Johnny Perrin is a Canadian
punk rock musician from
Winnipeg,
Manitoba, Canada. He is the former frontman of the Winnipeg
ska band Grandpa's Army (1998–2000), which released an album in 2000 called ''G Sides and A Sides''. In 2002, two members of Grandpa's Army, Sam Thompson and Alex Southern, made a documentary about Grandpa's Army, ''The Truth is Disgusting'', which was released on YouTube.
In 2000, Perrin recorded an EP, ''Pay To The Order Of'', with the band TBA.
Perrin appeared in the 2004
Dogme 95 film ''The Smokestack Wager''. In 2004, he recorded the EP ''Den of Iniquity'' with a Winnipeg band of the same name. In 2005, he played drums for
The Brat Attack and that band's album ''
From This Beauty Comes Chaos And Mayhem
The Brat Attack was a Canadian political punk rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba. In 2007, their biography (edited) was: "We are a political punk band that believes that we can contribute to creating social change and fighting injustice in singi ...
''.
In 2012, he played drums for the Ottawa band Up 'N' Atom. He sang crew vocals on the 2013
Misery Signals album ''
Absent Light''.
Perrin is son of John Draper Perrin III, great-grandson of
John Draper Perrin, and grandson of John Draper Perrin Jr. He works in management for the musical instrument retailer Long & McQuade.
Discography
* 2000: ''G Sides and A Sides'', Grandpa's Army, Borracho Records
* 2000: ''Pay To The Order Of'' EP, TBA, Spock Attack Records
* 2004: ''Den of Iniquity'' EP, Den of Iniquity, Independent
* 2005: ''
From This Beauty Comes Chaos And Mayhem
The Brat Attack was a Canadian political punk rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba. In 2007, their biography (edited) was: "We are a political punk band that believes that we can contribute to creating social change and fighting injustice in singi ...
'',
Brat Attack
The Brat Attack was a Canadian political punk rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba. In 2007, their biography (edited) was: "We are a political punk band that believes that we can contribute to creating social change and fighting injustice in sin ...
,
Underground Operations
References
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1983 births
Living people
Canadian punk rock singers
Canadian punk rock drummers
Canadian male drummers
Musicians from Winnipeg
21st-century Canadian drummers
21st-century Canadian male singers