Gord Lewis

Gord Lewis is a Canadian musician from Hamilton, Ontario best known as the founding guitarist of Teenage Head, a popular Canadian punk rock band during the early 1980s. Lewis named the band after a Flamin' Groovies song. [1]

Gord Lewis formed Teenage Head along with Westdale High School in Hamilton along with Frankie Venom, Steve Mahon, and Nick Stipanitz.

In September 1980, Attic Records, the band's Canadian label, set up a series of showcase gigs in New York City, hoping to attract a U.S. record deal. Only a few days before their scheduled departure, Lewis was seriously injured in a car accident and the showcase was cancelled. Lewis was temporarily replaced by David Bendeth, although he was able to return in time to play on the 1982 album Some Kinda Fun.

Discography

Singles
Year Title Chart positions Album
Canada
(RPM)
1978 "Picture My Face" Teenage Head
1978 "Top Down" Non-LP re-recording of a song originally from Teenage Head
1980 "Somethin' On My Mind"
#28
 Frantic City
1980 "Let's Shake"
#88
 Non-LP re-recording of a song originally from Frantic City
1982 "Some Kinda Fun"
No. 23
 Some Kinda Fun
1982 "Let's Go To Hawaii"
1983 "Tornado" (as Teenage Heads)
#39
 Tornado (EP)
1983 "Blood Boogie" (as Teenage Heads)
1984 "Top Down" (live version) Endless Party
1985 "Frantic Romantic" Trouble In The Jungle
1987 "Can't Stop Shakin'" Electric Guitar
1988 "Everybody Needs Somebody"

Studio albums (with Teenage Head)

Live Album (Teenage Head)
  • 1984 – Endless Party

Studio albums (with Teenage Head)

Other
  • 1985 - Dave Rave And The Sensations Starring Gordie Lewis – Lipstick Lies
  • 2012 - Magic Christian With Gord Lewis – Teenage Head / Lets Shake

References
  1. Rockingham, Graham (2015-10-17). "40 years of Teenage Head". The Hamilton Spectator. ISSN 1189-9417. Retrieved 2017-10-19.
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