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Luther Wright originally was a member of Kingston Ontario’s “Weeping Tile”. “Luther Wright and the Wrongs” was formed in 1997. Luther took the band more seriously after “Weeping Tile” (his original band) broke up in 1998. LW&TW gained a wider fan base after they released a reimagined version of “Pink Floyd’s The Wall” in 2001 using bl...

Brian is the lead singer of the band “Night Birds”.  The band has released their new album “Mutiny on Muscle Beach” on Fat Wreck Chords. Hailing from the Jersey Shore NJ, the band has been around for a few years now and has toured a bunch throughout North America and Europe.  In this episode, we talk about having kids, cribbed some Louis CK material and had a jolly old good...

Rene is a self starting guy that produces his own band as well as hundreds more.  He is the leader of the rock & roll outfit “The Brains”.  His band has been labeled as a ‘psychobilly’ but they are much more than that.  If you don’t know the genre, google it!  “The Brains” have released 7 albums over thirteen years and are celebrating an anniversary by...

The Nils are a band based out of Montreal that has been around in several incarnations since 1978. Alex Soria started the band using all of the influence his older brother Carlos brought to him. Their first big show was opening for the Ramones in Montreal. The Nils were everyone’s favourite band because of the great songs they wrote. After suffering from label bankruptcies and personal chang...

Welcome to Episode #50!! Scott found his way playing in bands and touring all over North America.  He is a founding member of “The Doughboys”, a very influential power pop band based in Montreal.  Amongst other achievements,  he went on to form “RUSTY” with fellow band-mates, Ken MacNeil and Jim Moore.  “RUSTY” became a band to know in the 90’s and earned...

Cameron Carpenter has been involved in the record industry his whole life. He started off as a journalist for the sole reason of receiving free music to review. Cam has a love of music and a cunning ear for greatness. He picked out an early Steve Earle album that was heading to country radio and managed to get it played on many other types of formats. Because of Cam’s insightfulness, Steve E...

Darrin Pfeiffer is the drummer in the iconic band “Goldfinger”.  He started out as a figure in the Buffalo metal scene playing in bands like “Beyond Death” and “Cannibal Corpse”.  After moving to Los Angeles, Darrin joined Goldfinger.  Goldfinger gave Darrin the privilege of travelling all over the world playing every city under the sun. As a radio personality i...

Jon Bunch has been playing in bands for almost 30 years now. Bands such as Reason to Believe, Sense Field, and Further Seems Forever have always been in a my earphones on whatever personal listening device I have had over the years. Jon has a new band and a new release to talk about. I did the interview before I could get the chance to play you all some music, so I will feature the new Lucky Scars...

Russ Rankin is the lead vocalist for melodic hardcore band Only Crime, Creep Division, and punk rock band Good Riddance. Both bands were signed to Fat Wreck Chords until Good Riddance announced their breakup on April 3, 2007. However, as of February 2012, Good Riddance has reformed. Rankin was also a member of Fury 66 and State of Grace. He has also lent his voice to songs by Rise Against, Ensign,...

John Wright and his brother Rob formed a band in the early eighties and named it No Means No. No Means No is responsible for a specific style of punk rock that formed what we east coasters (probably just me) called the “Victoria Sound.” Distortion bass and badass drumming. John and Rob will be receiving a lifetime achievement induction into the Western Music Hall of Fame for their cont...

It’s Kyle, and he’s back!! Another fun talk about useless stuff!! Help the podcast out by pledging on Patreon,   www.patreon.com/apologue Brought to you by  fetchclass.com Shop with  amazon.ca ,  amazon.com  and  amazon.co.uk   Bookmark the link and support the show!!

This episode was recorded in June of 2015.  As I mention in the episode, Al Nolan is a very important character in my life.  I joined his band in the spring of 1990 with misaligned intentions and was forever changed from then on.  We experienced our first real tour together, nearly died in a van crash and had some laughs along the way.  We also had a different point of view regarding band dynamics...

