Sebastien Grainger is a musician who is best known as half of the legendary alternative rock band, Death From Above 1979. After playing four back to back sold out shows at the legendary Horseshoe Tavern, Sebastien came over to discuss post show celebrations, approaching DFA1979 as a new band, Josh seeing them live for the first time in 2003, corporate band websites, message boards, Billy Talent, meeting people on Napster, Thee Oh Sees, living in the beaches in 2001, 'Southern California Spock Haircuts', the lack of space to make noise in Toronto, bourgeois drummers, FM radio, 'Converse Girls and Checkered Vans Boys', small venues vs arenas, their breakup, missing out on the social media boom, the infamous SXSW riot, performing on MTV Live with Fucked Up and almost dying, The Darkness, their origin story, the early 2000's Toronto Mod scene, being viewed as a novelty act, Jack White, his old studio on Ossington, the upcoming 20th anniversary of 'You're A Woman, I'm A Machine', taking ownership of the band, upcoming projects, God, Sebastien's first impression of Josh ten years ago, stage banter and much more!
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