Photo from The Georgia Straight by Bev Davies: Dense Milt and Alex Varty of AKA

AKA was formed in 1978 and broke up in 1980.  They self-released an EP called Red Therapy on Seoul Dog Records.

634 Dog was included on the Zulu records compilation "Last Call" Vancouver Independent Music 1977-1988.

AKA will be featured in the upcoming film Bovary's Children by Lenore Herb.

AKA included Dense Milt-vocals/Sax, Alex Varty- guitars and bass, Warren Hunter-bass and guitars, Warren Ash-drums, and Andy Graffiti- keyboards, guitars, percussion.

We did our first show at the Pumps Art Gallery for an erotic photography show with Angela Kaja singing and Tommy Wong on keyboards.  Other shows of note included Smilin' Buddha shows with Pink Section (from San Francisco), U-J3RK5, shows with DOA, The Subhumans, 54-40, The Monde Arte Cabaret at the Commodore (with Randy Pandora), Cowboy Mouth at the Arts Club Theatre on Seymour, Rock Against Prisons, (actually we rocked against just about everything), Rohans, New Orchestra Workshop space playing "unplugged" with toy instruments, and numerous halls.  We opened up for Ultravox and for Captain Beefheart on his Doc at the Radar Station tour at the Commodore Ballroom.

Our power was cut off several times while playing at the Smilin' Buddha, because the owner Lachman thought we sounded like chickens being strangled.  Songs of note that made it on the EP were God, City Drugs, Ragged Andys, Fear, Mental Timebombs.  Songs of note that never made it on vinyl include The Human Remains, CIA, U -Sex- Me (Think I'm gonna be sick), Future Golfers, Lower Class Vertebrate and Overcast.

After Alex Varty left the band in 1980, Colin Griffiths joined for a few shows.   Later Scott Harding joined with Dense, and the two Warrens to form Rhythm Mission with Lee Kelsey from the Payolas.  Rhythm Mission played from 1981-1989, and can be heard on Reverb Nation.   In 1984, Dense and Scott Harding, and Lee Kelsey formed The Jazzmanian Devils, who continue to play to this day.