No Cause for Concern? fanzine - Last Prayer band bio

Ottawa's original all-female punk band

Lifespan	October, 1982, to ?,1983?
Members	original: Colleen Howe - bass Eliza Cochrane - drums Julia P - guitar Melanie Kaye - vocals	early 1983 Colleen Howe - bass Melanie Kaye - vocals Julia P - rhythm guitar David McCaig - lead guitar Greg McPherson - drums and bagpipes
Type of music played	Punk Rock, baby!
First gig	Glebe Collegiate, October 28, 1982 [N.C.F.C. review]
Other gigs worth mentioning	Hometown Harvest Music Festival - The Wave Club, Ottawa, November 23, 1982, with Porcelain Forehead, Raw Sewage, RandyPeters and Shout Santa's Hardcore Christmas Party - The Wave Club, Ottawa, Dec. 11, 1982, with Youth Youth Youth!, Zeroption, Outbreak, EOA, Civil Terror, Porcelain Forehead, Raw Sewage and the Dischords [NCFC review] YCP Benefit for The Alliance for Non-Violent Action: Cafe Alternatif, Ottawa University, Jan 28th, 1983, with Raw Sewage and Porcelain Forehead Lock All, Quebec City, February 11, 1983 with Outbreak, Turbine Depress and Civil Terror Anti-Macho Party - Lock-All Quebec City, March 5, 1983 with Zyklon B. and Chiennes 50c Vinyl Beaver Benefit - The Roxy, Ottawa, March 31, 1983, with RandyPeters and Porcelain Forehead
Last gig	Dunno.
Recordings	4 tracks on the "Blender Mix" vinyl compilation album put out by "Les Productions sans nom" (Quebec) and "Youth Culture Promotions" (Ottawa), 1982 Religion Goblin Listen to the Clock Black Hole For a large article (en français) on the Blender Mix compilation, click here.
	Matrax Women's Alternative Compilation Cassette, a "reunion" recording under the name Past Layers, 1985
Claim to fame	Ottawa's first all-woman/ all-girl punk band -- i.e., goddess-like godmothers of grrrrrrl power. Until the guys joined, that is.	Ottawa's - possibly the world's - only punk band with bagpipes. Was that a good thing?
Band high point	Playing the Lock-All in Quebec City in February in minus @#@$$% weather with no heating, and having to put mittens on between songs to stop fingers from freezing. Important anyone singing did not lick microphone or tongue might freeze to metal. Or, wait, was that a low point?
Band low point	Our hair.
Anything else?	Hmmmm. Where to start?
Derivatives	Eliza had been a member of Attention Span before this band and after went on to play bass in Honest Injun for a while. Julia went on to join Unwarranted Trust and Top Ten. Melanie Kaye moved to Toronto and fronted Smear. David McCaig had been with the Angry Raisins, and later was in Top Ten. Greg McPherson went on to drum with D-Ploy
Links	Melanie Kaye & Smear: The Gazette - Underground Sound article, 1998
Contact information	,
Where are they now	Eliza: Stylist for Britney Spears Colleen: Mayor of Palm Springs Melanie: Punk/Alternative band promoter in Toronto and has her own company: Melanie Kaye PR Greg: Curator, Museum of Contemporary Napkins (actually, Greg has a thriving company: kelticnations which makes handmade silver jewlery. Beautiful stuff.) Julia: Ballet Teacher, St. Mary's Primary School David McCaig died on Monday, May 26, 2003, after a valiant struggle with brain cancer. David was one of the three founding members of No Cause for Concern? fanzine. He was involved in a number of bands and very active in "No Pigs" and "Youth Culture Promotions", he was creative and enthusiastic and contributed greatly to the Ottawa punk scene in the early '80s.
Info source	Julia, NCFC

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