Northern Ontario Axemen

From the land of lakes, mines, and legends — welcome to 42 slabs of the rare, the raw, unfiltered sound of Northern Ontario (Greater Sudbury, Thunder Bay, Sault Ste. Marie, North Bay, Timmins, Kenora, Elliot Lake, Temiskaming Shores, North Bay, and Dryden)

This playlist is a high-octane ride through the backroads and barrooms of Ontario’s north, where bands carved out their own scene far from the big-city spotlight. These artists didn’t just play music — they lived it, hauling gear through snowstorms, filling community halls, and cutting tracks that echoed across frozen landscapes and smoky venues.

Featuring hidden gems, forgotten 45s, and cult classics, Northern Ontario Rockers celebrates the DIY grit and hometown glory of bands who made it happen with heart, hustle, and some damn good tunes. From Sudbury to Sault Ste. Marie, North Bay to Thunder Bay, these rockers lit up the stage and left their mark on Canadian music history.

So crank it up — this is the soundtrack of the north: loud, proud, and built to last.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Jarvis Street Revue	Sally's Hymn (Smoker's Funeral Song)	Mr. Oil Man	04:44
Sea Dog	It's a Hot Night	Duster b/w It's a Hot Night (DJ promo)	02:48
Milestone, Tom And The Jarvis Street Revue	Yakety Sax	Strands of Time	02:17
NRG	(What Was Wrong With The) Towns and Villages	(What Was Wrong With The) Towns and Villages b/w I Brought My Love With Me	02:30
Plague	High Flyin' Bird	Love and Obey b/w High Flyin' Bird	02:14
Souls of Inspyration	Dil Kusha (Heart's Happiness)	ST	06:44
Satan & the D-Men	She'll Lie	L-I-N-D-A b/w She’ll Lie	03:08
Merriday Park	Witchcraft	Witchcraft b/w My Shady Friend	02:50
Milestone, Tom And The Jarvis Street Revue	Dance On Little Girl	Strands of Time	02:06
Sea Dog	It's a Hot Night	It's a Hot Night b/w Holding Your Hands (promo)	02:53
Sound Sett	She Ain't No Use to Me (Dave Bingham & Roger Mayne, The Ugly Ducklings)	1966-1967	03:07
Inferno 5 Plus 1	I Can Take It	I Can Take It b/w Fays Gig	03:40
Nobody Special	I Like It	I Like It b/w Sha-La-La	02:40
Strangers	Journey to the Stars	Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1	01:49
Souls of Inspyration	Pursuit	ST	02:45
Marketville Riot	Charly Brown	Jan b/w Charly Brown	02:32
Sea Dog	Ain't No Use	ST	03:32
Aaron Space	North Country Rock & Roll	ST	03:45
Milestone, Tom And The Jarvis Street Revue	Take 5	Strands of Time	02:24
Solid Reputation	Brown Eyed Girl	Things b/w Brown Eyed Girl	03:11
Strangers	Rik A Tik	Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1	01:57
Strangers	Shindig	Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1	02:00
Lahti, Sam and The Colts	Singing The Blues	Maybelline b/w Singing The Blues	02:32
Sea Dog	Duster	Duster b/w It's a Hot Night (DJ promo)	02:25
Northfolk	Paul Dunn - Asthmatic Paul's Ornery Blues Lament Take No. 64	ST	03:27
Aaron Space	Keep on Moving	ST	03:18
Milestone, Tom And The Jarvis Street Revue	Watermelon Man	Strands of Time	03:14
Souls of Inspyration	Pursuit	Pursuit b/w Eyes of Nature	02:44
Strangers	Love Godess of Venus	Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1	02:15
Sound Sett	Mustang Sally (Mack Rice)	1966-1967	03:05
Northfolk	Paul Dunn - Duddley Crowfoot	ST	03:09
Strangers	When You Walk in the Room	Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1	02:13
Strangers	Apache	Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1	02:39
Milestone, Tom And The Jarvis Street Revue	Girl from Ipanema	Strands of Time	02:54
Milestone, Tom And The Jarvis Street Revue	Gimme Some Lovin'	Strands of Time	03:54
Souls of Inspyration	Eyes of Nature	ST	03:29
Sea Dog	Holding Your Hands	It's a Hot Night b/w Holding Your Hands (promo)	02:34
King Street	Rock N' Roll Blues	Midnight Ladies b/w Rock N' Roll Blues	03:37
Aaron Space	Marsha	ST	02:01
Strangers	Theme for Young Lovers	Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1	02:16
Rogues	I Can't Hold Out Much Longer	I Can't Hold Out Much Longer b/w I'll Make It Up To You	02:28
Sea Dog	Round and Round	Holding Your Hands b/w Round and Round	02:34
Sea Dog	Holding Your Hands	Holding Your Hands b/w Round and Round	02:30
East African Fair	Lovin' Every Little Thing You Do	I Won't Stare b/w Lovin' Every Little Thing You Do	02:14
NRG	I Brought My Love With Me	(What Was Wrong With The) Towns and Villages b/w I Brought My Love With Me	02:13
Sea Dog	Everybody	ST	04:43
Sound Sett	I Need You (Everybody Needs Somebody)	1966-1967	02:53
Strangers	Greenfields	Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1	02:45
Sea Dog	On the Street	ST	03:35
Strangers	Miserlou	Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1	01:50
Tote Family	Leave Me Be	Allright Mama b/w Leave Me Be	02:19
Sound Sett	Just in Case You're Wonderin (David Byngham & Glynn Bell, The Ugly Ducklings)	1966-1967	02:23
Strangers	You've Got What I Like	Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1	01:58
Northfolk	Watson and Reynolds - To the Master	ST	03:16
Jarvis Street Revue	20 Years	Mr. Oil Man	03:08
McEachern, Lyn & the Sound of Thunder	I Know I Love You	Sha La La b/w I Know I Love You	02:52
Strangers	Diamond Head	Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1	01:45
Northfolk	Frederic Michaels - Child Song	ST	03:05
Strangers	Needles and Pins	Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1	02:29
Milestone, Tom And The Jarvis Street Revue	Coming Home	Strands of Time	01:40
Milestone, Tom And The Jarvis Street Revue	Spooky	Strands of Time	03:31
Amen, The	Carnivals and Cotton Candy	Carnivals and Cotton Candy b/w Peter Zeus	02:55
Aaron Space	It Might Be You	ST	03:10
Fallen Leaves	Little Liar	Little Liar b/w Time is Everything	02:27
Merriday Park	It All Comes Back to Me	Take Me Back Home b/w It All Comes Back to Me	02:43
Aaron Space	The Loser	ST	02:47
Milestone, Tom And The Jarvis Street Revue	Harlem Nocturne	Strands of Time	03:59
Sea Dog	I Don't Wanna Hear	ST	03:05
Strangers	The Fugitive	Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1	01:47
Plague	Love and Obey	Love and Obey b/w High Flyin' Bird	02:03
Tote Family	Allright Mama	Allright Mama b/w Leave Me Be	02:39
Strangers	House of the Rising Sun	Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1	03:17
Lahti, Sam and The Colts	Maybelline	Maybelline b/w Singing The Blues	03:00
Marketville Riot	Jan	Jan b/w Charly Brown	02:09
Souls of Inspyration	Sun Shines in the Winter	ST	03:12
Wee Beasties, The	The Cherry Tree	Something to Do With the Weather b/w The Cherry Tree	02:25
Nickel	I Don't Seem Right	I Don't Seem Right b/w Look Into Your Own Eyes	02:48
Solid Reputation	Things	Things b/w Brown Eyed Girl	03:39
Souls of Inspyration	Of Lambs & Wolves	ST	06:11
Merriday Park	Take Me Back Home	Take Me Back Home b/w It All Comes Back to Me	02:48
Lexington Avenue	Sound the Alarm	Good to Me b/w Sound the Alarm	02:45
Sound Sett	Girl You'll be a Woman Soon (Neil Diamond)	1966-1967	04:07
Souls of Inspyration	Seasons of Change	ST	05:22
Jarvis Street Revue	300 South	Mr. Oil Man	02:40
Inferno 5 Plus 1	Fays Gig	I Can Take It b/w Fays Gig	02:41
Sound Sett	I'm Not Your Stepping Stone (Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart)	1966-1967	02:31
Sound Sett	Harlem Nocturne (Earle Hagen)	1966-1967	04:00
Aaron Space	Silly Ceiling	ST	05:06
Jarvis Street Revue	Mr. Business Man	Mr. Oil Man	02:41
Northfolk	Watson and Reynolds - Back to You	ST	04:33
Sea Dog	Everybody What's My Name	ST	03:12
Wee Beasties, The	Something to Do With the Weather	Something to Do With the Weather b/w The Cherry Tree	02:58
Merriday Park	Went Home Today	Went Home Today b/w Everybody Do Their Thing	02:22
Sea Dog	I'm Going Down	ST	04:00
Plague	We Were Meant to Be	The Face of Time b/w We Were Meant to Be	02:04
Northfolk	Frederic Michaels - Love is Coming	ST	01:59
Sound Sett	Just a Little (Ron Elliott & Bob Durand, The Breau Brummels)	1966-1967	02:47
Nobody Special	Sha-La-La	I Like It b/w Sha-La-La	02:57
Jarvis Street Revue	Mr. Oil Man	Mr. Oil Man	12:27
Aaron Space	Rainbow Ride	ST	05:07

