Headpins

Headpins
OriginVancouver, British Columbia, Canada
GenresHard Rock
Years active1979–present
LabelsSolid Gold, MCA
MembersKat Lawrence
Ab Bryant
Bernie Aubin
Tony Dellacroce
Alfie Galpin
Past membersRosa Laricchiuta
Scott Reid
Darby Mills
Chrissy Steele
Denise McCann
Matt Frenette
Brian “Too Loud” MacLeod
Danny "Long Train" Latham
Darcy McDonald
Websitehttp://www.headpins.net

The Headpins are a Canadian rock band, founded as a side project in the late 1970s by then Chilliwack members Ab Bryant and Brian MacLeod. Macleod was impressed by the vocal talents of Vancouver rock singer Denise McCann, and asked her to join his new venture. Originally, Matt Frenette played drums for the Headpins while Bernie Aubin played drums for a fellow Vancouver band, the soon to be renamed Loverboy. But within months, Aubin and Frenette swapped bands, where each continues to play to the present. The Headpins began gigging around the Vancouver area throughout 1981, quickly building a fan base. McCann left at the end of that first year, and MacLeod brought in Darby Mills to provide lead vocals.