This week Damian is joined by his practice space roomie, Chris Slorach of Metz. Grab a seat on a combo amp and listen in as the two talk about Chris’ journey from reluctant zinester to being in one of Canada’s greatest power trios.
Also covered:
- Punk and dentists
- Being neighbors with Toronto punk/ hardcore/ metal legend Al Biddle
- Eric’s Trip and The Doughboys at the Palladium
- Project 9 and Grasshopper
- Meeting Headcleaner: the pre-Deadly Snakes and Teen Crud Combo band
-Doing the zine Justy
- “Winning” two years of a classified ads in Chart Magazine and having to keep doing zines because of it.
-The importance of the Toronto zine community
-Hockey Teeth and Politikill Incorrect
- Los Crudos
-The brilliance of Ink and Dagger
-The awesomeness of Sam from the Obliterations
-The upside of SXSW
-Getting into Sebadoh and home recording
-Walking down the street and finding a teenage Mike Duffield to be your band’s drummer
-The amazingness of promoter Dan Burke…. and explaining the 4am phone calls to your parents
-Having to fill in on a bill for Strife with your high school “wimpy music” band
-Scaring off Teenage USA with a 30 song demo
-Doing Acid at 17 a seeing Peeches perform at a Booze-Can
-Adam Gill and Jordon from No Warning: inseparable
-The new Career Suicide line-up
-The Sadies: the band that could take any band’s slot on a bill
-Working at a used cd store
-Getting recruited into Moneen through a friend
-Abandoned Hearts Club
-Spread The Disease: the go Hardcore Black Metal appropriators
-Mare
-“Retiring” from music at 24
-The Toronto HMV Yonge Street staff: Canadian music’s future who’s who
-A Barbecue for one and an invite to join Metz
-Quest For Fire
-Touring with Coliseum
-Hayden and Three Penny Opera
-And more!!!!!