Pukka Orchestra

Pukka Orchestra formed in 1979 as part of Toronto's burgeoning Queen West new wave scene and centered around lead singer Graeme Williamson and guitarists Neil Chapman and Tony Duggan-Smith. Auxiliary players varied from gig to gig and were drafted on an as-needed basis from other Queen West bands. The band's name, incidentally, was inspired by a relative of Duggan-Smith's who felt that Tony was wasting his time in a rock band and that he should try to find paying work with a "pukka orchestra," pukka being a Hindu word meaning "genuine." After a one-shot independent single in ...