Let’s head to Ottawa, Canada today. Here’s an 80s band that sounds just like you’d expect a jangly band of the 80s. They were called The Crowd Theory and 8 years ago they uploaded a handful of songs to Soundcloud.

The songs date from 1988 to 1989. There’s a photo of the band which is helpful. It was a trio formed by Chris Robinson, Chantelle Williams and Ahenk Ozakpinar. Two guys, one girl.

“Colour” and “Young-Adult Novel”, are two songs from 1989. Then there are two live recordings from 1988, “Greatest Passion Inside” and “Evergreen with Envy”. And lastly there’s “Beau Tie” which doesn’t have a date.

What else have I found. I know that Ahenk was also in another band called Moral Rage. He has also been playing bass on Comfortably Numb, a Pink Floyd tribute band. From what I understand he is originally from Istanbul, Turkey. I also believe he sometimes works as a soccer referee. Can someone confirm this last info?!

Other than that I couldn’t find more info about the band. I wonder if these songs were part of a demo tape. If they recorded more would be good to know more. No releases I guess.

Anyhow, maybe we get lucky and someone remembers them. You know what to do if you have info, share it in the comments section!

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The Crowd Theory – Colour