Many years ago I recall hearing a guy on the radio describe the song "Worlds Away" as Vancouver's unofficial anthem. A bit of a stretch, but my goodness, it is an awesome song. Back in 1982 the trio of Drew Arnott, Darryl Kromm and Paul Iverson (an amazing guitar tech and luthier, by the way) released their debut album Worlds Away. I remember hearing "She Controls Me" and thinking that was a really cool song. At the time I didn't get the album, but with a name like Strange Advance they were pretty memorable, and I would buy everything they ever released in real time - except that first album. Unlike Pokemon, you really can't catch 'em all - but I did catch 'em all, including a long play for "Love Games" that I have since lost to the ravages of time and poor drainage in the crawlspace. In 1985, when Strange Advance released 2WO , where once there were three, it was now just Drew and Darryl (they did add a whole band, including a real l...
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