Teenage X
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Teenage X

Toronto, Ontario, Canada | INDIE

Toronto, Ontario, Canada | INDIE
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"Front and Center Teenage X"

To hear frontwoman Sarah Page tell it, the conception of her band Teenage X wasn't just a grouping of like-minded musicians, but fate.
"Teenage X started on the anniversary of Elvis's death, and I was born 50 yeas to the day after Marilyn Monroe." Says the enigmatic singer. "So obviously destiny is on our side."
Page, a classically trained pianist and band rat, began her musical career playing trumpet in Skaface at the tender age of 16. Since that time, her band pedigree has included stints in Cancon musical favourites the Tijuana Bibles and The Threat.
"I have toured Europe a couple times with the Tijuana Bibles. We partied with crazy Serbians on a boat in the Danube!" She recalls on her wild past. "In eastern Canada with The Threat, I met local hero P.J. Dunphy (Iron Giant), who we found naked in a bank vestibule after the party. Those were some memorable moments."
The band - Page, guitarist/songwriter Rich Gaskin, bassist Phil Page, guitarist Chris. T, and drummer MyKill A.D. - is a self styled punk anthem generator and makes no bones of its rock linage. "Our influences are MC5 and Bad Brains to Black Flag and Iggy Pop", remarks Gaskin, formerly of the Downbelows.
The band is currently gearing up to record their debut album this summer and plans are in motion to tour in the fall of 2009. However, in the eyes of several of their younger fans, Teenage X has already reached their Rock n' Roll summit. "I work as a nanny," Page laughs. "The kids think I'm a famous rock star."

by Darryl Lee
photos by David Waldman
- Gasoline Magazine


Discography

Drink! Dance! Destroy! (2011) -Stumble Records
7" EP (TBA 2013)

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"When it began we knew right away, we’d answer to no one who got in our way..." Teenage X blast punk rock n’ roll anthems. The female fronted Toronto, ON based five piece will grab you with catchy melodies and leave you with a new attitude!

For everyone out there with an ear for driving punk and a soft spot for hooky pop tunes Teenage X is the answer. This is the band that makes punk rockers admit that they like pop music.

"What sets Teenage X apart from so many others these days is substance. They go down like a sharp shot of adrenaline.”
- Liz Worth (Author of ‘Treat Me Like Dirt: An Oral History of Punk in Toronto and Beyond’)

“All those young kids who loved Avril because they thought she was punk would totally eat up a real punk band like Teenage X, with a real punk girl singer. They have the crossover appeal of Green Day, but still have the indie coolness of Metric. Teenage X are the punk torch bearers for a new generation!”
- Josh Rosset, long time Toronto musician.