Wednesday, May 28, 2008
The Canadian Rock - Science Fiction Connection
by Ken Houghton
They wanted a name for their band, and with all of the folk-rocky duets of the time (Seals & Crofts, Loggins & Messina, etc.), they weren't about to be Bachman & Turner, since they played loud. (Or, perhaps, loudly, if we're leaving off the presumption of "music.")
So they were in a drug store or something one day and saw a magazine about Trucks. BIG Trucks. LOUD trucks.
The magazine was called Overdrive, and a band name that will live in infamy was born.
The current editor of Overdrive magazine, per the introduction to his story in Wizards, is Andy Duncan.
Just thought you might want to know.
Many years ago, before many of you were born, there were two guys from Winnipeg named Randy Bachman and Fred Turner.
They wanted a name for their band, and with all of the folk-rocky duets of the time (Seals & Crofts, Loggins & Messina, etc.), they weren't about to be Bachman & Turner, since they played loud. (Or, perhaps, loudly, if we're leaving off the presumption of "music.")
So they were in a drug store or something one day and saw a magazine about Trucks. BIG Trucks. LOUD trucks.
The magazine was called Overdrive, and a band name that will live in infamy was born.
The current editor of Overdrive magazine, per the introduction to his story in Wizards, is Andy Duncan.
Just thought you might want to know.
