Northern Ontario Axemen

42 slabs of rare, raw Northern Ontario rock — loud and unfiltered. From the land of lakes, mines, and legends, this playlist is a high-octane ride through the backroads and barrooms of Ontario’s north, where bands carved out their own scene far from the big-city spotlight.

These artists didn’t just play music — they lived it, hauling gear through snowstorms, filling community halls, and cutting tracks that echoed across frozen landscapes and smoky venues. Featuring hidden gems, forgotten 45s, and cult classics, Northern Ontario Axemen celebrates the DIY grit and hometown glory of bands who made it happen with heart, hustle, and some damn good tunes.

From Sudbury to Sault Ste. Marie, Thunder Bay to North Bay, Timmins to Red Lake, these axemen lit up the stage and left their mark on Canadian music history. So crank it up — this is the soundtrack of the north: loud, proud, and built to last.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Merriday Park	Take Me Back Home	Take Me Back Home b/w It All Comes Back to Me	02:48
Strangers	Rise and Fall of Flingel Bunt Slow	Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1	02:32
Jarvis Street Revue	Heidi-Ho (Let Her Go)	Mr. Oil Man	03:29
Strangers	House of the Rising Sun	Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1	03:17
Jarvis Street Revue	Mr. Business Man	Mr. Oil Man	02:41
NRG	I Brought My Love With Me	(What Was Wrong With The) Towns and Villages b/w I Brought My Love With Me	02:13
Northfolk	Watson and Reynolds - Time to Move	ST	04:28
Souls of Inspyration	Of Lambs & Wolves	ST	06:11
Merriday Park	Witchcraft	Witchcraft b/w My Shady Friend	02:50
Strangers	Diamond Head	Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1	01:45
Nobody Special	Sha-La-La	I Like It b/w Sha-La-La	02:57
Sea Dog	Duster	Duster b/w It's a Hot Night (DJ promo)	02:25
The Amen	Peter Zeus	Carnivals and Cotton Candy b/w Peter Zeus	02:28
The Wee Beasties	Something to Do With the Weather	Something to Do With the Weather b/w The Cherry Tree	02:58
Souls of Inspyration	Stranger	ST	03:02
Aaron Space	The Loser	ST	02:47
Souls of Inspyration	Seasons of Change	ST	05:22
Lyn McEachern & the Sound of Thunder	Sha La La	Sha La La b/w I Know I Love You	03:07
Tote Family	Allright Mama	Allright Mama b/w Leave Me Be	02:39
Northfolk	Paul Dunn - Duddley Crowfoot	ST	03:09
Nickel	Look Into Your Own Eyes	I Don't Seem Right b/w Look Into Your Own Eyes	04:07
Aaron Space	Silly Ceiling	ST	05:06
Tom Milestone And The Jarvis Street Revue	Gimme Some Lovin'	Strands of Time	03:54
Aaron Space	When She Smiles	ST	03:05
Ronnie and The Comets	Milestone	Memories b/w Milestone	02:03
Nobody Special	I Like It	I Like It b/w Sha-La-La	02:40
Merriday Park	My Shady Friend	Witchcraft b/w My Shady Friend	02:19
Plague	Love and Obey	Love and Obey b/w High Flyin' Bird	02:03
Sea Dog	Ain't No Use	ST	03:32
Aaron Space	Marsha	ST	02:01
Sea Dog	Welfare Blues	ST	02:31
Aaron Space	It Might Be You	ST	03:10
Strangers	Journey to the Stars	Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1	01:49
Strangers	You've Got What I Like	Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1	01:58
Satan & the D-Men	She'll Lie	L-I-N-D-A b/w She’ll Lie	03:08
Strangers	The Fugitive	Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1	01:47
Merriday Park	Went Home Today	Went Home Today b/w Everybody Do Their Thing	02:22
Inferno 5 Plus 1	I Can Take It	I Can Take It b/w Fays Gig	03:40
Strangers	Rampage	Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1	01:29
Strangers	Rik A Tik	Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1	01:57
Sound Sett	Just a Little (Ron Elliott & Bob Durand, The Breau Brummels)	1966-1967	02:47
Souls of Inspyration	Eyes of Nature	ST	03:29
Sea Dog	On the Street	ST	03:35
Tote Family	Leave Me Be	Allright Mama b/w Leave Me Be	02:19
Northfolk	Frederic Michaels - Once Upon a Blue Day	ST	03:57
Nickel	I Don't Seem Right	I Don't Seem Right b/w Look Into Your Own Eyes	02:48
Tote Family	The Right Girl	The Right Girl b/w Miles and Miles	01:41
Northfolk	Danny Gaudet - Thanks for Listening	ST	02:36
Tom Milestone And The Jarvis Street Revue	Watermelon Man	Strands of Time	03:14
Aaron Space	Man in a Yellow Car	ST	04:26
King Street	Midnight Ladies	Midnight Ladies b/w Rock N' Roll Blues	02:39
Strangers	Apache	Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1	02:39
Northfolk	Paul Dunn - Asthmatic Paul's Ornery Blues Lament Take No. 64	ST	03:27
East African Fair	Lovin' Every Little Thing You Do	I Won't Stare b/w Lovin' Every Little Thing You Do	02:14
NRG	The Magic Man	To Be Back Home b/w The Magic Man	03:19
Plague	The Face of Time	The Face of Time b/w We Were Meant to Be	02:29
Sea Dog	Holding Your Hands	Holding Your Hands b/w Round and Round	02:30
Sea Dog	Everybody What's My Name	ST	03:12
Strangers	Needles and Pins	Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1	02:29
Sea Dog	I Don't Wanna Hear	ST	03:05
Merriday Park	It All Comes Back to Me	Take Me Back Home b/w It All Comes Back to Me	02:43
Jarvis Street Revue	300 South	Mr. Oil Man	02:40
Northfolk	Paul Dunn - Delta Train	ST	02:48
Sound Sett	Oh No (The Sound Sett)	1966-1967	04:31
Strangers	When You Walk in the Room	Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1	02:13
Sound Sett	I've Been Loving You Too Long (Otis Redding & Jerry Butler)	1966-1967	03:15
Solid Reputation	Brown Eyed Girl	Things b/w Brown Eyed Girl	03:11
Sea Dog	Rock n' Roll Business	ST	02:50
Tote Family	Miles and Miles	The Right Girl b/w Miles and Miles	02:51
Sound Sett	Just in Case You're Wonderin (David Byngham & Glynn Bell, The Ugly Ducklings)	1966-1967	02:23
Sound Sett	Girl You'll be a Woman Soon (Neil Diamond)	1966-1967	04:07
Lexington Avenue	Sound the Alarm	Good to Me b/w Sound the Alarm	02:45
Sea Dog	Round and Round	Holding Your Hands b/w Round and Round	02:34
NRG	(What Was Wrong With The) Towns and Villages	(What Was Wrong With The) Towns and Villages b/w I Brought My Love With Me	02:30
Souls of Inspyration	Sun Shines in the Winter	ST	03:12
Plague	We Were Meant to Be	The Face of Time b/w We Were Meant to Be	02:04
The Shouter's	In The Evening	In The Evening b/w Can I Help It	02:44
Northfolk	Frederic Michaels - Child Song	ST	03:05
Marketville Riot	Charly Brown	Jan b/w Charly Brown	02:32
Rogues	I Can't Hold Out Much Longer	I Can't Hold Out Much Longer b/w I'll Make It Up To You	02:28
Sam Lahti and The Colts	Maybelline	Maybelline b/w Singing The Blues	03:00
The Amen	Carnivals and Cotton Candy	Carnivals and Cotton Candy b/w Peter Zeus	02:55
Northfolk	Watson and Reynolds - To the Master	ST	03:16
Sound Sett	I Need You (Everybody Needs Somebody)	1966-1967	02:53
Satan & the D-Men	L-I-N-D-A	L-I-N-D-A b/w She’ll Lie	02:53
Strangers	Wild Weekend	Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1	02:07
Strangers	Miserlou	Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1	01:50
Strangers	Love Godess of Venus	Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1	02:15
NRG	To be Back Home	To Be Back Home b/w The Magic Man	03:34
Tom Milestone And The Jarvis Street Revue	Spooky	Strands of Time	03:31
Solid Reputation	Things	Things b/w Brown Eyed Girl	03:39
Strangers	Hot Summer	Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1	01:46
East African Fair	I Won't Stare	I Won't Stare b/w Lovin' Every Little Thing You Do	02:37
Inferno 5 Plus 1	Fays Gig	I Can Take It b/w Fays Gig	02:41
Sea Dog	It's a Hot Night	It's a Hot Night b/w Holding Your Hands (promo)	02:53
Sound Sett	Mustang Sally (Mack Rice)	1966-1967	03:05
Sea Dog	Everybody	ST	04:43
Sound Sett	Dead Sea (Bruce MacGregor modified)	1966-1967	02:05
Sea Dog	Don't Forget It (stereo)	Don't Forget It	02:12
Tom Milestone And The Jarvis Street Revue	Summertime	Strands of Time	03:36

