Happy Birthday Dave "DJ" Bingham of the Ugly Ducklings!

Raising a glass to Dave Bingham with some clips accompanied by The Screwed feat. Steve Koch, Cleave Anderson, John Borra and Gordie Lewis.

Happy Birthday Dave Bingham, harp-honkin' frontman of the Ugly Ducklings

Here's Dave Bingham reprising two Ugly Ducklings' classics with The Screwed featuring guitarist Gord Lewis of Teenage Head.

One For The Weekend: The Ugly Ducklings

Here's a rare recording of Toronto's legendary Ugly Ducklings performing "I'm A Man" in their Scarborough rehearsal space in 1966.

RIP Ugly Ducklings bassist Howie Smith

Ducks bassist Howie Smith (right) passed away Wednesday after being hospitalized with pneumonia. 

Dave Bingham pens Ugly Ducklings tell-all

Written by Ugly Ducklings' lead vocalist Dave Bingham, Noise From The North End: The Amazing Story Of The Ugly Ducklings follows the career of the legendary 60s garage rock band from their Scarborough origins through their major hit parade successes to their re-emegernce as the favourite 60s gararge band of the punk rock movement in New York & Toronto and beyond. 
Exploits and touring stories abound, with descriptions of opening for The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys and many other iconic acts of the 60s, 70s, 80s & 90s. 
Of particular note are the descriptions of recording their seminal debut album Somewhere Outside in Toronto, their snotty proto-punk anthem Nothin' and their chart topping hit Gaslight in New York during the summer of love in 1967. Have a look at an excerpt right here.