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My name is Ryan Davey and I am an enthusiastic music fan born, raised, and residing in Toronto, Canada.

I want to pay tribute to the music I love and am still discovering, so this site is for sharing my thoughts, memories, and playlists of the bands, genres, and songs that have meant so much to me.

And yes, this site is named after my lifelong favourite song, “Ceremony” by Joy Division and New Order.

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General disclaimer: The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed in this blog are my own and do not represent those of any people, institutions, or organizations I may or may not be associated with in any professional or personal capacity.

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Music history and profiles
 

Genres & Scenes

  • 1976 and the Birth of Punk Rock

  • 1977 and the Birth of Modern Rock,
    Part 1, Jan-Sep
    Part 2 Oct-Dec + Miscellaneous

  • Best 2nd Albums

  • Builders of Modern Rock Retrospective
    Part 1, 1955-1969
    Part 2, 1971-1976

  • Cover Songs: Vol. 1 / Vol. 2 / Vol. 3 / Vol. 4 / Vol. 5 / Vol. 6 / Vol. 7 / Vol. 8 / Vol. 9

  • Dark Wave Retrospective

  • Eclectic 1980s Modern Rock

  • Glam Rock Retrospective
    Part 1, 1972-1973
    Part 2, 1974-1976

  • Grunge and its evolution
    Part1, 1985-1989
    Part 2, 1990-1991

  • Madchester Retrospective

  • Modern Post-Punk

  • Modern shoegaze

  • Music of Manchester

  • New Wave Retrospective, 1975-1985

  • Shoegaze First Generation
    Part 1, 1984-1991
    Part 2, 1992-1993

  • Ska Retrospective

  • Women in Modern Rock
    Part 1, 1975-1979
    Part 2, 1980-1989
    Part 3, 1990-1999

Artist Profiles

  • Adorable

  • Ant, Adam

  • Apple, Fiona

  • Aztec Camera

  • Bauhaus & Beyond (Tones on Tail, Love & Rockets, Peter Murphy, David J, Daniel Ash, Poptone)

  • The Beatles (Deep Dive)

  • Beck

  • Björk

  • Blondie

  • Blue Peter

  • Bowie, David (Deep Dive)

  • Bush, Kate

  • Buzzcocks

  • The Charlatans UK

  • China Crisis

  • Cocteau Twins

  • The Comsat Angels

  • Costello, Elvis

  • Creedence Clearwater Revival (Deep Dive)

  • The Cure (Deep Dive)

  • The Dandy Warhols

  • Deal, Kim (The Pixies, The Breeders)

  • Depeche Mode

  • Dexys Midnight Runners

  • The Doors (Deep Dive)

  • Dramarama

  • Echo & the Bunnymen

  • Gene Loves Jezebel

  • Hagen, Nina

  • Hendrix, Jimi

  • Hersh, Kristin

  • The Housemartins and Beyond (The Beautiful South, Fatboy Slim)

  • Japan

  • Joy Division

  • The Judybats

  • Led Zeppelin (Deep Dive)

  • Marcy Playground

  • Martha and the Muffins/M+M

  • Meat Beat Manifesto

  • Modern English

  • MOEV

  • Nada Surf

  • Ned’s Atomic Dustbin

  • New Order

  • O’Connor, Sinéad

  • The Ocean Blue

  • Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD)

  • Pink Floyd (Deep Dive)

  • Poe

  • The Police

  • The Posies

  • Pretenders

  • Psychedelic Furs

  • Punishment of Luxury

  • Radiohead

  • Ride

  • The Rolling Stones (Deep Dive)

  • Romeo Void

  • Roxy Music

  • Scars

  • Siberry, Jane

  • Simple Minds

  • Siouxsie and The Banshees

  • Smashing Pumpkins

  • Smith, Patti

  • The Smiths

  • Springsteen, Bruce (Deep Dive)

  • The Stranglers

  • Talk Talk

  • Talking Heads & Beyond (Tom Tom Club, Jerry Harrison, David Byrne)

  • Teenage Head

  • The Tragically Hip

  • Tribe

  • U2 (Deep Dive)

  • The Undertones

  • The Waterboys

  • Weller, Paul (The Jam, The Style Council)

  • The Who (Deep Dive)

  • World Party

  • Yello

  • Young, Neil (Deep Dive)

21st Century Music

  • Allen, Lily

  • Barnett, Courtney

  • Best Coast

  • The Beths

  • The Big Moon

  • Big Thief & Adrianne Lenker

  • Calvi, Anna

  • Craft Spells

  • Dum Dum Girls

  • Eternal Summers

  • The Ettes

  • Heartless Bastards

  • The Horrors

  • Interpol

  • Kasabian

  • Le Bon, Cate

  • The Long Blondes

  • Mellowdrone

  • Metric

  • Modern Post-Punk

  • Modern shoegaze

  • OK Sweetheart

  • Olsen, Angel

  • The Rapture

  • Ringo Deathstarr

  • Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever

  • Sia

  • Tallies

  • Temples

  • Whitey

  • Wild Nothing

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