Zoom "Sweet Desperation" LP

Side A: Subway Surfin, Massacre At Central High, Schoolgirl Hitchhiker, They Only Come Out At Night, I Hate You, Hollywood Babylon Side B: Sweet Desperation, Young And Alive, Vampire Heat, Nowheresville, My Baby's Got No Brains, Slowdown, Where Have All The Good Times Gone? Bored of cover bands and Toronto's stagnant bar scene, Chris Haight and John Hamilton formed ZOOM in 1976, inspired by such pre-punk touchstones as the Velvet Underground, Roxy Music, Bowie and Sparks. The band quickly set to gigging locally, but were soon caught up in the punk scene that exploded to life around them. An obscure but seminal 1977 45 -- arguably Toronto's first punk record-- was their sole release before the band dissolved as Haight joined the Viletones and Hamilton began drumming for the Diodes. Despite their duties in two of Canada's leading punk bands, however, the pair didn't want great songs like "Schoolgirl Hitch Hiker", "My Baby's Got No Brains" and "They Only Come Out At Night" to go undocumen