Music Monday : Bands you’ve never heard of (Part IV Prism)

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Music Monday : Bands you’ve never heard of (Part IV Prism)

Where did I discover new music in 1977? Only two places, the radio and friends who discovered new music from…you guessed it, the radio.

If you were a Canadian band in the 70s, the CRTC (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission) was your friend as it had mandated a certain percentage of all broadcasts (25%) had to meet the Canadian content criteria. That meant radio stations needed to fill a lot of spots.

!977: Prism

1978: See Forever Eyes

1979: Armageddon

Some of the songs were written by Jim Vallance and Bryan Adams. Yes, that Bryan Adams

1980: Young and Restless

1981: Small Change

Don’t Let Him Know was written by Adams and Vallance and was Prism’s biggest hit.

There was a new lead singer (Henry Small) on this album, and by the end of 1982, the guitarist and bassist left, leaving no original members in the band.

1983: Beat Street

I remember buying this album and disliking it and that was the end of Prism for me. They did break up after but reformed to release two more albums.

-Leon

Leon Stevens is a multi-genre author, composer, guitarist, songwriter, and an artist, with a Bachelor of Music and Education. He published his first book of poetry, Lines by Leon: Poems, Prose, and Pictures in January 2020, followed by a book of original classical guitar compositions, Journeys, and a short story collection of science fiction/post-apocalyptic tales called The Knot at the End of the Rope and Other Short Stories. His newest publications are the novella trilogy, The View from Here, which is a continuation of one of his short stories, a new collection of poetry titled, A Wonder of Words, and his latest sci-fi mystery, Euphrates Vanished.

My new book page: http://books.linesbyleon.com/