In January of 1987 the full line-up of SCW finally played another live show – the first since moving to Toronto. The show was at a sleazy nightclub called Ildiko’s above a Hungarian restaurant at Bloor St. and Brunswick Ave. in Toronto. SCW played there at the invitation of some friends (thanks Eli!) whose band was also playing. The audience was less than 10 people and they all hated SCW (plus the place was freezing). Unbeknownst to SCW, their friends and collaborators DJ FunKY and William T. Francis had purchased several pounds of raw chicken feet before the show, and proceeded to throw them at the band during our performance. The club owner was not happy about this.

For this show SCW performed strictly improvised music, using drums, bass, guitar, sax, and other noisemakers.The show was recorded on audio tape which was assumed to have been lost but was recently discovered – to be featured in a future posting!.

Here’s a gallery of photos from the show taken by DJ FunKY