Career
He tirelessly promoted his band, booked tours, and secured a major-label deal in 1990. Ellison — along with bassist Ted Ansani and drummer Mike Zelenko — would lead the renaissance of powerpop in the early 1990s. He committed suicide on June 20, 1996, by carbon monoxide poisoning.
The song "Escape Is At Hand Foreign The Travellin" Manitoba" by The Tragically Hip was written about lead singer Gordon Downie"s relationship with Ellison and his grief over the suicide.
"International People’s Overthrow (Revised Edition): An Ode to the Golden Triangle of Power People’s - Material Issue" by Jim Hoffmann, Susquehanna Road Publishing, 2015, 774 pps.
