Red Rider: Breaking Curfew To Break Out
Red Rider continue their rise in rock popularity with the release of Breaking Curfew, the Toronto quartet’s fourth Capitol album.
June 2, 1984
Breaking Curfew Review
Tom Cochrane’s vocals are a highlight in this set, produced by David Tickle.
June 2, 1984
Good Grief! Canadian Rock Is Expounding
Poor Tom Cochane’s got it all wrong. Doesn’t know you just can’t try and be intellectual in rock ‘n’ roll, especially the Canadian variety?
May 2, 1983
Sellout Shows Sweet To Underrated Band
For a couple of years, Tom Cochrane’s Red Rider has been Canada’s most underrated successful rock band.
April 26, 1983
Red Rider Right At Home In West
The rock group Red Rider is making a stop in Red Deer Tuesday as part of their tour of Western Canada, a region which has been very good to them.
April 23, 1983
I’m Just Snapping A Musical Picture
Tom Cochrane’s living room is a small, cosy niche located at the heart of Cabbagetown. The furniture is neat and looks recently purchases – a trendy little Art Shoppe sectional couch.
April 11, 1983
Red Rider’s Folk Music For The Masses
This is an occasion as rare as a lunar eclipse for Music Express writers to express unanimous approval of a new record.
April 5, 1983
Red Rider’s Neruda Packs Punch
Toronto’s Red Rider, who topped record charts two years ago with White Hot and Lunatic Fringe, remain an industry enigma with the release of their third LP Neruda.
February 17, 1983
Themes For The Eighties Individual
“I miss the snow,” Tom Cochrane, Red Rider’s lead vocalist and songwriter says via telephone from his hotel room in sunny Tallahassee, Florida. “Like hell I do,” he quickly adds with a laugh.
February 10, 1983
Red Rider Pays Homage To Poet
When Pablo Neruda was offered a high-ranking government position by his good friend Salvadore Allende, president of Chile, the South American poet could not accept.
February 10, 1983
Gators C-Fox Monday Night Live Red Rider
Red Rider, a band that facilely combines the rockabilly sound of the ’50s, the hard age of the ’80’s, and the futuristic concepts of tomorrow, was formed in Toronto in 1976…
July 3, 1981
Compatibility Key To Success
As lead singer Tom Cochane puts it, “the band that plays together, stays together.” Thus, lies the secret to Red Rider’s Compatibility.
April 25, 1981