Flaming Sidewalks

Flaming Sidewalks is a band mentioned in Canadian-American author Gordon Korman's 1980 teen novel Who is Bugs Potter?. They are also mentioned in the 1983 sequel Bugs Potter: LIVE at Nickaninny.

Their songs include:

• Swan Lake (by Tchaikovsky)

He wished he had never heard of Bugs Potter – or the music festival for that matter. He threw himself into a chair and began fidgeting nervously. "Bugs Potter!" He turned his head to the wall and came face to face with a rock band identified as Flaming Sidewalks.

"Flaming Sidewalks!" groaned Adam. "Tyrannosaurus Rex! Nuclear Teacup! Endomorph!" He put his hands over his eyes in an attempt to shut out the garish posters.

Notes

• Gordon Korman, Who is Bugs Potter?, (Toronto: Scholastic Canada, 1980), p.31, ISBN 0-590-42791-1
• Gordon Korman's website page for Who is Bugs Potter?