Artist · chart history
Teenage Head
Band Hamilton Canada Formed 1975
Teenage Head formed in 1975 in Hamilton, Canada. Teenage Head has 4 chart appearances on 2 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 1991–1999. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Top Down”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #395. The station that charted Teenage Head most often is CFNY 102.1 The Edge (Toronto, ON), with 4 appearances.
Teenage Head came blasting out of Hamilton, Ontario, in 1975, formed by Frankie Venom (Frank Kerr), Gord Lewis, Steve Mahon and Nick Stipanitz, and they played punk rock the way it was meant to be played: fast, loud and grinning. The name was borrowed from the Flaming Groovies' 1971 LP of the same title: Lewis spotted an ad for it in a music magazine, never actually heard the thing, and swore his future band would carry that name.
Their self-titled debut in 1979 packs "Top Down", a revved-up, sun-soaked joyride of a song, and Frantic City in 1980 followed with "Let's Shake", a greasy, stomping invitation to the dance floor that owes as much to old rock and roll as it does to the Ramones. Some Kinda Fun, in 1982, kept the party going. By the early '80s they had become one of Canada's best-loved punk bands.
Venom died in October 2008 and Lewis in August 2022, but the band has carried on, with Dave Rave handling vocals and guitar.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Teenage Head on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Top Down | 1 | #395 | – | – | |
| 2 | Let's Shake | 1 | #434 | – | – | |
| 3 | Something On My Mind | 1 | #521 | – | – | |
| 4 | Some Kinda Fun | 1 | #956 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 434 | Let's Shake | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) |
| 1999 | 521 | Something On My Mind | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) |
| 1999 | 956 | Some Kinda Fun | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (November 1999) |
| 1991 | 395 | Top Down | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) |
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