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The Headstones
Band Formed 1989 Canadian punk
The Headstones formed in 1989. The Headstones has 5 chart appearances on 3 radio countdowns from 2 stations on RockLists, spanning 2003–2009. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Tiny Teddy”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #62. The station that charted The Headstones most often is CFNY 102.1 The Edge (Toronto, ON), with 4 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2003.
Headstones came roaring out of Kingston, Ontario, as a punk-fuelled rock band with Hugh Dillon out front, and they built their name the hard way: a high-energy live show, a singer who works the crowd rather than preening at it, and rooms filled to capacity across the mid-sized circuit. The songs refuse to play it safe, taking on serious and controversial subjects with a snarl.
Picture of Health, in 1993, set the tone with "When Something Stands For Nothing", all tight fists and gritted teeth. Smile & Wave followed in 1997, carrying the bitter grin of its title track and the claustrophobic crunch of "Cubically Contained", and The Oracle of Hi-Fi arrived in 2002 with "Tiny Teddy".
They broke up in 2003 and got back together in 2011. The lineup today has Dillon on vocals, Trent Carr on guitar, Tim White on bass, Steve Carr on keyboards and Jesse Labovitz on drums. On home turf the sales backed it up: from 1996 to 2016 only a few dozen Canadian bands outsold them in Canada, with Headstones sitting inside the top 35.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by The Headstones on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiny Teddy | 1 | #62 | – | 2003 | |
| 2 | Smile and Wave | 2 | #163 | – | – | |
| 3 | When Something Stands For Nothing | 1 | #174 | – | – | |
| 4 | Cubically Contained | 1 | #181 | – | – |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
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