die On Heroin (3:12) Grateful Dead (3:36) Vacuum Cleaner (3:14)
John Harvey (vocals) Paul Settle (trumpet, guitar) Bill Day (guitar) John Kinsella (bass) Bruce Black (drums) Jamie Problem (MC)


1988-05-07 – Bannisters – Hamilton, ON (opening for Progressive Minstrels)

Sitting Cross-Legged (2:38) Outside My Window (1:13) This Isn’t Sarcasm (1:15) I Can’t Stop Pissing Shouted A Bum In My Dreams (1:13) Talking To Myself (0:49) Things Have Been Going Well For Me, Lately (2:42) Monday Night Isolation (3:09) Drinking Smoking Drugs Death (2:02) Name on a Gravestone (cut) (0:15) Bonus: Monday Night Isolation (Harvey Dog 2020) (1:43)
John Harvey (vocals) Paul Settle (trumpet, guitar) Bill Day (guitar) John Kinsella (bass)
Note: Our drummer left the week before this show. Instead of pulling out of the show, the band spent a week writing new music, I added recent poems on top & JK made a tape of strange noises that played behind us. A rough recording, but a BIG thank you to David Little (of The Mimes) for all of the live recordings of the 1st (or 2nd) run of the Uncles.


1989 – Variety Show

The Left-Handed Approach (4:08) A Forlorn Dream (0:54) Go Van Gogh (2:41) The Classifieds (2:19) The Madness Comes And Goes (2:01) Castle Walls (1:02) That Damn Empty Feeling (3:59) It’s A Wonderful Life (2:50) The Ostrich Knows (1:57) A Man, A Penguin and Two Dancing Bums (4:55) A Walk in the Park (1:26) How Are You Doing? (1:37) I Write Cheques (1:37) I Talk To My Muse (2:56)
John Harvey (vocals) John Kinsella (everything else)

The Booklet (Drawings by John Kinsella)


1989-12 – Rathskellar – McMaster University – Hamilton, ON

The Ostrich Knows (2:12) Weebles Wobble (3:59) That Damn Empty Feeling (4:12) Go Van Gogh (3:07) I Write Cheques (2:01) King of the Bums (5:54) How Are You Doing? (1:51) Peanuts (2:55) Life From Inanimate Objects (3:54) Nothing Matters, She Said (3:36) My Neighbours (3:30) Finale (4:08)
John Harvey (vocals) Paul Settle (trumpet) John Battaglia (guitar) John Kinsella (bass)


1990-08-15 – Corktown – Hamilton, ON

Imaginary Friend (3:58) Variety Store (3:23) Weebles Wobble (3:18) Go Van Gogh (2:38) Detroit City (3:31) How Are You Doing? (1:34) A Walk in the Park (1:50) Larry the Psycho Cowboy (2:12) Heaven’s Mistake (3:43) Peanuts (2:27) King of the Bums (6:14) My Neighbours (3:04) Why Do I Live In Canada? (3:09) Prison Song (2:21) Life From Inanimate Objects (3:34) Nothing Matters, She Said (4:05) If You Break My Heart (6:00)
John Harvey (vocals) Paul Settle (trumpet) John Battaglia (guitar) John Kinsella (bass) Dave Turcotte (drums)


1991 – Unload with the Uncles (bootleg) – Corktown – Hamilton, ON

Mole Introduction (0:23) Detroit City (3:28) Why Do I Live in Canada? (3:03) Larry the Psycho Cowboy (2:18) Imaginary Friend (3:26) Sycamore Tree (2:53) Prison Song (2:10) Why Why Why (3:35)
John Harvey (vocals) Paul Settle (trumpet) John Battaglia (guitar) John Kinsella (bass) Dave Turcotte (drums)


1991 – The unreleased “Kill Morrissey” Studio Recordings – Crystal Turtle Studio – Hamilton, ON

Detroit City (3:18) Sycamore Tree (3:51) Why Do I Live in Canada? (2:49) Weebles Wobble (3:12) FFHD (0:15) Variety Store (3:07) Imaginary Friend (3:18) Larry The Psycho Cowboy (2:05) Heaven’s Mistake (3:18) My Neighbours (2:21)
John Harvey (vocals) Paul Settle (trumpet) John Battaglia (guitar) John Kinsella (bass) Dave Turcotte (drums) + Monica Knott (vocals: “Heaven’s Mistake”) James Pegg (keyboards: “Heaven’s Mistake” & “Larry the Psycho Cowboy”)


1992-03-28 – 1150 Club – Toronto, ON

Harry and His Baby (2:19) Variety Store (2:23) Heaven’s Mistake (4:15) Weebles Wobble (3:27) Why Do I Live In Canada? (3:03) Boy Again (3:27) Imaginary Friend (4:08) Sycamore Tree (3:50) I Don’t Want To Die On Heroin (2:44) For You (3:32) A Night In The Alley (3:47) Detroit City (3:59)
John Harvey (vocals) Paul Settle (trumpet) John Battaglia (guitar) John Kinsella (bass) Dave Turcotte (drums) + Monica Knott (vocals: “Heaven’s Mistake”)


1992-08 – Bad Etiquette

Quiet Laughter (1:53) Nirvana in a Postcard (1:34) I Touch the Loneliness (2:02) Lecture (1:11) Distant (1:57) Confusion (1:01) Man on the Corner (2:34) The Books on the Shelf (2:42) She Wanted Everything (1:10) Saturn and Lunch (1:50) Disease (1:50)
John Harvey (lyrics) John Battaglia (music) + Paul Settle (trumpet: “Distant”) Rich Elliott (drums: “Confusion”)


1998-07-22 – Gown ‘n Gavel – Hamilton, ON

Mole Intro / The Big Event (2:13) Dennis Lane (1:47) Another Movie (2:38) I Nearly Fell (2:18) Shake the Lethargy (3:35) The New Gods (3:14) You’re Good (2:39) In the Back Seat of My Car (2:35) Hidden Microphones (2:50) Sun Shining Through My Window (2:06) Burning Sand (1:37) A Night in the Alley (3:21) See Your World Through A Microscope (5:00) Drive So Far From Home (2:43) Butterflies & Jews (1:17) Internet Song (3:22) Make My Living Off Of Fear (3:22) U.S. Army Dinner Blues (2:28) Drive Past the Sun (2:07) For You (3:39) Where the Hell is God? (2:02) ??? (1:31) Alone & Strung Out (3:07) Variety Store (3:12) The Fly (poetry reading) (0:55) In The Pit of My Gut (poetry reading) (1:49)
John Harvey (vocals) Paul Settle (trumpet) John Battaglia (guitar) Dave Turcotte (drums)



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