The Dayglo Abortions are a Canadian punk band from Victoria, British Columbia

Victoria, British Columbia

Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...

. Their lyrics are informed by a complete disregard for societal norms. They formed in 1979 and released their first album in 1981. The band's biography, Argh Fuck Kill: The Story of the Dayglo Abortions, by author Chris Walter

Chris Walter (author)

Chris Walter is a Canadian urban novelist and founder of the independent publishing company, Gofuckyerself Press -Biography:...

, was published in 2010 by Gofuckyerself Press.

Legal trouble

In 1988, a Nepean, Ontario

Nepean, Ontario

- Recent quantity of snow :- History :Nepean Township, originally known as Township D, was established in 1792 and originally included what is now the central area of Ottawa west of the Rideau River. Jehiel Collins, from Vermont, is believed to have been the first person to settle in Nepean...

 police

Police

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 officer instigated a criminal investigation of the Dayglos after his daughter brought home a copy of Here Today, Guano Tomorrow

Here Today, Guano Tomorrow

-Track listing:# "Fuck My Shit Stinks" - 3:16 # "Fuck Satan to Death" - 3:28 # "Dragons" - 3:24 # "Hide the Hamster" - 2:35 # "The Spawn of Yog Sothoth" - 4:34...

.

Two albums featured in the resulting trial; the covers and the lyrical content being showcased by the prosecution. Here Today, Guano Tomorrow had a cover showing a picture of a hamster eating from a box of chocolates on nice satin sheets, along with a glass of wine. A gun points at the hamster, and the back cover shows a depiction of the resulting carnage.

The previous album, Feed Us A Fetus

Feed Us A Fetus

Feed Us a Fetus is a 1986 album by the Dayglo Abortions. It contains some songs from their first album, which start on track 11 with "Kill the Hosers", but the track listing has been mixed up...

, was perhaps a little less graphic, with a depiction of a baked fetus on the table in front of Ronald

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....

 and Nancy Reagan

Nancy Reagan

Nancy Davis Reagan is the widow of former United States President Ronald Reagan and was First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989....

.

This resulted in the criminal prosecution of Fringe Product, their label at the time, for distribution and possession with intent to distribute of obscene

Obscenity

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 material—the first such prosecution since the offense entered the criminal code in 1959. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty.

The Dayglos, for the title song of their next album, Two Dogs Fucking

Two Dogs Fucking

Two Dogs Fucking is a 1991 album by the Dayglo Abortions.-Track listing:# "Ben Gets Off" - 2:05# "My Erection" - 2:02# "Dream Date of the 90's" - 2:22# "I Do the Best that I Can" - 2:00# "Two Dogs Fucking" - 4:41# "Courage in a Can" - 2:22...

, concerned the supposed priggishness of Ottawa's public officials leading directly to the extinction of the human race.

Dayglo Abortions singer, Gymbo Jak, also sings in Maximum RNR.

Politics

On their most recent album, the Dayglos showed a new-found political awareness. Holy Shiite

Holy Shiite

Holy Shiite is the ninth full-length album released by Victoria, British Columbia punk band Dayglo Abortions.-Track listing:#"Holy Shiite" #"America Eats Her Young" #"Let's Get Drunk" #"Gutter Ball"...

has song titles such as "America Eats Her Young", "Christina Bin Laden", "Scientology", and "Where's Bin Laden?".

Current

• "Blind Mark", drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
   – 2011–present
• "The Cretin" , guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
   and vocals – 1979–present
• "Willy Jak", bass – 2000–present
• "Blark", drums – 2011–present

Former

• "Nev", guitar
• "Wayne Gretzky", guitar, left in 1986
• "Squid", guitar and songwriter
• "Spud", bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
   and vocals
• "Mike Anus Jak", guitar and songwriter
• "Hung Jak", guitar
• "Gymbo Jak" vocals
• "Jesus Bonehead", drums – 1979-2011

Discography

• Out of the Womb
  Out of the Womb
  Out of the Womb is the 1981 debut album by punk group Dayglo Abortions.-Track listing:#R.B.F.'s#1967#Scared of People#Black Sabbath#Used to Be in Love#I Killed Mommy#P.E.T.#I Want to Be East Indian#Kill the Hosers#Suicide#Too Stoned to Care...
  
  (1981)
• Feed Us a Fetus
  Feed Us A Fetus
  Feed Us a Fetus is a 1986 album by the Dayglo Abortions. It contains some songs from their first album, which start on track 11 with "Kill the Hosers", but the track listing has been mixed up...
  
  (1986)
• Here Today, Guano Tomorrow
  Here Today, Guano Tomorrow
  -Track listing:# "Fuck My Shit Stinks" - 3:16 # "Fuck Satan to Death" - 3:28 # "Dragons" - 3:24 # "Hide the Hamster" - 2:35 # "The Spawn of Yog Sothoth" - 4:34...
  
  (1987)
• Two Dogs Fucking - Deux Chiens Fourrent
  Two Dogs Fucking
  Two Dogs Fucking is a 1991 album by the Dayglo Abortions.-Track listing:# "Ben Gets Off" - 2:05# "My Erection" - 2:02# "Dream Date of the 90's" - 2:22# "I Do the Best that I Can" - 2:00# "Two Dogs Fucking" - 4:41# "Courage in a Can" - 2:22...
  
  (1991)
• Little Man in the Canoe
  Little Man In The Canoe
  -Track listing:# "Homophobic Sexist Cokeheads" - 1:32# "Casting Couch" - 1:52# "Big Michel" - 4:04# "Man Bites Dog" - 1:28# "Little Man in the Canoe" - 2:18# "You Are So Boring" - 1:34# "Cash Bash" - 2:55# "Skatan's Skids" - 1:50# "Nikki Dial" - 1:08...
  
  (1995)
• Corporate Whores
  Corporate Whores
  -Track listing:*All Songs Written & Arranged By Day-Glo Abortions.# "Wasted Not Worried" - 2:01# "Chalk One Up" - 2:12# "Urinal Disk Sandwich" - 3:22# "Dysfunctional Family" - 1:49# "Whiney's Poster" - 3:07# "Sperm's Point of View" - 2:23...
  
  (1996)
• Stupid World, Stupid Songs
  Stupid World, Stupid Songs
  Stupid World, Stupid Songs is a 1998 compilation album by the Dayglo Abortions.-Track listing:#Stupid Songs – 2:14#Dream Date of the 90's – 2:10 #Stupid World – 2:48#Hide the Hamster – 2:35 #Inside My Head – 1:21...
  
  (1998)
• Death Race 2000
  Death Race 2000 (album)
  -Lyrical Themes:The lyrical themes of the album include drug addiction, comedic influences, and general grotesqueness.-Track listing:#"After All These Beers" - 3:06#"My Mother Was a Man" - 2:04#"Oh Wendy O" - 1:58#"Drink Beer Smoke Pot" - 2:49...
  
  (1999)
• Holy Shiite
  Holy Shiite
  Holy Shiite is the ninth full-length album released by Victoria, British Columbia punk band Dayglo Abortions.-Track listing:#"Holy Shiite" #"America Eats Her Young" #"Let's Get Drunk" #"Gutter Ball"...
  
  (2004)

External links

• Dayglo Abortions on Allmusic