Line-up
- Kim Mitchell : Vocals/Guitar
- Terry Watkinson : Keyboards
- Gary McCracken : Drums
- Dave Myles : Bass
Bands
- Aerial
Partial Setlist
- Here Among The Cats
- Lip Service
- The Girl From Ipanema
- Gravity
- Waterline
- Hangover
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Tickets
Articles
Fan Stories
Wayne Eagles
Introducing Toronto Tontos, Kim asked: "What do we call you? An Ottawat? An Ottawa Tonto?" He then repeated "An Ottawat, An Ottawa Tonto" for at least 5 minutes, swaying side-to-side in this oversized red Mexican hat.
Colin McFadyen
First saw Max open for Rush in Ottawa around 1976. Immediate fan. Saw them many times after that. I think the best show may have been at the NAC for the Mutiny album. "This song is dirty, like finding dandruff on your girlfriend's shoes" Kim bantering before Lip Service.
Bruce McEwen
The ushers were trying in vain to prevent people from smoking all night. Great show.
Don Dale
I was in the front row of the balcony and will always remember the guys down in the front row who were escorted out after firing up a propane torch for some hot knives ????
Andy Rogers
It was hilarious watching the ushers running up and down the stairs trying to get people to stop lighting their cigarettes and joints at the venue!
Nicholas Childs
The gig at the National Arts Centre in Sept. 78 was a great one, as the review says. Hearing them headline in an acoustically excellent hall was a treat, as I recall they were in fine playing shape, probably the 5th or 6th time I had seen them, so I had some comparison. I remember Girl From Ipanema as well, a friend of mine said up until that night he always hated that song.
The NAC was/is seen as the country's premier theater/concert space, but rock concerts there were few and far between, let alone a band like Max and the fan base you'd get. What we heard was that after Max NAC management vowed to never have another rock concert there, primarily because the audience and what we did to the hall, especially damage from people smoking (all kinds of things being smoked, it was the '70s). The hall was non-smoking, no ashtrays, so the carpet and chairs paid the price. I do remember the ushers spending the first part of the show trying to get people to put their smokes out, but eventually they gave up. There were several bars there as well, and the story was most of them ran out of beer. The upshot was, with the damage, alcohol consumption and overall rowdiness, the NAC supposedly said 'Never again.' I lived in Ottawa until 1991, and I don't recall another concert with a band like Max playing the NAC. Tangerine Dream, Mike Oldfield, Philip Glass, lots of jazz shows, but no rock and roll. Pity, because people sounded really good there.