Trouble In The Camera Club: A Photographic Narrative of Toronto's Punk History 1976-1980

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Starting in 1976 at the age of 14, Don Pyle witnessed and photographed some of the earliest gigs of Toronto punk acts and many of the artists whose sensibilities aligned with this new, festering subculture. Trouble in the Camera Club features almost 300 photographs by Pyle and another 200 images of related ephemera from the earliest days of Toronto's punk scene, featuring early gigs by local bands Viletones, Teenage Head, The Curse and The Diodes, as well as visiting punks the Ramones, Iggy Pop, Patti Smith, The Clash and The Stranglers.

Don Pyleis a musician and a producer who has released 12 albums, created music for films and television, and produced recordings for other artists. For 11 years, he was a member of the Juno Award-winning band Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet. Steven Leckie was the lead vocalist and a founding member of the Canadian punk rock group The Viletones. He now fronts the band Steven Leckie and the Solutions. They both live in Toronto, Ontario.

"Pyle documented the scene from 1976-1980 on his Canon AT-1 camera and caught everyone from Patti Smith to the Clash through his automatic 55mm lens." -- National Post