Ep91 - "Toronto Thaw" with Andre Ethier (PATREON PREVIEW)
Episode description
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Andre Ethier is a musician, painter and founding member of the seminal Toronto band The Deadly Snakes. Andre sat down with us to discuss hating craft beer, performing at Norman's 40th birthday party, growing up in Toronto, Etobicoke School of the Arts, getting exposed to independent films at an early age, Jim Carrol, overstaying your welcome in Montreal, simultaneously loving and hating Toronto, The Deadly Snakes origin story, hating other bands in the late 90’s, The Constantines, millennium paranoia, ‘Rock’ vs ‘Rock’n’Roll’, Janes Addiction, The Oblivions, garage rock audiences, discovering music through skate videos, Toronto bands trying to leave the city, touring with The Hives, Indie Sleaze, Will Monroe’s parties, the Vice era, Dan Burke, pool hopping, singing the national anthem at a Dodgers game, the ten year gap between his solo albums, Sandro Perri, his career as a painter, people having too much money in New York in the early 2000’s, having his paintings stolen before a solo show, Gen Z listening habits, his kids and more!
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