California band Redd Kross only played Winnipeg once in their career, to the best recollection of Steve McDonald, who co-founded the band with his older brother Jeff in 1978 — when he (Steve) was 11 years old. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * California band Redd Kross only played Winnipeg once in their career, to the best recollection of Steve McDonald, who co-founded the band with his older brother Jeff in 1978 — when he (Steve) was 11 years old. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? California band Redd Kross only played Winnipeg once in their career, to the best recollection of Steve McDonald, who co-founded the band with his older brother Jeff in 1978 — when he (Steve) was 11 years old.
“I know we played Winnipeg opening for the Doughboys in 1994,” he says, speaking of a time when the video for Redd Kross’s was also getting played on MuchMusic. “We did an entire cross-Canada tour opening for them from Halifax to Vancouver.” McDonald has returned to Winnipeg to play with grunge progenitors the Melvins a few times as well.
But still: Redd Kross is very much a cult band, beloved by fans of guitar music in the particular intersection of glam, bubble gum, hardcore punk, hair metal, grunge and power-pop: think Sloan or the New Pornographers, but primarily an American phenomenon. That’s why it’s somewhat strange that the new documentary is playing for a full week in Winni.
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