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Johnny Perrin | |
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Birth name | John Draper Perrin IV |
Born | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | 10 June 1983
Origin | Winnipeg |
Genres | Punk rock, hardcore punk, heavy metal, ska |
Years active | 1998–present |
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), [1] which released an album in 2000 called G Sides and A Sides. [2] 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. [3]
In 2000, Perrin recorded an EP, Pay To The Order Of, with the band TBA. [4]
Perrin appeared in the 2004 Dogme 95 film The Smokestack Wager.[ citation needed] In 2004, he recorded the EP Den of Iniquity with a Winnipeg band of the same name. [5] In 2005, he played drums for The Brat Attack and that band's album From This Beauty Comes Chaos And Mayhem. In 2012, he played drums for the Ottawa band Up 'N' Atom[ citation needed]. He sang crew vocals on the 2013 Misery Signals album Absent Light.
Perrin is son of John Draper Perrin III,[ citation needed] great-grandson of John Draper Perrin, and grandson of John Draper Perrin Jr.[ citation needed] He works in management for the musical instrument retailer Long & McQuade. [6]