Rob and I first met in 1995 when I started doing live sound for the seminal punk band SNFU. See episode 40 for more info on SNFU. Rob was one of the many bass players to be in the band. He also played in Marc and Brent Belke’s band Wheat Chiefs. Apart from being the Hip Hop artist “Fresh Bread,” Rob was involved in the Vancouver film industry for many years, working behind the sc...

Mark Baker is the epitome of the word persistent. As a teenager, he was introduced to the band U2, and it was a moment that would forever change him. 20 odd years later, Mark would be considered one of U2’s many super fans, appearing on stage with them several times. He is best known for getting up on stage with the band Montreal dressed as a human mirror ball. He has danced with Bono and ev...

Welcome to Episode #40!! Thanks for all your support!! In this episode, we have the band SNFU.  SNFU has been a band  for over 30 years and are the grandfathers of skate punk.  Bands like Metallica and Green Day named SNFU as major influences in their musical upbringing.  There’s been a few different incarnations of the band and now this version has a very strong grouping and are presently o...

Erin and (Fat) Mike Burkett started a label and named it Fat Wreck Chords with blind ambition and a DIY ethic. They managed to make it a 25 year long career out of it. Fat Wreck Chords has managed to find and sign some very important 90’s punk rock bands, including Good Riddance, Strung Out, No Use for a Name and Propagandhi. The list does actually go on and on. In this episode, we talk a bi...

Rob Moir is a singer-songwriter that I’ve had the privilege of watching grow from a teenage guitar player into an international touring artist. Rob has toured extensively throughout Europe and the United States armed with only a guitar and CD’s. He’s even toured Europe on a bicycle travelling from town to town playing anywhere that would have him. I’m proud to call him my f...

I hung out with Justin on his deck in the High Park area. We talked about his new site and solo project, which releases one song per week on a subscription basis, complete with artwork. You can sign up at www.justinsmallmusic.com and tap in to a really great idea! You might know Justin from his band “Do Make Say Think,” an experimental instrumental group who have toured and released al...

Our almost monthly live episode.  Kyle and I do a monthly show that streams live around the last week of every month.  You can catch every live show we do by adding me (Simon) on Twitter @simonhead666.  You will be updated to the location of the live stream around the time of the show going live.  I will try to update everyone as soon as I can. Help the podcast out by pledging on Patreon,  www.pat...

Ian Blurton is a song writer and producer based in Toronto. He was in the band “Change of Heart”. Ian has recorded and produced hundreds of bands over the past 30 years. One of them was my band Four Square’s first album “When Weeks were Weekends”. In this episode of the podcast, we met at Ian’s Toronto recording studio and talk about his new band “Public A...

I first saw Kevin’s YouTube channel when I started inquiring into the status of one of my favourite recording studios, LeStudio. LeStudio was a state of the art recording studio that opened in the early 70’s and remained open until about 2004. The studio was founded by Andre Perry, the man who recorded John Lennon’s “Give Peace a Chance.” It was a location based recor...

Hey Folks.. A short update covering the changes to the podcast website address.  A new Patreon campaign.  An explanation for the shaky service the past week. Thanks and Happy Canada Day Love Simon xxoo  

Ruth Ruth is a band that had a very promising career in the early 90’s and put out some of my favourite music between 1993 and 1999. In my top five favourite albums is an EP of theirs called ‘The Little Death.” I suggest that everyone on Earth should pick up this album on iTunes as soon as possible. On this episode we spoke about being a band in the 90’s and the challenges...

Welcome to part two of my interview with Spike. Episode 30 featured Spike from a hotel in Las Vegas, but we were cut short by the sketchy internet so we re-scheduled the interview for when Uke-Hunt made their swing through Toronto. We drove around Toronto talking about other cities, hipsters, and came close to clipping a jogger. All in all we had a pretty good time. Spike Slawson is an original me...

I’m very happy to have Chris Hannah on the Podcast!! Chris and I met about 25 years ago when I moved to Winnipeg to join a band.  Chris and I talk about what it’s like to be a dad and a musician at the same time.  We talk a little bit about the early days of his band Propaghandhi and how a small thrash band turned into a voice of the many in the early to late 90’s.  Propagandhi s...