Junior Achiever

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BAND BIO Sprinklers make the green grass sparkle in the afternoon sun, and children laugh as they splash through the streams of water. Adults wave at one another from their driveways, where they lather up their SUVs. Its idyllic as a snapshot but soul-crushingly dreary as a feature film. No wonder suburban youth dream of escape. The bigger the escape, the better the fantasy. Maybe an astronaut. Maybe a rock star! That was the fantasy turned reality that led Junior Achiever s Gene Champagne away from his Toronto suburb. Champagne began pounding the skins when he was only eleven, and co-founded Warner Recording Artists the Killjoys. The band won Juno awards (The Canadian "Grammy" equivalent), recorded three records for Warner Music, and played to tens of thousands of fans. Then, perhaps inevitably, the Killjoys hit the kill switch. Champagne packed up his road cases and went home. The sprinklers still sprinkled in the suburban film loop, but it didnt take long for Champagne to start simmering. Boredom set in. Boredom pissed him off. Being pissed off made him bored. There was only one way to break the cycle to start writing songs about being bored and pissed off in the suburbs. Songs about having nothing to do, being in love, feeling your feet slip away from crumbling relationships and not having the guts to do anything about it. Songs with titles such as Suburbs, Underrated, Better Than This, Shes So Mean and Gutless Wonder. Songs about the life most people know all too wel

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albums

All The Little Letdowns

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Punk Rock Mix Tape 2006

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All the Little Letdowns (Deluxe Edition)

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Junior Achiever EP

Songs From Degrassi: The Next Generation

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Punk Rock Mix Tape

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Punk Rock Mixtape 2006

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All The Little Let Downs

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Songs from Degrassi: Next Generation

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TRUST MUSIC TOUR VOL.1 (Disc 2)

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punkRock mixtape 2006

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