Northern Ontario Axemen

Tracks

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Marketville Riot - Jan b/w Charly Brown

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Nobody Special - I Like It b/w Sha-La-La

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Tote Family - The Right Girl b/w Miles and Miles

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Tote Family - Allright Mama b/w Leave Me Be

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Sea Dog - It's a Hot Night b/w Holding Your Hands (promo)

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Sea Dog - Holding Your Hands b/w Round and Round

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Sea Dog - ST

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Sea Dog - Don't Forget It

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Sea Dog - Duster b/w It's a Hot Night (DJ promo)

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Souls of Inspyration - ST

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Aaron Space - ST

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Nickel - I Don't Seem Right b/w Look Into Your Own Eyes

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Sound Sett - 1966-1967

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(Those) Rogues - Wish I Could See You Again b/w Girl

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The Amen - Carnivals and Cotton Candy b/w Peter Zeus

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Strangers - Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1

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Tom Milestone And The Jarvis Street Revue - Strands of Time

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The Shouter's - In The Evening b/w Can I Help It

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Kenny And The Be-Bops - Lindy Lou b/w My Life

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Fallen Leaves - Little Liar b/w Time is Everything

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Plague - The Face of Time b/w We Were Meant to Be

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Ronnie and The Comets - Memories b/w Milestone

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Lyn McEachern & the Sound of Thunder - Sha La La b/w I Know I Love You

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Solid Reputation - Things b/w Brown Eyed Girl

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Souls of Inspyration - Pursuit b/w Eyes of Nature

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Jarvis Street Revue - Mr. Oil Man

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King Street - Midnight Ladies b/w Rock N' Roll Blues

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Sam Lahti and The Colts - Maybelline b/w Singing The Blues

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Inferno 5 Plus 1 - I Can Take It b/w Fays Gig

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East African Fair - I Won't Stare b/w Lovin' Every Little Thing You Do

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