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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]