The Viletones

The Viletones
The Viletones perform at Larry's Hideaway, Toronto, 1980
Background information
Genres	Punk, Rock
Members	Steven Leckie
Past members	Freddie Pompeii, Chris Hate, Mike Anderson

The Viletones are a Canadian punk band from Toronto, led by Steven Leckie on vocals. Other members from the original line-up were Freddie Pompeii, (some sources list him as 'Frederick DiPasquale') on guitar/vocals; Chris Hate (Chris Paputts), on bass guitar/vocals and Mike Anderson, b.1955 - d.2012 on the drums/vocals. The original line-up was active 1976-1977, and thereafter featured Steven Leckie as the only original member with various backing musicians.

The Viletones are one of the first generation punk rock bands from Toronto Canada. Steven Leckie founded the band, and footage of the band can be found on YouTube. as well as on the official Viletones website http://www.ViletonesOfficial.com. They appeared on the front cover of magazine all over the world, including Steven Leckie on the front cover of Record Week and Fanfare.

From July 7–10, 1977 the group joined The Diodes and Teenage Head at famed New York punk club CBGB's at a showcase featuring "three outrageous punk bands from Toronto, Canada". Eminent rock critic Lester Bangs described the show in an April 29, 1981 article for the Village Voice: "This guy Nazi Dog hung from the rafters, crawled all over the stage, and hurled himself on the first row until his body was one huge sore.". The concert was spoofed in an early episode of the television comedy show SCTV, where comedian Rick Moranis as newscaster David Brinkley (looking a little rough) reviews a Viletones concert.