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Riding the crest of the new wave sound in rock and some recent front-page publicity, Frankie Venom and Teenage Head hit Scugog Island Sunday night much to the 10-- PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, June 18, 1980 No riots as Teenage Head rocks into Scugo delight of 632 youthful patrons who paid $6 to see and hear one of the hottest groups in the country. In the wake of a recent riot at Ontario Place where the Frankie Venom was the star of the show, and the youthful crowd of his faithful followers who ringed the LY yg Se . av ALS . dali group was playing, Durham Region Police were out in force at Club Annrene fear- ing the worst. But the only action was up on the stage where Venom and his band did their thing. The strutting, prancing, leather-clad Venom with his punk-style hair-cut cranked out his music for almost two hours, complete with sprink- ling of four-letter words. And the crowd loved it. But they were a good crowd, which one police - officer described as 'very orderly'. There were no problems, whatsoever," he said. There were 17 charges for liquor- related offenses and one charge for possession of marijuana. However, with, two pay- duty officers patrolling the inside of the dance hall, along with five uniformed and two plain-clothes offi- cers outside, the police were not taking any chances with things getting out of hand. The band's own group of t-shirted, beefy security guards ringed the sides of the stage, and were praised by police with helping to keep order. Teenage Head, with Nick Stipanitz on drums, Steve Mahon on base, and Gord Lewis with the lead guitar, has recently been touring the country, leaving behind both controversy and some lavish reviews, which praise the group's talents for hard, tight rock and roll. They have been called new wave, punk, and no doubt numerous epithets by parents of their followers, and aside from the music, watching Venom is a show in itself. At times he spat on stage, jammed his forefinger into his nostril, and picked at the seat of his pants. His frene- tic energy and pace had him dripping with sweat by the time the concert was a few minutes old. Tra cafe Rit Tat' nt ial ~ A ASELI Va, ROCCO ATES OF [Fike DJA Ns CASE BR PRO Ti be oO Jen SAE «fh . -' P 2 5 3 J 5 sales. months. <« © & n LN L ¥ The band has a reputation for playing good, tight, controlled rock and roll, ) and loud, too. Ww The reason for the prob- lems at Ontario Place was the lack of advanced ticket However, at Club Annrene Sunday night, there was no shortage of tickets. In * fact, they were still being sold at the door right up to concert time. A spokesman for the promoter, Shadow Produc- tions, said prior to the con- cert that if things went OK ® Sunday, they would bring more bands to ageing Club ' Annrene for Sunday night ] concerts over the summer a 3 € Hf i] | # §: Na. p= Club Annrene stage got more than a kick out of the high-powered performance. The lead singer was all motion and energy.