Johnny Perrin
Encyclopedia
Johnny Perrin is a punk rock
musician from Winnipeg
, Manitoba
, Canada
. He is the former frontman of the Canadian ska
band Grandpa's Army and former drummer of The Brat Attack
.
Perrin has appeared in the documentary film The Truth Is Disgusting as a former member of Grandpa's Army, as well as a small role in the Dogme 95
film The Smokestack Wager.
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
musician from Winnipeg
Winnipeg
Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...
, Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. He is the former frontman of the Canadian ska
Ska
Ska |Jamaican]] ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues...
band Grandpa's Army and former drummer of The Brat Attack
The Brat Attack
The Brat Attack are a political punk band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Their first two albums were released on guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Dave Zegarac's label, 3rd Generation Records. Underground Operations signed the band in 2005 and released their album, From This Beauty Comes Chaos and...
.
Perrin has appeared in the documentary film The Truth Is Disgusting as a former member of Grandpa's Army, as well as a small role in the Dogme 95
Dogme 95
Dogme 95 was an avant-garde filmmaking movement started in 1995 by the Danish directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg, who created the "Dogme 95 Manifesto" and the "Vow of Chastity". These were rules to create filmmaking based on the traditional values of story, acting, and theme, and...
film The Smokestack Wager.
Discography
- 2000: G Sides and A Sides - (Borracho Records)
- 2005: From This Beauty Comes Chaos And MayhemFrom This Beauty Comes Chaos and MayhemFrom This Beauty Comes Chaos and Mayhem was the third album by Canadian punk rock band Brat Attack, released in 2005. It is the band's first and only release with Ontario label Underground Operations. The Brat Attack lineup for this record was Dave Zegarac, Johnny Perrin, Chanelle Birks, Matt Mayor...
- (Underground OperationsUnderground OperationsUnderground Operations is an independent punk rock record label based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Established in 1995, the label was originally based in Ajax, Ontario....
)