About Me
Cult Rock songwriter/musician......Born in Quebec one week before the My LaiMassacre.....played piano with a broken arm, listened to EASY RIDER soundtrack......moved toHalifax around '71, and first hooked up with what become Hali Rock Royalty......bouncedaround Quebec and rural Nova Scotia.....veteran of both real and imaginary bands such as TheHeat, Red Tape, Hooker, The Bad Who, Dust Party, Starkman Surgical Supply Featuring BobMover, Bad Sister etc.......has written, recorded, and played with members of Sloan, ThrushHermit, Superfriendz, Jale, Doughboys, Change Of Heart, Leonard Conan, others.....has twoSiamese cats.......lives quietly in Halifax.....gigs and records with Alewives, The DMK, Deluxe & Delangros, andGrimson, Inc.DISCOGRAPHY:PISS DE RESISTANCE (1993) Cassette.With the killer shark on the cover. 2 versions - 10 songs vs. 20. Sloan covered "Stood Up"not long after.ROCK AT YOUR HEAD (1995) Cassette.Another 90 minute cassette, 25 songs, whatever.couple more cassette double albums around this time, various titles: THE DESCANT DON'T CARE,etcTHE ARMS DEALER BLUES EP (1996) Cassette.Solicited and rejected by murderecords.....lots of cameos by my friends on this. Me and thekittens on the cover.various recordings with Joel Plaskett and Warren Auld. "La La La I'm Not Listening" stillcovered regularly by Joel.ARE YOU THERE GOD? ITS ME, MATTHEW (1998) Cassette.Double album cassette, 20 songs or so, "Drifters Raus" perhaps being the best known.AVE MILLENIUM (1999) Cassette.Never even given a half-hearted release, this provided the picking grounds for my two CDs.various recordings over the next few years.MY DEMONS TO YOUR KINGS (2001) CDRecorded with Douglas September. The only document of nine months without a cigarette.A LIFE PLAYED FOR KEEPS (2003)Recorded with Gordon B. Isner, Warren Auld, and Goody-B. Wiseman. Thanks again.COMING SOON:2 albums: IF YOU STILL DON'T GET IT and SONOVABITCH.
