“They were almost like punk rock’s version of studio musicians. “Zippy and Brad (Kent) were almost punk musicians for hire,” laughs Hannah. He went on to play with virtually everyone in the scene. When the Dils broke up he came back to Vancouver and joined the punk super-group Los Popularos. But he left Vancouver to join the Dils in San Francisco. “We’re on the bus and I said, ‘You look like that comic guy - you look like Zippy Pinhead!’ And everybody laughed, ‘Yeah, yeah, he’s Zippy Pinhead!’ ”Īfter the Stiffs broke up Hannah and Graham formed the Subhumans, while Zippy and Sid Sick formed the Rabid, one of the great lost bands of Vancouver punk. So he was bald on the sides, a yellow middle part and then this black target spot, right at the top of his head. “They had dyed a target in the very top of his head, right in the centre. “A couple of girls had given him a haircut, so there was only a blond crop covering the top of his skull,” said Keithley.

Pinhead became his punk name because of his resemblance to an underground comic character drawn by Bill Griffith. It was semi-serious, but it was more of a party, especially with Zippy.” Vancouver punk legend Zippy Pinhead waving a black anarchist flag at an Anti-Canada Day concert on July 1, 1978, by photographer Lynn McDonagh. “We were so goofy … we weren’t that serious of a band. The Stiffs did the original version of the Vancouver punk classic F- You, but the band broke up before their recording of it was released. Zippy became the drummer in the Stiffs, which also included Hannah (whose punk nom de plume was Gerry Useless), Houniet (a.k.a. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Vancouver Sun Run: Sign up & event info.

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