It was 45 years ago today that the New Music debuted on CityTV

The New Music, with hosts Jeannie Beker and JD Roberts, premiered on CityTV Sept 23, 1979. Enjoy some vintage clips. 

That time Link Wray was interviewed by JD Roberts for The New Music

Years prior to joining Fox News, John Roberts grilled Link Wray for The New Music which included some El Mocambo footage.

Teenage Head's "Picture My Face" doc airs tonight on TVO

The 1980 performance of Hamilton's Teenage Head at Heatwave will be in TVO's Picture My Face doc November 3 at 9 pm.  

Here's the scoop from Teenage Head...

"We always knew there was a film crew shooting the Heatwave Festival, but what happened to the footage? Apparently the majority of the bands declined to be filmed, or never agreed to participate in a movie about the festival, so the film they did have sat in a warehouse collecting dust. Our good friend Mr. Zero from the Kings had acquired all those film canisters several years ago, as Teenage Head and The Kings were the only bands left on film. That film ended up in the hands of FELTFILM director Douglas Arrowsmith, who has just wrapped up production on our upcoming feature documentary appropriatley titled "Picture My Face". Along with Doug McClement's pristine audio capture, the results are stunning. In fact that's how the documentary starts, which will air later this fall on TVO's Original Series with tons of never before seen footage. It only took 40 years, but from what we've seen it was worth the wait." 

Watch the trailer for Picture My Face followed by an interview with Teenage Head bassist Steve Mahon on the Daily Derringer podcast and The New Music's coverage of Heatwave below. 

Watch J.D. Roberts' coverage of Heatwave for The New Music in 1980  

Remembering 1980's Heatwave Festival in Toronto

CITY-TV's New Music reporter JD Roberts was determined to find out whether or not Heatwave attendees were "hardcore new wavers"