Written by Stu on December 12, 2008
Here is some info on the rare 1978 ‘The Last Pogo’ DVD available now:
Hi. I made a punk rock doc in 1978 called THE LASTPOGO, and just released it on DVD in Canada in October. THE LAST POGO is a half-hour film (shot in 16mm) that documents “the last punk rock concert” at Toronto’s legendary Horseshoe Tavern, when the bands were booked by similarly legendary promoters The Garys. The half-hour film has performances by The Scenics, Cardboard Brains, The Secrets, Mods, The Ugly, Viletones and Teenage Head. The show ends in a near-riot when a drunken