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SCOTT FLETCHER picks up
the phone in mid-interview
and places a quick call to
the Town Pump’s booking
agent.

“You're seeing us in action
managing ourselves,” he says with
a grin.

Fletcher and members of North
Vancouver's Memory Day don’t
have a manager, a promoter or a
record label, But their lack of
management hasn't stopped the
band from implanting its name in-
to as many memories as possible.

“We'te very conscious of
promoting ourselves. We try to
devote quality time to that,” says
Fletcher, Memory Day's bass
guitarist.

One of the band's first public
relations stunts involved members
plastering home-made posters on
walls around Vancouver. The
posters posed the question:

“When is Memory Day?”’

The four words started people
wondering just who, what or
when Memory Day was.

“We did it when we were rela-
tively unknown and we were very
mysterious about it,’’ Fletcher
recalls. ‘It was a good way to
promote interest in the band.”

EVELYN
JACOB

feature writer

Just over a year later, the North
Vancouver band hasn't topped the
record charts, but Memory Day
has earned an impressive word-
of-mouth reputation for writing
quality songs and giving quality
performances in reputable venues
around town, including a recent
major Christmas benefit.

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the eye of a record label — but
members say they are unwilling to
compromise their music to get it.

“We're very conscious of how
we progress,”’ says guitarist Lanny
Hussey. “We don''t play any
covers.”

Fletcher, who formerly played
with Retinal Circus, met Memory
Day drummer Todd Oliver at
Hillside School in West Van-
couver. Guitarist Charlie McKen-
zie (formerly of The Gathering)
and Hussey met at Deep Cove’s
Seycove school.

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