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Artist
J Englishman
12+ albums
Canadianalternativealternative rockrockmale vocalists
about
Listening to poor li'l rockstar it's hard to believe that j. englishman was once just another awkward teenager growing up in rural Ontario. Born in Kingston and raised in various Southern Ontario towns, including Walkerton (Yes that Walkerton!), j. was bound to develop into a restless teenager. Piano lessons might've been good training (he took 'em when he was 7), but what j. really wanted was a guitar, and when he was 14 his wish came true. His mom presented him with a shiny new Sunburst Lero for his birthday and he immediately set his goals higher. A year later, after saving up the cash from mowing innumerable lawns, he traded in his birthday gift and purchased a 1963 Fender Duo-Sonic. (The guitar affectionately known as "Baby" is still in his collection.) By the time he was 16 he had played along with enough records to learn all the rock chords he needed to know, and was ready to unleash his own songs on the masses. His first band The Epileptic Fish debuted at j.s grade 10 Christmas assembly in a flurry of David Bowie, Led Zeppelin and Forgotten Rebels covers, with a punked up version of Santa Claus is Coming to Town thrown in for good measure. Rotary Club dances and bars around Grey and Bruce counties were soon haunted by j.'s next project, The Bentley Society. But their growing fame came to a sudden end when j. packed up his guitar and left for the big city of Toronto. j.'s small town days ended when he was 18. Not one full week passed in the big city of Toronto be
