[2] Gott, at the time a journalism student at Concordia University,[3] initially performed only on guitar, but took over as vocalist after the original vocalist sang the show in a vocal style more reminiscent of Robert Plant than punk rock.

[4] After that label folded in 1990, Gott launched EnGuard Records,[5] releasing the album A Right Is a Right that year.

[9] Around the same time as the tribute album's release, Ripcordz organized an all-ages show featuring 18 bands.

[11] By this time, Gott was working as a news producer for Montreal television station CKMI.

[11] They have continued to release albums, including It's Never Too Late to Annoy Your Parents, I Went to the Summit of the Americas and All I Got Was This Lousy Tear Gas Canister in the Back of the Head, What If They Held a Revolution and Nobody Came?,[3] 100,000 Watts of Pure Power (At Least That's What We Tell All the Girls), Double Your Punk, Double Your Fun, Dead or Alive in '92, Black, Made in Montreal and War on Xmas, as well as a reissue of Ripcordz Are Go(d) in 2004.