Bob Segarini

Dubbed "The Nick Lowe of Canada," singer/songwriter Bob Segarini was a cult hero of the Great White North's power-pop underground. A West Coast native, Segarini initially fronted the short-lived Ratz, which also included future Quicksiver Messenger Service founder Gary Duncan. He first earned widespread notice as a member of the Family Tree, a psychedelic-era band he formed with one Mike Olsen, who later re-christened himself Lee Michaels; after the release of their 1968 LP Miss Butters, the group splintered, and Segarini next surfaced in Roxy, which issued a self-titled 1970 LP on Elektra before disbanding as well. The most successful of his early projects was the Wackers, which recorded three LPs -- 1971's Wackering Heights, 1972's Hot Wacks and 1973's Shredder -- before breaking up after Elektra's rejection of a fourth completed album, provisionally titled Wack 'n' Roll.



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