Damian Abraham has been many things... the singer of a critically acclaimed band, a failed VJ and food network host, one of the minds behind TV's "The Wrestlers", parent of 3... and undeniably, a punk music obsessive. Each week, he sits down and chats with an interesting person from various walks of life to find out how their world was influenced and changed by the discovery of a novelty genre that supposedly died out in 1978... PUNK!
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Episode 27 - Chris Slorach (Metz)
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!!!!!