Northern Ontario Axemen

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Tote Family - The Right Girl b/w Miles and Miles

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Nickel - I Don't Seem Right b/w Look Into Your Own Eyes

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Satan & the D-Men - L-I-N-D-A b/w She’ll Lie

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Merriday Park - Witchcraft b/w My Shady Friend

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Merriday Park - Take Me Back Home b/w It All Comes Back to Me

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Tote Family - Allright Mama b/w Leave Me Be

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(Those) Rogues - Wish I Could See You Again b/w Girl

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Aaron Space - ST

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Sound Sett - 1966-1967

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Fallen Leaves - Little Liar b/w Time is Everything

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McEachern, Lyn & the Sound of Thunder - Sha La La b/w I Know I Love You

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Marketville Riot - Jan b/w Charly Brown

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Sea Dog - Holding Your Hands b/w Round and Round

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Amen, The - Carnivals and Cotton Candy b/w Peter Zeus

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Sea Dog - Don't Forget It

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NRG - (What Was Wrong With The) Towns and Villages b/w I Brought My Love With Me

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Milestone, Tom And The Jarvis Street Revue - Strands of Time

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Shouter's, The - In The Evening b/w Can I Help It

Northfolk - ST

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Lahti, Sam and The Colts - Maybelline b/w Singing The Blues

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Wee Beasties, The - Something to Do With the Weather b/w The Cherry Tree

Rogues - I Can't Hold Out Much Longer b/w I'll Make It Up To You

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Lexington Avenue - Good to Me b/w Sound the Alarm

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Inferno 5 Plus 1 - I Can Take It b/w Fays Gig

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Strangers - Surfin' In The Sault, Vol. 1

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Solid Reputation - Things b/w Brown Eyed Girl

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Plague - Love and Obey b/w High Flyin' Bird

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Kenny And The Be-Bops - Lindy Lou b/w My Life

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Lexington Avenue - The Bird Collector b/w Flowing Kind of Feeling

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Merriday Park - Went Home Today b/w Everybody Do Their Thing

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