Subhumans (Canadian band)

The Subhumans
Gerry, Wimpy, Jon and Mike playing in Montreal, September 2010
Background information
Origin	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genres	Punk rock
Years active	1978–1983, 2005–present
Labels	Alternative Tentacles, G7 Welcoming Committee, Quintessence, SST, Friends
Associated acts	D.O.A. The Stiffs
Members	Gerry Hannah Mike Graham Jon Card
Past members	Brian Roy Goble Ken Montgomery Koichi Imagawa Ron Allan Randy Bowman

The Subhumans are a punk band formed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1978.

Known by pejorative, punk rock nicknames, original members were known simply as "Useless" (Gerry Hannah), "Dimwit" (Ken Montgomery), "Wimpy" (Brian Roy Goble) and "Normal" (Mike Graham).

Dimwit quit the band shortly after their first 7" was released to join the Pointed Sticks and was replaced by Koichi Imagawa, also known as Jim Imagawa, on drums.

In 1981, Hannah left the band and gradually became involved with a small group of underground activists calling themselves Direct Action. In the alternative media they were referred to as the Vancouver 5, but in the mainstream press they were dubbed the Squamish 5. The group, composed of ecologists and feminists, were responsible for a number of actions, including the 14 October 1982 bombing of the Litton Industries plant in Ontario which made guidance systems for cruise missiles. The Litton bombing hurt several plant workers and three police officers were also injured. While Gerry was not part of the Litton bombing, he supported it, and did take part in other actions, as well as planning to rob a Brinks truck to fund future actions. He was arrested on 20 January 1983, along with the four other members of Direct Action. Many benefits were arranged for the group by people such as Jello Biafra and Joey Shithead of D.O.A. to pay lawyers fees but, in the end, Hannah pleaded guilty to avoid years in prison. He received a 10-year sentence and was released after serving 5 years. During his time in prison, he began writing a column for the fanzine Maximum RocknRoll which helped maintain his connection to the punk scene. A number of years after his release he was the subject of a documentary film made by B.C. filmmaker Glen Sanford, called Useless.